Robert Vitalis

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Robert Vitalis is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Vitalis has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Robert Vitalis's work include Islamic Studies and History (6 papers), Socioeconomic Development in MENA (5 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (4 papers). Robert Vitalis is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (6 papers), Socioeconomic Development in MENA (5 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (4 papers). Robert Vitalis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Robert Vitalis's co-authors include Frances Hagopian, Reşat Kasaba, Michaël Bratton, Joel S. Migdal, Vivienne Shue, Atul Kohli, Catherine Boone, Elizabeth J. Perry, Madawi Al‐Rasheed and Robert L. Tignor and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Perspectives on Politics and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Robert Vitalis

21 papers receiving 534 citations

Hit Papers

State Power and Social Forces 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. State Power and Social Forces
    1994 345 citations Joel S. Migdal, Frances Hagopian et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Vitalis United States 12 448 376 88 82 72 24 709
Robin Luckham United Kingdom 16 518 1.2× 262 0.7× 105 1.2× 75 0.9× 36 0.5× 50 713
George Joffé United Kingdom 13 356 0.8× 359 1.0× 71 0.8× 84 1.0× 37 0.5× 78 709
Reşat Kasaba United States 10 388 0.9× 399 1.1× 61 0.7× 66 0.8× 36 0.5× 23 651
David L. Blaney United States 14 579 1.3× 518 1.4× 165 1.9× 63 0.8× 70 1.0× 32 912
Mark T. Berger Australia 14 353 0.8× 313 0.8× 134 1.5× 58 0.7× 50 0.7× 58 616
John W. Harbeson United States 15 319 0.7× 341 0.9× 104 1.2× 92 1.1× 49 0.7× 55 636
Ken Menkhaus United States 17 925 2.1× 539 1.4× 143 1.6× 138 1.7× 49 0.7× 52 1.2k
Susanne D. Mueller United States 9 377 0.8× 186 0.5× 89 1.0× 88 1.1× 57 0.8× 26 537
Kjetil Tronvoll Norway 15 489 1.1× 522 1.4× 87 1.0× 114 1.4× 68 0.9× 46 799
Alfred Zack-Williams United Kingdom 11 370 0.8× 149 0.4× 101 1.1× 68 0.8× 31 0.4× 30 597

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Vitalis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Vitalis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Vitalis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Vitalis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Vitalis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Vitalis. Robert Vitalis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lund, Christian, et al.. (2022). Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial. The AAG Review of Books. 10(2). 26–40. 9 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2020). Oilcraft. Stanford University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2018). White World Order, Black Power Politics. Cornell University Press eBooks. 58 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2016). The Lost World of Development Theory. Perspectives on Politics. 14(4). 1158–1162. 1 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2010). The Noble American Science of Imperial Relations and Its Laws of Race Development. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 52(4). 909–938. 24 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2006). America's Kingdom. Stanford University Press eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2006). America's kingdom. 1 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2006). Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt.
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Al‐Rasheed, Madawi & Robert Vitalis. (2004). Counter-narratives : history, contemporary society, and politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Research Portal (King's College London). 16 indexed citations
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Al‐Rasheed, Madawi & Robert Vitalis. (2004). Counter-Narratives. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (2002). Black Gold, White Crude: An Essay on American Exceptionalism, Hierarchy, and Hegemony in the Gulf. Diplomatic History. 26(2). 185–213. 23 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (1997). The Closing of the Arabian Oil Frontier and the Future of Saudi-American Relations. Middle East Report. 15–15. 2 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (1996). The "New Deal" in Egypt: The Rise of Anglo-American Commercial Competition in World War II and the Fall of Neocolonialism. Diplomatic History. 20(2). 211–240. 1 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert, et al.. (1996). When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt.. The American Historical Review. 101(5). 1589–1589. 19 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert & Robert L. Tignor. (1995). Egyptian Textiles and British Capital, 1930-1956. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 28(1). 180–180. 9 indexed citations
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Migdal, Joel S., Frances Hagopian, Vivienne Shue, et al.. (1994). State Power and Social Forces. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 345 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vitalis, Robert. (1994). The Democratization Industry and the Limits of the New Interventionism. Middle East Report. 46–46. 2 indexed citations
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Vitalis, Robert. (1990). On the Theory and Practice of Compradors: The Role of ʿAbbud Pasha in the Egyptian Political Economy. International Journal Middle East Studies. 22(3). 291–315. 12 indexed citations

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