Roderick MacFarquhar

1.6k total citations
57 papers, 669 citations indexed

About

Roderick MacFarquhar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Roderick MacFarquhar has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 669 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Cultural Studies and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Roderick MacFarquhar's work include Chinese history and philosophy (15 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (6 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (4 papers). Roderick MacFarquhar is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (15 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (6 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (4 papers). Roderick MacFarquhar collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Roderick MacFarquhar's co-authors include Harold C. Hinton, Michel Oksenberg, Lucian W. Pye, Elizabeth Economy, Merle Goldman, Stanley Rosen, Edward Friedman, C. P. Fitzgerald, Hellmut Wilhelm and John Κ. Fairbank and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Geographical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Roderick MacFarquhar

37 papers receiving 489 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roderick MacFarquhar United States 13 427 363 54 45 34 57 669
Pertti Joenniemi Denmark 14 468 1.1× 586 1.6× 21 0.4× 36 0.8× 27 0.8× 55 798
Edgar Wickberg Canada 18 523 1.2× 187 0.5× 95 1.8× 66 1.5× 100 2.9× 48 757
Patrick Weil France 14 486 1.1× 247 0.7× 22 0.4× 29 0.6× 118 3.5× 51 628
Isser Woloch United States 10 472 1.1× 270 0.7× 38 0.7× 37 0.8× 85 2.5× 29 724
Graeme Gill Australia 15 384 0.9× 350 1.0× 35 0.6× 22 0.5× 23 0.7× 64 595
Stuart R. Schram United Kingdom 15 551 1.3× 301 0.8× 120 2.2× 65 1.4× 8 0.2× 72 835
Rupert Emerson United States 13 383 0.9× 318 0.9× 17 0.3× 29 0.6× 43 1.3× 65 707
H. J. Hanham United Kingdom 7 345 0.8× 245 0.7× 18 0.3× 57 1.3× 53 1.6× 20 569
Arno J. Mayer United States 14 266 0.6× 245 0.7× 14 0.3× 56 1.2× 8 0.2× 28 526
Joseph W. Esherick United States 14 558 1.3× 275 0.8× 153 2.8× 77 1.7× 30 0.9× 55 707

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roderick MacFarquhar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roderick MacFarquhar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (2016). The Once and Future Tragedy of the Cultural Revolution. The China Quarterly. 227. 599–603. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, et al.. (2011). The Politics of China. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, et al.. (2009). Prisoner of the state : the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang. 29 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick & Michael Schoenhals. (2008). Response to the Commentaries. Journal of Cold War Studies. 10(2). 126–130.
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Cohen, Paul A., Merle Goldman, & Roderick MacFarquhar. (2000). Memorial to Benjamin I. Schwartz (1916–1999). The China Quarterly. 161. 299–301. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1997). The Origins of the Cultural Revolution. 25 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1993). The Politics of China, 1949-1989. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick & John Κ. Fairbank. (1991). Revolutions within the Chinese Revolution, 1966-1982. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Pieke, Frank N., Roderick MacFarquhar, Timothy Cheek, & Eugene Wu. (1991). The Secret Speeches of Chairman Mao: From the Hundred Flowers to the Great Leap Forward.. Pacific Affairs. 64(1). 92–92. 8 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1990). The Cultural Revolution.
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Gungwu, Wang, Roderick MacFarquhar, & John Κ. Fairbank. (1988). The Cambridge History of China. Volume 14: The People's Republic, Part I: The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1949-1965.. Pacific Affairs. 61(3). 503–503. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick & John Κ. Fairbank. (1987). The emergence of revolutionary China, 1949-1965. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1984). A Sino-Soviet Detente in the 1980s?. 27(1). 319–332.
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, et al.. (1984). The Origins of the Cultural Revolution. Volume 2: The Great Leap Forward, 1958-1960.. Pacific Affairs. 57(2). 329–329. 18 indexed citations
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Friedman, Edward, et al.. (1973). America's Asia: Dissenting Essays on Asian-American Relations.. Pacific Affairs. 46(1). 130–130. 6 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1966). China under Mao : politics takes command : a selection of articles from The China quarterly. MIT Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, et al.. (1961). The Sino-Soviet dispute : documented and analyzed. Praeger eBooks.
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MacFarquhar, Roderick, et al.. (1961). The Sino-Soviet dispute. Praeger eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, C. P., et al.. (1961). The Hundred Flowers Campaign and the Chinese Intellectuals.. Pacific Affairs. 34(1). 75–75. 17 indexed citations
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MacFarquhar, Roderick. (1958). Communist China's Intra-Party Dispute. Pacific Affairs. 31(4). 323–323. 5 indexed citations

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