Ross Marlay

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 568 citations indexed

About

Ross Marlay is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross Marlay has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 568 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Ross Marlay's work include Philippine History and Culture (4 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 papers). Ross Marlay is often cited by papers focused on Philippine History and Culture (4 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 papers). Ross Marlay collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ross Marlay's co-authors include James C. Scott, Lela Garner Noble, Ramses Amer, Clark D. Neher, Carlyle A. Thayer and Donald S. Zagoria and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs and Pacific Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Ross Marlay

13 papers receiving 458 citations

Hit Papers

The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsisten... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 100 200 300 400
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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. The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia
    1977 452 citations Ross Marlay, James C. Scott The Western Political Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ross Marlay United States 6 328 221 83 83 62 14 568
Martin Doornbos Netherlands 16 353 1.1× 228 1.0× 76 0.9× 74 0.9× 43 0.7× 57 641
Gavin Kitching United Kingdom 11 216 0.7× 125 0.6× 79 1.0× 89 1.1× 64 1.0× 40 508
Raymond Apthorpe Netherlands 14 288 0.9× 145 0.7× 61 0.7× 42 0.5× 46 0.7× 51 600
Neil Harvey United States 10 340 1.0× 308 1.4× 99 1.2× 110 1.3× 40 0.6× 19 655
Edmond J. Keller United States 13 321 1.0× 303 1.4× 63 0.8× 36 0.4× 31 0.5× 56 583
John W. Harbeson United States 15 319 1.0× 341 1.5× 92 1.1× 78 0.9× 38 0.6× 55 636
Karuti Kanyinga Kenya 13 356 1.1× 172 0.8× 48 0.6× 87 1.0× 54 0.9× 55 612
David Ottaway United States 4 446 1.4× 325 1.5× 130 1.6× 169 2.0× 57 0.9× 13 804
Jan Kees van Donge Netherlands 13 229 0.7× 92 0.4× 65 0.8× 74 0.9× 65 1.0× 45 498
León Zámosc United States 9 396 1.2× 334 1.5× 129 1.6× 118 1.4× 27 0.4× 25 715

Countries citing papers authored by Ross Marlay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ross Marlay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ross Marlay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ross Marlay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ross Marlay 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 Ross Marlay. Ross Marlay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Neher, Clark D. & Ross Marlay. (2018). Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia. 2 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross, Carlyle A. Thayer, & Ramses Amer. (2001). Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition. Pacific Affairs. 74(2). 286–286. 15 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross, et al.. (2000). Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture and the Causes of War. Pacific Affairs. 73(3). 468–468. 30 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross, et al.. (1999). Organizing for Democracy: NGOs, Civil Society, and the Philippine State. Pacific Affairs. 72(4). 613–613. 39 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross & Clark D. Neher. (1999). Patriots and tyrants : ten Asian leaders. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Zagoria, Donald S., Clark D. Neher, & Ross Marlay. (1996). Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia: The Winds of Change. Foreign Affairs. 75(2). 167–167. 6 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross. (1996). China, the Philippines, and the Spratly Islands. Asian Affairs An American Review. 23(4). 195–210. 4 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross. (1996). Post-Marcos Politics: A Geographic and Statistical Analysis of the 1992 Philippine Elections. 4 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross. (1979). ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Natural Resources Forum. 3(2). 179–186. 5 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross. (1977). Pollution and politics in the Philippines. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Marlay, Ross & James C. Scott. (1977). The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia. The Western Political Quarterly. 30(3). 443–443. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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