Scott Radnitz

979 total citations
38 papers, 483 citations indexed

About

Scott Radnitz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Radnitz has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 483 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Scott Radnitz's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (12 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers) and Russia and Soviet political economy (7 papers). Scott Radnitz is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (12 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers) and Russia and Soviet political economy (7 papers). Scott Radnitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Scott Radnitz's co-authors include Jonathan Wheatley, Christoph Zürcher, Yuan Hsiao, Nick Megoran, Sally N. Cummings, Madeleine Reeves and John Heathershaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Information Communication & Society and British Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Scott Radnitz

32 papers receiving 420 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Radnitz United States 11 382 223 44 31 30 38 483
Yamil Velez United States 13 348 0.9× 211 0.9× 55 1.3× 9 0.3× 23 0.8× 28 454
Cheryl Boudreau United States 10 184 0.5× 230 1.0× 73 1.7× 48 1.5× 15 0.5× 40 411
Julie Wronski United States 9 323 0.8× 265 1.2× 125 2.8× 27 0.9× 18 0.6× 12 485
Kabir Khanna United States 4 274 0.7× 194 0.9× 114 2.6× 35 1.1× 49 1.6× 5 444
Jonathan Wheatley Switzerland 12 283 0.7× 327 1.5× 85 1.9× 10 0.3× 31 1.0× 40 515
Charli Carpenter United States 12 298 0.8× 168 0.8× 43 1.0× 18 0.6× 11 0.4× 24 454
Melissa Sands United States 7 227 0.6× 167 0.7× 31 0.7× 14 0.5× 7 0.2× 12 366
Christopher Claassen United Kingdom 13 373 1.0× 363 1.6× 100 2.3× 9 0.3× 14 0.5× 27 587
Robert R. Barr United States 11 404 1.1× 423 1.9× 76 1.7× 9 0.3× 28 0.9× 19 686
Christopher Hare United States 10 200 0.5× 276 1.2× 107 2.4× 32 1.0× 24 0.8× 27 504

Countries citing papers authored by Scott Radnitz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Radnitz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Radnitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Radnitz, Scott, et al.. (2025). The Conspiracist Theory of Power. Politics and Governance. 13.
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Radnitz, Scott. (2025). Contesting Authority to Adjudicate Misinformation. Perspectives on Politics. 1–23.
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Radnitz, Scott & Yuan Hsiao. (2024). Responses to contested information amid polarized politics: evidence from the US and Taiwan. Information Communication & Society. 28(13). 2248–2267. 1 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2021). Dilemmas of Distrust: Conspiracy Beliefs, Elite Rhetoric, and Motivated Reasoning. Political Research Quarterly. 75(4). 1143–1157. 5 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2021). Perceived threats and the trade-off between security and human rights. Journal of Peace Research. 59(3). 367–381. 5 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott, et al.. (2021). Studying states and regimes in Central Asia: contributions to comparative politics and future challenges. Central Asian Survey. 40(4). 576–591. 3 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2021). Revealing Schemes. 15 indexed citations
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Hsiao, Yuan & Scott Radnitz. (2020). Allies or Agitators? How Partisan Identity Shapes Public Opinion about Violent or Nonviolent Protests. Political Communication. 38(4). 479–497. 35 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2018). The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 1 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2018). Between Russia and a Hard Place: Great Power Grievances and Central Asian Ambivalence. Europe Asia Studies. 70(10). 1597–1611. 6 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2017). Who Cares about Conspiracy Theories? Evidence From a New Survey in Georgia and Kazakhstan. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 1 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2016). Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin's Exhortations. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos.
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Radnitz, Scott. (2015). Determinants of Belief in Conspiracy Theories. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott, et al.. (2015). Is Belief in Conspiracy Theories Pathological? A Survey Experiment on the Cognitive Roots of Extreme Suspicion. British Journal of Political Science. 47(1). 113–129. 62 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2012). Yawning through the Arab Spring: Resilient Regimes in Central Asia and the Caucasus. PonarsEuarasia - Policy Memos. 1 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2012). Oil in the family: managing presidential succession in Azerbaijan. Democratization. 19(1). 60–77. 24 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2012). Weapons of the Wealthy. Cornell University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Radnitz, Scott. (2010). Threat Perceptions and Support for Authoritarianism: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Azerbaijan. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Radnitz, Scott. (2004). Working with the warlords: designing an ethnofederal system for Afghanistan. Regional & Federal Studies. 14(4). 513–537. 1 indexed citations

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