Stephen Kotkin

2.7k citations
45 papers · 1.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 16

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Stephen Kotkin

38 papers receiving 777 citations

Stephen Kotkin's Hit Papers

Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization 1995 · 431 citations
4310+10+20Years since publication100200300400

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Stephen Kotkin
Comparison fields: 5 of 74
  • Political Science and International Relations 818
  • General Energy 23
  • Sociology and Political Science 787
  • Urban Studies 99
  • History 129
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Stephen Kotkin, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization
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1995431
2 199696
3 200285
4 199768
5
Armageddon Averted : The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000
200164
6 201456
7 200153
8
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment
200941
9 199638
10 200737
11
Political Corruption in Transition: A Skeptic's Handbook
200236
12 199228
13 199827
14 199724
15 199422
16 199118
17 199615
18
Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era
199115
19 201514
20 200213

About Stephen Kotkin

Stephen Kotkin is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Urban Studies and Social Psychology, having authored 45 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soviet and Russian History (11 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (7 papers), Russia and Soviet political economy (6 papers), European history and politics (4 papers), Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (3 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 papers), Urbanization and City Planning (2 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Political Science and International Relations (818 citations), General Energy (23 citations), Sociology and Political Science (787 citations), Urban Studies (99 citations) and History (129 citations). Stephen Kotkin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include William Richardson, Gábor T. Rittersporn, Michael McFaul, Mark R. Beissinger, Robert Legvold, Jan T. Gross, András Sajó, Donald Filtzer, Bruce A. Elleman and Gary Marker. Their work appears in journals such as Foreign Affairs, Slavic Review, The Russian Review, International Labor and Working-Class History and The American Historical Review.

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