Thomas Ertman

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Thomas Ertman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ertman has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ertman's work include European Political History Analysis (4 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 papers). Thomas Ertman is often cited by papers focused on European Political History Analysis (4 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 papers). Thomas Ertman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Thomas Ertman's co-authors include Bernard S. Silberman, George Steinmetz, Philip S. Gorski, Kees van Kersbergen, Herbert Obinger, Sigrun Kahl, Karen M. Anderson, Philip Manow, Kimberly J. Morgan and Jill Quadagno and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ertman

13 papers receiving 634 citations

Hit Papers

Birth of the Leviathan 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Birth of the Leviathan
    1997 371 citations Thomas Ertman 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
Thomas Ertman United States 9 417 416 189 103 72 14 761
Margaret Levi United States 6 328 0.8× 288 0.7× 135 0.7× 58 0.6× 19 0.3× 13 588
Roderic Ai Camp United States 19 532 1.3× 539 1.3× 114 0.6× 75 0.7× 20 0.3× 99 971
Robert J. Alexander Netherlands 15 491 1.2× 364 0.9× 100 0.5× 79 0.8× 45 0.6× 132 969
Kathleen C. Schwartzman United States 10 349 0.8× 307 0.7× 67 0.4× 46 0.4× 24 0.3× 25 585
Joseph S. Tulchin United States 16 409 1.0× 375 0.9× 94 0.5× 28 0.3× 30 0.4× 88 733
Derek W. Urwin United Kingdom 10 443 1.1× 753 1.8× 74 0.4× 41 0.4× 78 1.1× 27 1.0k
Kim Richard Nossal Canada 19 648 1.6× 904 2.2× 201 1.1× 103 1.0× 39 0.5× 91 1.3k
Aurel Croissant Germany 20 997 2.4× 858 2.1× 102 0.5× 43 0.4× 49 0.7× 111 1.3k
Gianfranco Pasquino Italy 18 623 1.5× 950 2.3× 125 0.7× 30 0.3× 33 0.5× 220 1.4k
Michael Sonenscher United Kingdom 12 300 0.7× 286 0.7× 181 1.0× 33 0.3× 179 2.5× 55 740

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Ertman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ertman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ertman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Ertman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Ertman 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 Thomas Ertman. Thomas Ertman 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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Ertman, Thomas. (2017). Max Weber's <I>Economic Ethic of the World Religions</I>. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas. (2015). Liberalization and Democratization in 19th and Early 20th Century Spain: Illusion or Reality?. 1 indexed citations
3.
Ertman, Thomas. (2010). The Great Reform Act of 1832 and British Democratization. Comparative Political Studies. 43(8-9). 1000–1022. 18 indexed citations
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Kersbergen, Kees van, Philip Manow, Thomas Ertman, et al.. (2009). Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 100 indexed citations
5.
Johnson, Victoria, et al.. (2007). Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas. (2000). Eastern Germany Ten Years After Unification. German Politics & Society. 18(3). 1–12. 2 indexed citations
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Kaeuper, Richard W. & Thomas Ertman. (1999). Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. The American Historical Review. 104(2). 526–526. 14 indexed citations
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Gorski, Philip S. & Thomas Ertman. (1998). Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(2). 186–186. 30 indexed citations
9.
Ertman, Thomas. (1998). Democracy and Dictatorship in Interwar Western Europe Revisited. World Politics. 50(3). 475–505. 34 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas. (1997). Birth of the Leviathan. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 371 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ertman, Thomas & Bernard S. Silberman. (1995). Cages of Reason: The Rise of the Rational State in France, Japan, the United States, and Great Britain. Journal of Japanese Studies. 21(1). 130–130. 83 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas & George Steinmetz. (1995). Regulating the Social: The Welfare State and Local Politics in Imperial Germany.. Social Forces. 73(3). 1167–1167. 76 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas. (1992). Review of Charles Tilly's, "Coercion, Capital and European States: AD 990-1990". Political Science Quarterly. 106(4). 1 indexed citations
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Ertman, Thomas. (1990). War and statebuilding in early modern Europe. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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