Thomas Schwartz

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Schwartz is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Schwartz has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Schwartz's work include Game Theory and Voting Systems (19 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (6 papers). Thomas Schwartz is often cited by papers focused on Game Theory and Voting Systems (19 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (6 papers). Thomas Schwartz collaborates with scholars based in United States and Jamaica. Thomas Schwartz's co-authors include Mathew D. McCubbins, John Duggan, Peter C. Ordeshook, Telford Taylor, Eduardo Alemán, Christopher A. D. Charles and John Yoo and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Schwartz

60 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 500 1000 1.5k
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. Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms
    1984 1.6k citations Thomas Schwartz et al. 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 Schwartz United States 17 1.4k 1.2k 716 518 456 65 2.8k
David Austen‐Smith United States 33 2.4k 1.7× 2.4k 2.0× 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 2.1× 246 0.5× 69 5.1k
Donald Wittman United States 22 1.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.6× 366 0.5× 704 1.4× 50 0.1× 75 3.0k
Norman Schofield United States 28 2.3k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 645 0.9× 616 1.2× 39 0.1× 119 3.1k
Allen Schick United States 28 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 419 0.6× 330 0.6× 832 1.8× 104 2.9k
Nolan McCarty United States 28 2.6k 1.8× 1.2k 1.0× 968 1.4× 865 1.7× 295 0.6× 68 3.5k
Douglas W. Rae United States 15 1.7k 1.2× 754 0.6× 294 0.4× 686 1.3× 48 0.1× 29 2.4k
Kenneth W. Shotts United States 18 977 0.7× 534 0.4× 262 0.4× 465 0.9× 78 0.2× 36 1.4k
Michael Laver Ireland 32 4.5k 3.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 2.2× 1.1k 2.1× 211 0.5× 127 5.3k
Otto A. Davis United States 20 922 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 168 0.2× 290 0.6× 95 0.2× 33 2.1k
Timothy Feddersen United States 18 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 419 0.6× 792 1.5× 21 0.0× 32 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Schwartz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Schwartz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Schwartz

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schwartz, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Parties, agendas, and roll rates. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 32(2). 348–359. 2 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (2011). Perforating the Iron Curtain: European détente, transatlantic relations, and the Cold War, 1965–1985. Cold War History. 11(4). 678–679. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (2010). Reply to Miller on agendas and sincerity. Public Choice. 145(3-4). 571–573.
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Schwartz, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Building Facade Maintenance, Repair, and Inspection. 10 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas, et al.. (2002). Garrison Communities as Counter Societies: The Case of the 1998 Zeeks' Riot in Jamaica. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (2002). South Africa's Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation of Apartheid. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 28(2). 100. 3 indexed citations
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Duggan, John & Thomas Schwartz. (2000). Strategic Manipulability without Resoluteness or Shared Beliefs: Gibbard-Satterthwaite Generalized. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Duggan, John & Thomas Schwartz. (2000). Strategic manipulability without resoluteness or shared beliefs: Gibbard-Satterthwaite generalized. Social Choice and Welfare. 17(1). 85–93. 97 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (2000). The John Hancock Tower Glass Failure: Debunking the Myths. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1999). The Executive Veto: Purpose, Procedure, and Paradox. Constitutional Political Economy. 10(1). 89–105. 4 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1994). Representation as agency and the Pork Barrel Paradox. Public Choice. 78(1). 3–21. 15 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas, et al.. (1988). Freedom of the Press, 1690-1801. American Journalism. 5(3). 159–177. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1987). Press Freedoms: A Descriptive Calendar of Concepts, Interpretations, Events, and Court Actions, from 4000 B.C. to the Present. American Journalism. 4(4). 192–193. 3 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1985). Dr. Krankheit and the Concept of Compliance. American Philosophical Quarterly. 22(1). 2 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1983). The Supreme Court and the First Amendment. Annals of the International Communication Association. 7(1). 18–34. 1 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1979). Welfare judgments and future generations. Theory and Decision. 11(2). 181–194. 9 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1975). Vote trading and Pareto efficiency. Public Choice. 24(1). 101–109. 13 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1975). The logic of modifiers. Journal of Philosophical Logic. 4(3). 361–380. 2 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Thomas. (1970). On the possibility of rational policy evaluation. Theory and Decision. 1(1). 89–106. 64 indexed citations

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