Timothy Cheek

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy Cheek is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Cheek has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Timothy Cheek's work include Chinese history and philosophy (21 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (7 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (3 papers). Timothy Cheek is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (21 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (7 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (3 papers). Timothy Cheek collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Timothy Cheek's co-authors include Mayfair Mei‐hui Yang, Tony Saich, Merle Goldman, David Bachman, Frederick C. Teiwes, David Ownby, Glen Peterson, Eugene Wu, Frank N. Pieke and Roderick MacFarquhar and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Pacific Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Cheek

32 papers receiving 847 citations

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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.

Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: The Art of Social Relationships in China.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy Cheek Canada	9	626	317	191	150	84	37	1.0k
Mayfair Mei‐hui Yang United States	13	1.1k 1.7×	486 1.5×	272 1.4×	257 1.7×	128 1.5×	27	1.7k
David L. Wank Japan	9	549 0.9×	371 1.2×	104 0.5×	168 1.1×	55 0.7×	16	1.0k
Malcolm Chapman United Kingdom	17	350 0.6×	102 0.3×	162 0.8×	211 1.4×	142 1.7×	40	955
Ronald L. Jepperson United States	7	751 1.2×	544 1.7×	222 1.2×	171 1.1×	38 0.5×	9	1.3k
Pitman B. Potter Canada	16	672 1.1×	599 1.9×	104 0.5×	208 1.4×	55 0.7×	80	1.4k
Amy J. Binder United States	15	780 1.2×	263 0.8×	286 1.5×	168 1.1×	65 0.8×	26	1.4k
Xiaotong Fei China	6	429 0.7×	214 0.7×	70 0.4×	47 0.3×	45 0.5×	12	753
Amy Hanser Canada	11	438 0.7×	207 0.7×	85 0.4×	98 0.7×	54 0.6×	19	785
Kōji Taira United States	14	357 0.6×	139 0.4×	252 1.3×	143 1.0×	41 0.5×	61	984
Heidi Gottfried United States	18	584 0.9×	278 0.9×	103 0.5×	67 0.4×	18 0.2×	53	1.1k

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All Works

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Cheek, Timothy, et al.. (2023). China's Establishment Intellectuals.

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Cheek, Timothy. (2021). Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation: The Reassertion of Ideological Governance in Historical Perspective. Journal of Contemporary China. 30(132). 875–887. 5 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2016). The most wanted man in China: : My journey from scientist to enemy of the state. Foreign Affairs. 95(3). 63. 3 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy & Tony Saich. (2016). New Perspectives on State Socialism in China. 8 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2015). The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2014). Chinese Socialism as Vernacular Cosmopolitanism. 9(1). 102–124. 2 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2014). Citizen Intellectuals in Historical Perspective: Reflections on Callahan's “Citizen Ai”. The Journal of Asian Studies. 73(4). 921–925. 2 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2013). Mao and Maoism. Oxford University Press eBooks.

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Cheek, Timothy. (2006). Xu Jilin and the Thought Work of China's Public Intellectuals. The China Quarterly. 186. 401–420. 19 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2006). Living with Reform: China since 1989. Zed Books Ltd. 16 indexed citations

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Goldblatt, Howard, et al.. (2003). Small Well Lane: A Contemporary Chinese Play and Oral History. World Literature Today. 77(3/4). 87–87. 1 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (2002). Mao Zedong and China's Revolutions: A Brief History with Documents. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Bachman, David, Timothy Cheek, & Tony Saich. (1999). New Perspectives on State Socialism in China. Pacific Affairs. 72(3). 415–415. 14 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (1997). Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China: Deng Tuo and the Intelligentsia. OUP Catalogue. 1 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy & Frederick C. Teiwes. (1995). Politics and Purges in China.. Pacific Affairs. 68(3). 422–422. 8 indexed citations

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Apter, David E., et al.. (1994). Wang Shiwei and "Wild lilies" : rectification and purges in the Chinese Communist Party, 1942-1944. 1 indexed citations

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Pieke, Frank N., Roderick MacFarquhar, Timothy Cheek, & Eugene Wu. (1991). The Secret Speeches of Chairman Mao: From the Hundred Flowers to the Great Leap Forward.. Pacific Affairs. 64(1). 92–92. 8 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy, et al.. (1991). Editors' Introduction. Chinese Studies in History. 24(3). 3–14.

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Croizier, Ralph, et al.. (1988). China's Establishment Intellectuals.. Pacific Affairs. 61(4). 671–671. 8 indexed citations

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Cheek, Timothy. (1984). The Fading of Wild Lilies: Wang Shiwei and Mao Zedong's Yan'an Talks in the First CPC Rectification Movement. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs. 11. 25–58. 5 indexed citations

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