Vello Pettai

958 total citations
32 papers, 414 citations indexed

About

Vello Pettai is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Vello Pettai has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 414 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Vello Pettai's work include European Union Policy and Governance (11 papers), Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (7 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (6 papers). Vello Pettai is often cited by papers focused on European Union Policy and Governance (11 papers), Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (7 papers) and Eastern European Communism and Reforms (6 papers). Vello Pettai collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, United States and Mozambique. Vello Pettai's co-authors include Marcus Kreuzer, Jan Zielonka, Viljar Veebel, Jacques Rupnik and Mihkel Solvak and has published in prestigious journals such as World Politics, European Journal of Political Research and Journal of democracy.

In The Last Decade

Vello Pettai

31 papers receiving 338 citations

Peers

Vello Pettai
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  • Political Science and International Relations 309
  • Sociology and Political Science 169
  • Strategy and Management 57
  • Social Psychology 39
  • Cultural Studies 35
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Countries citing papers authored by Vello Pettai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vello Pettai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vello Pettai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Vello Pettai. The network helps show where Vello Pettai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vello Pettai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vello Pettai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vello Pettai 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 Vello Pettai. Vello Pettai 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 2
2 5
3 7
4 6
5 2
6 12
7 4
8 1
9 9
10 5
11 10
12 2
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The road to the European Union
9
14
The Road to the European Union, Vol. 2, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
6
15 75
16 2
17 69
18
Estonia's Constitutional Review Mechanisms: A Guarantor of Democratic Consolidation?
3
19 1
20 6

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