Walter Berns

658 total citations
31 papers, 331 citations indexed

About

Walter Berns is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Berns has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 331 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Walter Berns's work include Law, Rights, and Freedoms (8 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers) and Political Science Research and Education (3 papers). Walter Berns is often cited by papers focused on Law, Rights, and Freedoms (8 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers) and Political Science Research and Education (3 papers). Walter Berns collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter Berns's co-authors include Arthur J. Brodbeck, Eugene Burdick, Herbert J. Storing, Léo Strauss, Angus Campbell, Otto Kirchheimer, Kenneth L. Karst, Norman J. Ornstein, Robert A. Goldwin and Philip Abbott and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Political Science Review and Crime & Delinquency.

In The Last Decade

Walter Berns

28 papers receiving 245 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Berns United States 9 174 147 39 30 27 31 331
Henry S. Kariel United States 9 137 0.8× 115 0.8× 14 0.4× 23 0.8× 18 0.7× 35 276
Joseph W. Evans 4 202 1.2× 151 1.0× 27 0.7× 35 1.2× 19 0.7× 11 369
Stephen Holmes United States 10 172 1.0× 182 1.2× 51 1.3× 32 1.1× 49 1.8× 22 371
William C. Havard United States 7 167 1.0× 122 0.8× 17 0.4× 48 1.6× 61 2.3× 25 315
Felix E. Oppenheim United States 9 171 1.0× 122 0.8× 14 0.4× 38 1.3× 38 1.4× 33 292
Carnes Lord United States 8 140 0.8× 97 0.7× 16 0.4× 26 0.9× 103 3.8× 27 327
Andrew Reeve United Kingdom 8 137 0.8× 92 0.6× 24 0.6× 32 1.1× 60 2.2× 25 278
Helmut Schelsky Germany 10 96 0.6× 179 1.2× 18 0.5× 10 0.3× 19 0.7× 46 328
Tung-tsu Chu United States 7 130 0.7× 271 1.8× 19 0.5× 42 1.4× 13 0.5× 9 408
Peter C. Sederberg United States 10 103 0.6× 208 1.4× 10 0.3× 8 0.3× 21 0.8× 27 328

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Berns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Berns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Berns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Berns 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 Walter Berns. Walter Berns 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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Berns, Walter. (2002). Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America's Unique Form of Patriotism.. The American Educator. 26(1). 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (2001). Making Patriots. 11 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1999). Pronography versus democracy. Society. 36(6). 16–25. 2 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1987). The New Pursuit of Happiness.. ˜The œPublic interest. 3 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1980). Defending the Death Penalty. Crime & Delinquency. 26(4). 503–511. 3 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1980). For Capital Punishment. Michigan Law Review. 78(5). 808–808. 17 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1979). For Capital Punishment: Crime and the Morality of the Death Penalty. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 29 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter, et al.. (1977). Regulation And Public Policy. Communication Booknotes. 9(2). 22–25. 1 indexed citations
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Goldwin, Robert A. & Walter Berns. (1971). How democratic is America? : Responses to the New Left challenge. 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1970). Freedom of the Press and the Alien and Sedition Laws: A Reappraisal. The Supreme Court Review. 1970. 109–159. 4 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1968). The Constitution and the Migration of Slaves. The Yale Law Journal. 78(2). 198–198. 4 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1963). Law and Behavioral Science. Law and Contemporary Problems. 28(1). 185–185. 22 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter & Otto Kirchheimer. (1962). Political Justice: The Use of Legal Procedure for Political Ends. Columbia Law Review. 62(3). 556–556. 21 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1961). The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay's The Structure of Freedom. American Political Science Review. 55(3). 550–559. 2 indexed citations
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Karst, Kenneth L. & Walter Berns. (1958). Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment. Harvard Law Review. 71(7). 1387–1387. 6 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter, et al.. (1958). Justice Reed and the First Amendment: The Religion Clauses. Virginia Law Review. 44(4). 677–677. 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter, et al.. (1958). Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment. Stanford Law Review. 10(2). 397–397. 1 indexed citations
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Konvitz, Milton R., et al.. (1958). Fundamental Liberties of a Free People.. Midwest Journal of Political Science. 2(3). 321–321.
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Berns, Walter. (1953). Buck v. Bell: Due Process of Law?. The Western Political Quarterly. 6(4). 762–762. 5 indexed citations
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Berns, Walter. (1953). Buck v. Bell: Due Process of Law?. The Western Political Quarterly. 6(4). 762–775. 2 indexed citations

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