William P. Alford

813 total citations
25 papers, 370 citations indexed

About

William P. Alford is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, William P. Alford has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 370 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in William P. Alford's work include Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (6 papers) and Legal Education and Practice Innovations (3 papers). William P. Alford is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (6 papers) and Legal Education and Practice Innovations (3 papers). William P. Alford collaborates with scholars based in United States. William P. Alford's co-authors include Benjamin L. Liebman, Thomas Carothers, Susan Mann, Robert P. Weller, Karen R. Polenske, David Zweig, William C. Kirby, Kenneth Winston and Jerome Alan Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History and The China Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

William P. Alford

21 papers receiving 294 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William P. Alford United States 11 142 124 81 59 52 25 370
John Crowley France 10 135 1.0× 92 0.7× 20 0.2× 49 0.8× 11 0.2× 36 327
Erwan Agus Purwanto Indonesia 8 97 0.7× 104 0.8× 42 0.5× 46 0.8× 6 0.1× 29 374
Gerald E. Frug United States 9 173 1.2× 213 1.7× 84 1.0× 135 2.3× 5 0.1× 28 522
Erhard Berner Germany 8 161 1.1× 92 0.7× 11 0.1× 115 1.9× 51 1.0× 13 450
Yannick L’Horty France 12 349 2.5× 44 0.4× 45 0.6× 290 4.9× 9 0.2× 114 606
Lydia Brashear Tiede United States 10 256 1.8× 171 1.4× 201 2.5× 244 4.1× 15 0.3× 39 613
Luigi Bobbio Italy 12 186 1.3× 163 1.3× 9 0.1× 58 1.0× 41 0.8× 43 444
Thomas A. Koelble South Africa 12 172 1.2× 157 1.3× 40 0.5× 30 0.5× 3 0.1× 37 376
Hans‐Joachim Lauth Germany 9 255 1.8× 255 2.1× 47 0.6× 31 0.5× 11 0.2× 37 457
Martin van der Velde Netherlands 12 280 2.0× 331 2.7× 12 0.1× 87 1.5× 5 0.1× 24 510

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William P. Alford

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cohen, Jerome Alan, et al.. (2019). Taiwan and International Human Rights. 4 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (2013). Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire. University of Toronto Law Journal. 63(4). 671–675.
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Kirby, William C., William P. Alford, & Kenneth Winston. (2010). Engineers and the state in modern China. 293–323. 3 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (2007). Raising the bar : the emerging legal profession in East Asia. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (2003). Qing China and the Legal Treatment of Mental Infirmity: A Preliminary Sketch in Tribute to Professor William C. Jones. Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis). 2(1). 187–192. 1 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (2003). HAVE YOU EATEN? HAVE YOU DIVORCED? DEBATING THE MEANING OF FREEDOM IN MARRIAGE IN CHINA. 9 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (2002). The Human Dimensions of Pollution Policy Implementation: Air quality in rural China. Journal of Contemporary China. 11(32). 495–513. 19 indexed citations
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Alford, William P. & Benjamin L. Liebman. (2001). Clean Air, Clean Processes? The Struggle over Air Pollution Law in the People's Republic of China. Hastings law journal. 52(3). 703. 22 indexed citations
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Alford, William P. & Thomas Carothers. (2000). Exporting "The Pursuit of Happiness". Harvard Law Review. 113(7). 1677–1677. 15 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (1997). Of Jeffersonian visions: A critique of Gary Jefferson's “China's economic future”. Journal of Asian Economics. 8(4). 597–603. 1 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (1997). Why Western Scholars of Chinese History and Society Have Not Had More to Say about Its Law. Modern China. 23(4). 398–419. 24 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (1996). To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization. American Journal of Legal History. 40(4). 514–514. 4 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (1996). To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization.. The American Historical Review. 101(5). 1596–1596. 13 indexed citations
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Mann, Susan & William P. Alford. (1996). To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 27(2). 379–379. 6 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (1995). To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense. Stanford University Press eBooks. 105 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (1984). Of Arsenic and Old Laws: Looking Anew at Criminal Justice in Late Imperial China. California Law Review. 72(6). 1180–1180. 21 indexed citations
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Alford, William P.. (1984). Of Arsenic and Old Laws: Looking Anew at Criminal Justice in Late Imperial China. California Law Review. 72(6). 1180. 25 indexed citations
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Alford, William P., et al.. (1981). Ventures in the China Trade An Analysis of China's Emerging Legal Framework for the Regulation of Foreign Investment. Northwestern journal of international law & business. 3(1). 56. 1 indexed citations

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