Political Science and International Relations

1.3M papers and 11.3M indexed citations i.

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1.3M papers covering Political Science and International Relations have received a total of 11.3M indexed citations since 1950. Papers on subfields are most often about the specific topic of American Constitutional Law and Politics, Social Policy and Reform Studies and Electoral Systems and Political Participation and also cover the fields of Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Law. Papers citing papers on subfields are usually about Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. Some of the most active scholars covering Political Science and International Relations are Robert D. Putnam, Paul Pierson, Miguel Caldas, Christopher Hood, James D. Fearon, Charles M. Tiebout, Barry R. Weingast, Vivien A. Schmidt, Paul Sabatier and Stephen J. Ball.

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Fields of papers citing papers about Political Science and International Relations

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This network shows the impact of papers covering Political Science and International Relations. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers covering Political Science and International Relations.

Countries where authors publish papers about Political Science and International Relations

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This map shows the geographic impact of research in Political Science and International Relations. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers about Political Science and International Relations with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Political Science and International Relations more than expected).

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