Most cited papers in Eastern European Communism and Reforms

The most cited paper in Eastern European Communism and Reforms is "Now out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989" (Timur Kuran, 1991), with 1,472 citations. Next come "The USSR as a Communal Apartment, or How a Socialist State Promoted Ethnic Particularism" (1,072) and "The Dynamics of Informational Cascades: The Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany, 1989–91" (1,058).

Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 137 citations is listed.

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