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Michael Johnston

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1977Rising activity
Corruption and Economic DevelopmentSpeech and dialogue systemsMedieval Literature and HistoryNatural Language Processing TechniquesTopic Modeling

Publications

382

Citations

10,847

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
AI-generated

This record appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the same name, spanning corruption studies and governance reform, memory and cognition in the age of AI, bullying and parenting research, embodied AI/robotics, and even petroleum engineering. The most consistent thread across the publications concerns political corruption, patronage systems, and anti-corruption reform, particularly with comparative case studies (e.g., Philippines, Africa, cross-border corruption). Prospective students should verify which specific body of work and institutional affiliation corresponds to the advisor they are considering, as the topical breadth suggests the data may conflate several same-named authors.

Political corruption and governance reformPatronage and institutional accountabilityMemory, cognition, and knowledge in the AI eraBullying and parenting strategiesEmbodied AI and robotics (situational query systems)

Publication counts have fluctuated over the last decade with no steady trend, rising sharply in 2023-2024 before declining in 2025-2026, though this pattern likely reflects merged records from multiple authors rather than one individual's activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 15.2/year recently
2017: 19 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 21 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 23 publications232024: 32 publications32242025: 10 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×9
  • ChemRxiv×5
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×5
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology×4
  • Speculum×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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