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Richard J. Samuels

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1977

Publications

276

Citations

4,347

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record appears to blend two distinct research identities: one focused on Japanese politics, national security, intelligence history, and industrial policy, and another centered on philosophy of mathematics and cognitive science topics like number concepts and nominalism. Prospective students should note this apparent mix likely reflects a data-merging issue between similarly-named authors rather than a single coherent research program, so verifying which body of work belongs to the actual advisor of interest is essential before applying.

Japanese politics and security policyIntelligence history (Japan)Philosophy of mathematics and nominalismCognitive science of number conceptsJapanese industrial and disaster governance

Output was unusually high in 2019 (50 publications) but has since settled into a slower, steady pace of roughly 1-4 publications per year through the mid-2020s.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 50 publications50192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
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  • Cornell University Press eBooks×42
  • Synthese×3
  • The Washington Quarterly×2
  • International Affairs×2
  • Bloomsbury Academic eBooks×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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