Barbara Welter

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Barbara Welter is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Welter has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Barbara Welter's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers), Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 papers) and Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment (1 paper). Barbara Welter is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 papers), Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 papers) and Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment (1 paper). Barbara Welter collaborates with scholars based in United States. Barbara Welter's co-authors include W. Barton Leach, Anne Firor Scott, Leonard I. Sweet, J. Stanley Lemons, Mari Jo Buhle, Linda K. Kerber, Nancy F. Cott and Mary P. Ryan and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and American Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Welter

12 papers receiving 462 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860

1966 665 citations Barbara Welter American Quarterly profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Welter United States	8	359	211	155	154	154	13	810
Anne Firor Scott United States	17	436 1.2×	171 0.8×	143 0.9×	175 1.1×	64 0.4×	75	921
Clyde Griffen United States	9	342 1.0×	175 0.8×	141 0.9×	110 0.7×	87 0.6×	28	700
Ellen Carol DuBois United States	17	589 1.6×	322 1.5×	230 1.5×	268 1.7×	125 0.8×	60	1.1k
Martin Duberman United States	10	363 1.0×	165 0.8×	139 0.9×	119 0.8×	84 0.5×	43	756
Mary Beth Norton United States	16	341 0.9×	182 0.9×	83 0.5×	247 1.6×	88 0.6×	68	808
Karen Halttunen United States	12	371 1.0×	203 1.0×	51 0.3×	133 0.9×	176 1.1×	28	837
E. Anthony Rotundo United States	10	358 1.0×	169 0.8×	202 1.3×	99 0.6×	92 0.6×	14	718
Nell Irvin Painter United States	11	494 1.4×	115 0.5×	69 0.4×	116 0.8×	114 0.7×	41	831
Christine Stansell United States	11	481 1.3×	220 1.0×	206 1.3×	153 1.0×	77 0.5×	24	888
Lillian Faderman United States	12	597 1.7×	322 1.5×	310 2.0×	134 0.9×	187 1.2×	30	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Welter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Welter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Welter

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Welter, Barbara, et al.. (1987). The American Victorian Woman: The Myth and the Reality. Journal of American History. 74(2). 530–530. 4 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara & Leonard I. Sweet. (1984). The Minister's Wife: Her Role in Nineteenth-Century American Evangelicalism. The American Historical Review. 89(2). 516–516. 9 indexed citations

3.

Welter, Barbara, et al.. (1984). True Sisterhood: Michigan Women and Their Kin, 1820-1920. The American Historical Review. 89(5). 1383–1383. 10 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara & Mary P. Ryan. (1983). The Empire of the Mother: American Writing about Domesticity, 1830-1860. Journal of American History. 70(2). 410–410.

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Welter, Barbara, et al.. (1982). Women's America: Refocusing the Past. The History Teacher. 16(1). 145–145. 8 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara & W. Barton Leach. (1981). True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society. Journal of American History. 68(2). 386–386. 54 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara. (1978). She Hath Done What She Could: Protestant Women's Missionary Careers in Nineteenth-Century America. American Quarterly. 30(5). 624–624. 15 indexed citations

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Scott, Anne Firor & Barbara Welter. (1977). Dimity Convictions: The American Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Journal of American History. 64(3). 793–793. 32 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara & Nancy F. Cott. (1977). The Bonds of Womanhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England, 1780-1855. The American Historical Review. 82(5). 1327–1327. 2 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara & J. Stanley Lemons. (1974). The Woman Citizen: Social Feminism in the 1920s. The American Historical Review. 79(3). 894–894. 7 indexed citations

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Welter, Barbara. (1973). The woman question in American history. 2 indexed citations

12.

Welter, Barbara. (1969). The Merchant's Daughter: A Tale from Life. The New England Quarterly. 42(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations

13.

Welter, Barbara. (1966). The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860. American Quarterly. 18(2). 151–151. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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