Charles Melville

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Charles Melville is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Melville has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Charles Melville's work include Islamic Studies and History (25 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Charles Melville is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (25 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Charles Melville collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Charles Melville's co-authors include N. N. Ambraseys, N. L. Falcon, R. D. Adams, Gavin R. G. Hambly, Peter Avery, P. Alexandre, Claude Gilliot, Lynette Mitchell, Yann Richard and Colin Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geographical Journal and Terra Nova.

In The Last Decade

Charles Melville

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

A History of Persian Eart... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 250 500 750
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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.

  1. A History of Persian Earthquakes
    1983 851 citations N. N. Ambraseys, Charles Melville et al. Geographical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Melville United Kingdom 11 1.2k 291 184 175 105 50 1.6k
Caroline Finkel United Kingdom 8 522 0.4× 87 0.3× 81 0.4× 56 0.3× 21 0.2× 19 655
A. Cisternas France 26 2.4k 2.0× 107 0.4× 222 1.2× 199 1.1× 10 0.1× 58 2.6k
Franck Audemard Venezuela 23 1.3k 1.1× 97 0.3× 333 1.8× 50 0.3× 16 0.2× 105 1.6k
Jean Ruegg France 23 1.6k 1.3× 65 0.2× 255 1.4× 122 0.7× 5 0.0× 64 1.8k
S. N. Ward United States 15 708 0.6× 83 0.3× 353 1.9× 153 0.9× 2 0.0× 31 1.1k
V. K. Gaur India 23 2.0k 1.6× 115 0.4× 207 1.1× 130 0.7× 6 0.1× 62 2.3k
Jean-Luc Schneider France 20 521 0.4× 24 0.1× 673 3.7× 44 0.3× 10 0.1× 39 1.1k
Michaël Schmidt Germany 14 207 0.2× 25 0.1× 74 0.4× 32 0.2× 13 0.1× 44 553
Giusto Traina Italy 6 370 0.3× 40 0.1× 102 0.6× 35 0.2× 4 0.0× 28 524
Clifford Ando United States 11 939 0.8× 7 0.0× 165 0.9× 171 1.0× 16 0.2× 21 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Melville

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Melville

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All Works

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Melville, Charles, et al.. (2021). Optimized AI controller for reinforced concrete frame structures under earthquake excitation. Advances in concrete construction. 11(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (2019). Visualising Tamerlane: History and its Image. Iran. 57(1). 83–106. 1 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (2018). The Illustration of History in Persian Manuscripts. Iran. 56(1). 47–63. 4 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (2017). Sultans and Lovers: Gazorgahi’s Tales of Royal Infatuation. Iran. 55(1). 11–23. 1 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles, et al.. (2012). The reception of Firdausi's Shahnama. BRILL eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (2000). The Caspian Provinces: A World Apart Three local histories of Mazandaran. Iranian Studies. 33(1-2). 45–91. 2 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1999). The fall of Amir Chupan and the decline of the Ilkhanate, 1327-37 : a decade of discord in Mongol Iran. 11 indexed citations
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Sims‐Williams, Nicholas, et al.. (1998). Proceedings of the third European Conference of Iranian Studies : held in Cambridge, 11th to 15th September 1995. 1 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1998). A Lost Source for the Reign of Shah cAbbas: the Afżal al‐tawārīkh of Fazli Khuzani Isfahani. Iranian Studies. 31(2). 263–265.
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Ambraseys, N. N. & Charles Melville. (1995). Historical evidence of faulting in Eastern Anatolia and Northern Syria. Annals of Geophysics. 38(3-4). 43 indexed citations
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Ambraseys, N. N., Charles Melville, & R. D. Adams. (1994). The Seismicity of Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 335 indexed citations
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Avery, Peter, Gavin R. G. Hambly, & Charles Melville. (1991). From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1988). The Persian Famine of 1870–1872: Prices and Politics. Disasters. 12(4). 309–325. 7 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1984). Reflections on the late earthquake in North Wales on 19th July 1984. Disasters. 8(3). 165–168. 4 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1983). The 1934 floods in Tabriz, N. W. Iran. Disasters. 7(2). 107–117. 2 indexed citations
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Ambraseys, N. N. & Charles Melville. (1983). The seismicity of the British Isles and the North Sea. 7 indexed citations
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Melville, Charles. (1980). Earthquakes in the History of Nishapur. Iran. 18. 103–103. 3 indexed citations
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Ambraseys, N. N. & Charles Melville. (1977). The Seismicity of Kuhistan, Iran. Geographical Journal. 143(2). 179–179. 14 indexed citations

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