Charles Webster

4.1k total citations
65 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Charles Webster is a scholar working on History, History and Philosophy of Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Webster has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in History, 6 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Charles Webster's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (5 papers) and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 papers). Charles Webster is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (5 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (5 papers) and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 papers). Charles Webster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Charles Webster's co-authors include Harry Alpert, James Gillespie, Anne Marie Rafferty, Robert Dingwall, Gerald L. Geison, Hannah Cooke, Brian Easlea, H. M. Knox, Anthony Grafton and Noble Frankland and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Medicine, The American Historical Review and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Charles Webster

58 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Webster United Kingdom 17 406 285 216 213 205 65 1.4k
Ronald L. Numbers United States 21 303 0.7× 170 0.6× 100 0.5× 456 2.1× 150 0.7× 96 1.6k
Nancy Tomes United States 17 264 0.7× 232 0.8× 93 0.4× 246 1.2× 55 0.3× 48 1.2k
Susan M. Reverby United States 19 200 0.5× 439 1.5× 83 0.4× 422 2.0× 64 0.3× 59 1.6k
Elliott A. Krause United States 10 46 0.1× 336 1.2× 111 0.5× 190 0.9× 86 0.4× 29 1.1k
Julius A. Roth United States 18 33 0.1× 359 1.3× 91 0.4× 326 1.5× 61 0.3× 51 1.2k
Geoffrey Pearson United Kingdom 16 53 0.1× 343 1.2× 63 0.3× 1.2k 5.7× 179 0.9× 45 1.7k
William Ray Arney United States 12 84 0.2× 304 1.1× 33 0.2× 247 1.2× 67 0.3× 30 1.0k
Kathleen Clark United States 9 72 0.2× 299 1.0× 34 0.2× 315 1.5× 93 0.5× 31 1.1k
Adolph Reed United States 14 42 0.1× 182 0.6× 64 0.3× 441 2.1× 121 0.6× 37 944
Evelyn L. Forget Canada 16 36 0.1× 403 1.4× 344 1.6× 275 1.3× 158 0.8× 91 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Webster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Webster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmitt, Charles B. & Charles Webster. (2024). Reappraisals in Renaissance Thought.
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Webster, Charles. (2008). Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time. 10 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (2002). Paracelsus, Paracelsianism, and the Secularization of the Worldview. Science in Context. 15(1). 9–27. 7 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (2002). The parable of the incompetent steward. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 8(3). 113–114. 2 indexed citations
5.
Webster, Charles. (2001). Caring for health : history and diversity. Open University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Loudon, Irvine, John Horder, & Charles Webster. (1998). General Practice under the National Health Service, 1948–1997. Oxford University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1997). La reinvenzione di Robert Boyle. 109(1). 298.
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Webster, Charles. (1995). Computer modeling of adaptive depression. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 40(4). 314–330. 5 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1995). Paracelsus Confronts the Saints: Miracles, Healing and the Secularization of Magic. Social History of Medicine. 8(3). 403–421. 9 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1993). The metamorphosis of Dawson of Penn.. PubMed. 23. 212–28. 3 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1990). Conflict and Consensus: Explaining the British Health Service. Twentieth Century British History. 1(2). 115–151. 31 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles & Gordon Banks. (1989). Modeling Manic-Depression with Symbolic Logic.. PubMed Central. 325–329. 1 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles, Richard M. Glass, & Gordon Banks. (1988). DEP: A Depression Emulation Program. PubMed Central. 287–291. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, John G. & Charles Webster. (1985). From Paracelsus to Newton: Magic and the Making of Modern Science. The History Teacher. 18(2). 304–304. 1 indexed citations
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Pelling, Margaret, et al.. (1977). Essays on the life and work of Thomas Linacre, c. 1460-1524. Clarendon Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1977). The Great Instauration: Science, Medicine and Reform 1626-1660. 9(2). 9 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1976). Changing Perspectives in the History of Education. Oxford Review of Education. 2(3). 201–213. 3 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1975). Palmerston, Metternich, and the European system, 1830-1841. 3 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1974). The intellectual revolution of the seventeenth century. Routledge eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Webster, Charles. (1974). New Light on the Invisible College the Social Relations of English Science in the Mid-Seventeenth Century. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 24. 19–42. 7 indexed citations

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