Davis Bitton

888 total citations
46 papers, 257 citations indexed

About

Davis Bitton is a scholar working on History, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Davis Bitton has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 257 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in History, 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 17 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Davis Bitton's work include Mormonism, Religion, and History (25 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (21 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (17 papers). Davis Bitton is often cited by papers focused on Mormonism, Religion, and History (25 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (21 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (17 papers). Davis Bitton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Davis Bitton's co-authors include Leonard J. Arrington, Hans A. Baer, Orest Ranum, David Parker, Roger D. Launius, I. D. MCFARLANE and Thomas G. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

In The Last Decade

Davis Bitton

27 papers receiving 173 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Davis Bitton United States 8 110 99 92 40 29 46 257
Karen J. Blair United States 7 64 0.6× 131 1.3× 70 0.8× 23 0.6× 49 1.7× 24 274
Richard P. Gildrie United States 7 58 0.5× 64 0.6× 68 0.7× 35 0.9× 34 1.2× 27 212
Keith McClelland United Kingdom 7 116 1.1× 231 2.3× 58 0.6× 63 1.6× 10 0.3× 11 323
Nancy L. Roelker United States 7 158 1.4× 121 1.2× 102 1.1× 80 2.0× 6 0.2× 20 362
J. A. Leo Lemay United States 9 39 0.4× 56 0.6× 58 0.6× 39 1.0× 25 0.9× 54 248
J. Michael Hayden Canada 6 189 1.7× 111 1.1× 83 0.9× 58 1.4× 8 0.3× 22 431
Paul C. Gutjahr United States 9 68 0.6× 79 0.8× 66 0.7× 30 0.8× 22 0.8× 25 251
Frank Rosenthal United States 7 50 0.5× 129 1.3× 82 0.9× 52 1.3× 5 0.2× 16 311
Edwin S. Gaustad United States 11 149 1.4× 214 2.2× 216 2.3× 31 0.8× 33 1.1× 81 430
Arthur B. Ferguson United States 9 124 1.1× 94 0.9× 53 0.6× 61 1.5× 6 0.2× 27 353

Countries citing papers authored by Davis Bitton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Davis Bitton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Davis Bitton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (2012). Demographic Limits of Nineteenth-Century Mormon Polygyny. BYU studies quarterly. 51(4). 3. 1 indexed citations
2.
Bitton, Davis & Thomas G. Alexander. (2009). The a to Z of Mormonism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks.
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Bitton, Davis. (2004). Spotting an Anti-Mormon Book. Mormon Studies Review. 16 (2004)(1). 355–360. 1 indexed citations
4.
Bitton, Davis. (2003). The Charge of a Man with a Broken Lance (But Look What He Doesn’t Tell Us). Mormon Studies Review. 15 (2003)(2). 257–271. 1 indexed citations
5.
Bitton, Davis. (2002). “Strange Ramblings”: The Ideal and Practice of Sermons in Early Mormonism. BYU studies quarterly. 41(1). 2.
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Launius, Roger D., et al.. (1995). Differing Visions: Dissenters in Mormon History. Western Historical Quarterly. 26(4). 547–547. 6 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1993). Colonialism and Science: Saint Domingue in the Old Regime. History Reviews of New Books. 21(2). 76–76. 17 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1989). New Views of Mormon History: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Leonard J. Arrington. Journal of American History. 75(4). 1298–1298. 1 indexed citations
9.
Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1989). Mormons and Their Historians. Western Historical Quarterly. 20(4). 453–453. 2 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1983). Ten Years in Camelot: A Personal Memoir. Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought. 16(3). 9–33.
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1983). The Godly Rebellion: Parisian Cures and the Religious Fronde, 1652-62. The American Historical Review. 88(2). 402–402. 2 indexed citations
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Arrington, Leonard J., et al.. (1979). The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-Day Saints. The American Historical Review. 84(5). 1487–1487. 10 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1978). Mischievous Puck and the Mormons, 1904-1907. BYU studies quarterly. 18(4). 4. 1 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1978). George Francis Train and Brigham Young. BYU studies quarterly. 18(3). 410–427.
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1975). Mesmerism and Mormonism. BYU studies quarterly. 15(2). 3. 2 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1975). From Enlightenment to Revolution. History Reviews of New Books. 3(8). 206–207. 4 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1973). Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Aristocracy and the Bourgeois Challenge. History Reviews of New Books. 1(6). 128–129. 4 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis. (1971). Kirtland as a Center of Missionary Activity, 1830-1838. BYU studies quarterly. 11(4). 10.
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Bitton, Davis. (1966). ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM IN MORMON HISTORY. Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought. 1(3). 111–134. 1 indexed citations
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Bitton, Davis, et al.. (1966). Ludwig XI. und Karl der Kuhne: Die Memoiren des Philippe de Commynes Als Historische Quelle. The American Historical Review. 71(3). 938–938.

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