Donald Kagan

1.9k citations
54 papers · 564 indexed · h-index 13
Topics
Classical Antiquity Studies (17 papers)Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (5 papers)Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Donald Kagan

45 papers receiving 376 citations

Peers

Donald Kagan
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  • Sociology and Political Science 228
  • Political Science and International Relations 218
  • Anthropology 184
  • Archeology 81
  • Economics and Econometrics 66
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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Kagan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Kagan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald Kagan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald Kagan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Donald Kagan. Donald Kagan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
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Polis and polemos : essays on politics, war, and history in Ancient Greece, in honor of Donald Kagan
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4 3
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The end of the Roman Empire : decline or transformation?
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What is history : fact or fancy?
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Problems in ancient history
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About Donald Kagan

Donald Kagan is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Classics, having authored 54 papers that have together received 564 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Classical Antiquity Studies (17 papers), Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (5 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (184 citations), Political Science and International Relations (218 citations) and Archeology (81 citations). Donald Kagan has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Eliot A. Cohen, Malcolm F. McGregor, Stanley M. Burstein, Henry R. Immerwahr, Hunter R. Rawlings, William H. McNeill, Jack Cargill, Lawrence Freedman, Jacqueline de Romilly and Raphael Sealey. Their work appears in journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and Political Science Quarterly.

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