Elborg Forster

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 609 citations indexed

About

Elborg Forster is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elborg Forster has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 609 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Elborg Forster's work include Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 paper) and European Political History Analysis (1 paper). Elborg Forster is often cited by papers focused on Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (1 paper) and European Political History Analysis (1 paper). Elborg Forster collaborates with scholars based in . Elborg Forster's co-authors include François Furet, Paul H. Beik, Robert Förster, Patricia M. Ranum, Orest Ranum, Susan Naquin, Georges Duby, Nathan Wachtel, John C. Moore and Dietrich Orlow and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Population and Development Review and Pacific Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Elborg Forster

14 papers receiving 379 citations

Hit Papers

Interpreting the French Revolution 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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. Interpreting the French Revolution
    1982 275 citations Paul H. Beik, François Furet et al. The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elborg Forster 8 288 178 122 83 59 17 609
Orest Ranum United States 12 170 0.6× 98 0.6× 172 1.4× 77 0.9× 90 1.5× 57 550
David Warren Sabean United States 14 228 0.8× 172 1.0× 252 2.1× 217 2.6× 48 0.8× 44 700
Robert E. Lerner United States 14 202 0.7× 100 0.6× 232 1.9× 25 0.3× 43 0.7× 79 663
Richard C. Trexler United States 16 178 0.6× 159 0.9× 358 2.9× 120 1.4× 45 0.8× 65 768
Jacques Revel France 14 268 0.9× 132 0.7× 175 1.4× 51 0.6× 116 2.0× 61 732
Ann Taylor Allen United States 12 297 1.0× 173 1.0× 226 1.9× 49 0.6× 29 0.5× 60 625
Peter Robb United Kingdom 12 265 0.9× 217 1.2× 56 0.5× 97 1.2× 38 0.6× 53 636
Hans Medick Germany 11 238 0.8× 129 0.7× 153 1.3× 269 3.2× 44 0.7× 35 619
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky United States 14 307 1.1× 329 1.8× 83 0.7× 51 0.6× 19 0.3× 94 746
Ian Tyrrell Australia 14 387 1.3× 177 1.0× 132 1.1× 41 0.5× 37 0.6× 54 729

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elborg Forster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elborg Forster

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
1.
Portès, Jacques, Claude Fohlen, & Elborg Forster. (2000). Fascination and Misgivings: The United States in French Opinion, 1870–1914. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Forster, Elborg. (1999). The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray (review). Bulletin of the history of medicine. 73(3). 503–504. 1 indexed citations
3.
Becker, Jochen & Elborg Forster. (1998). Librarians, Life and Ladders: Carl Spitzweg and Others. Visual Resources. 13(3-4). 309–330. 1 indexed citations
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Orlow, Dietrich, Hans Mommsen, Elborg Forster, & Larry Eugene Jones. (1997). The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy.. The American Historical Review. 102(5). 1513–1513. 22 indexed citations
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Paquette, Robert L., Elborg Forster, & Robert Forster. (1997). Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diary of Pierre Dessalles, Planter in Martinique, 1808-1856. Technology and Culture. 38(4). 982–982. 6 indexed citations
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Forster, Elborg. (1996). Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Naquin, Susan, et al.. (1991). Bureaucracy and Famine in Eighteenth-Century China.. Pacific Affairs. 64(3). 399–399. 72 indexed citations
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Forster, Elborg. (1991). E. M. Forster's Letter to Mulk Raj Anand about Untouchable. South Asian Review. 15(12). 93–93. 1 indexed citations
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Furet, François & Elborg Forster. (1990). A Commentary. French Historical Studies. 16(4). 792–792. 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Elborg, et al.. (1984). A woman's life in the court of the Sun King : letters of Liselotte von der Pfalz, Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, 1652-1722. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Wachtel, Nathan & Elborg Forster. (1982). The MITIMAS of the Cochabamba Valley: the colonization policy of Huayna Capac. 199–235. 25 indexed citations
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Beik, Paul H., François Furet, & Elborg Forster. (1982). Interpreting the French Revolution. The American Historical Review. 87(4). 1103–1103. 275 indexed citations breakdown →
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Forster, Robert, Orest Ranum, Elborg Forster, & Patricia M. Ranum. (1979). Food and drink in history : selections from the Annales, économies, sociétes, civilisations, volume 5. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Moore, John C., Georges Duby, & Elborg Forster. (1979). Medieval Marriage: Two Models from Twelfth-Century France. The American Historical Review. 84(2). 439–439. 38 indexed citations
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Förster, Robert, Orest Ranum, Elborg Forster, & Patricia M. Ranum. (1978). Family and Society.. Population and Development Review. 4(2). 357–357. 111 indexed citations
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Forster, Robert, Orest Ranum, Elborg Forster, & Patricia M. Ranum. (1977). Rural society in France : selections from the Annales : économies, sociétés, civilisations. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Forster, Elborg & Robert Förster. (1975). European diet from pre-industrial to modern times. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 40 indexed citations

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