Harriet Ritvo

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Harriet Ritvo is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, History and Philosophy of Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harriet Ritvo has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 4 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Harriet Ritvo's work include Geographies of human-animal interactions (8 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (3 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (2 papers). Harriet Ritvo is often cited by papers focused on Geographies of human-animal interactions (8 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (3 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (2 papers). Harriet Ritvo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and India. Harriet Ritvo's co-authors include David C. Itzkowitz, Londa Schiebinger, Mary Ella Feinleib, Keith Tester, John M. MacKenzie, Jonathan Arac, Stephen Botein, Jack R. Censer, Nicholas Russell and Dana D. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Harriet Ritvo

50 papers receiving 750 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harriet Ritvo United States	14	401	206	178	157	153	55	1.1k
Elvira Scheich Brazil	3	194 0.5×	334 1.6×	99 0.6×	90 0.6×	97 0.6×	8	1.0k
David C. Itzkowitz United States	9	187 0.5×	330 1.6×	76 0.4×	123 0.8×	98 0.6×	11	932
Cary Wolfe United States	13	551 1.4×	247 1.2×	160 0.9×	75 0.5×	270 1.8×	52	1.2k
Eduardo Kohn Canada	9	756 1.9×	344 1.7×	204 1.1×	468 3.0×	107 0.7×	31	1.6k
Erica Fudge United Kingdom	9	416 1.0×	107 0.5×	187 1.1×	50 0.3×	63 0.4×	39	608
Vinciane Despret Belgium	15	710 1.8×	336 1.6×	334 1.9×	123 0.8×	72 0.5×	79	1.4k
Philippe Descola France	21	438 1.1×	674 3.3×	81 0.5×	552 3.5×	78 0.5×	111	2.1k
Gregg Mitman United States	14	149 0.4×	153 0.7×	60 0.3×	37 0.2×	40 0.3×	40	631
Catherine Nash United Kingdom	20	642 1.6×	811 3.9×	215 1.2×	216 1.4×	61 0.4×	49	1.7k
Myra J. Hird Canada	21	319 0.8×	456 2.2×	104 0.6×	47 0.3×	67 0.4×	63	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harriet Ritvo

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2022). Recent Work in Animal History (and How We Got Here). The Journal of Modern History. 94(2). 404–419. 1 indexed citations

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Haraway, Donna, et al.. (2021). Humanimalia Roundtable on Breed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 5–26. 1 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2017). Invasion/Invasive. Environmental Humanities. 9(1). 171–174. 5 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2014). Among Animals. Environment and History. 20(4). 491–498. 1 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet, et al.. (2013). The Nature of the Beasts. 13 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2010). Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History. Max Planck Digital Library. 34 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2009). Humans and Humanists. Max Planck Digital Library. 1 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2007). Manchester v. Thirlmere and the Construction of the Victorian Environment. Victorian Studies. 49(3). 457–482. 3 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2005). Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History. Edited by Susan R. Schrepfer and Philip Scranton. Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture, Volume 5. New York: Routledge, 2004. ix+ 275 pp. Illustrations, notes, list of contributors, index. Cloth $90.00, paper $24.95. Environmental History. 10(3). 546–548. 1 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2004). Animal Planet. Environmental History. 9(2). 204–220. 18 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2002). History and Animal Studies. Society and Animals. 10(4). 403–406. 28 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2000). Seeds that never grew in Sweden. Nature. 404(6779). 704–705. 6 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2000). Animal Consciousness: Some Historical Perspective. American Zoologist. 40(6). 847–852. 2 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (2000). Animal Consciousness: Some Historical Perspective1. American Zoologist. 40(6). 847–852. 7 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet & Londa Schiebinger. (1995). Nature's Body: Gender in the Making of Modern Science.. The William and Mary Quarterly. 52(2). 374–374. 96 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (1992). Race, Breed, and Myths of Origin: Chillingham Cattle as Ancient Britons. Representations. 39(1). 1–22. 6 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet & Keith Tester. (1992). Animals and Society: The Humanity of Animal Rights.. The American Historical Review. 97(4). 1180–1180. 71 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (1985). Learning from Animals: Natural History for Children in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Children's literature. 13(1). 72–93. 17 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (1984). Plus Ça Change: Anti-Vivisection Then and Now. Science Technology & Human Values. 9(2). 57–66. 5 indexed citations

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Ritvo, Harriet. (1984). Plus Ça Change: Antivivisection Then and Now. BioScience. 34(10). 626–633. 3 indexed citations

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