Herbert Butterfield

3.6k total citations
37 papers, 925 citations indexed

About

Herbert Butterfield is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, History and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Butterfield has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 925 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in History and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Herbert Butterfield's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers), Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (2 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (2 papers). Herbert Butterfield is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers), Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (2 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (2 papers). Herbert Butterfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Sudan and United Kingdom. Herbert Butterfield's co-authors include Thomas Kühn, Edwin G. Boring, A. C. F. Beales and R. M. Hartwell and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Scientific American and The American Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Butterfield

31 papers receiving 657 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herbert Butterfield United States 10 259 207 197 102 92 37 925
William H. Dray Canada 13 285 1.1× 183 0.9× 128 0.6× 157 1.5× 152 1.7× 47 853
Frank E. Manuel United States 16 383 1.5× 139 0.7× 161 0.8× 208 2.0× 154 1.7× 48 1.0k
Philip P. Wiener United States 14 287 1.1× 223 1.1× 96 0.5× 311 3.0× 42 0.5× 42 1.3k
I. Bernard Cohen Israel 7 364 1.4× 287 1.4× 134 0.7× 91 0.9× 88 1.0× 25 1.3k
Morton White United States 17 245 0.9× 164 0.8× 202 1.0× 241 2.4× 65 0.7× 68 977
John W. Yolton Canada 18 188 0.7× 350 1.7× 246 1.2× 385 3.8× 100 1.1× 92 1.3k
Lewis Pyenson United States 14 156 0.6× 338 1.6× 82 0.4× 43 0.4× 50 0.5× 80 886
Clayton R. Koppes United States 13 259 1.0× 66 0.3× 133 0.7× 71 0.7× 101 1.1× 39 879
Murray G. Murphey United States 10 220 0.8× 159 0.8× 81 0.4× 218 2.1× 27 0.3× 38 638
Ernst Cassirer Brazil 21 313 1.2× 356 1.7× 201 1.0× 387 3.8× 114 1.2× 119 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Herbert Butterfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herbert Butterfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herbert Butterfield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Butterfield, Herbert. (2016). The Origins of History. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Butterfield, Herbert. (2012). Interpretación Whig de la Historia. Relaciones Internacionales. 129–149. 1 indexed citations
3.
Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1979). Herbert Butterfield : writings on Christianity and history. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1979). Writings on christianity and history. 7 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1974). A short history of France from early times to 1972. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1969). Magna Carta in the historiography of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1968). NARRATIVE HISTORY AND THE SPADE‐WORK BEHIND IT*. History. 53(178). 165–180.
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1967). Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Irish Historical Studies. 15(60). 376–390. 3 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1965). Some Reflections on the Early Years of George III's Reign. Journal of British Studies. 4(2). 78–101. 1 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1963). Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters in the Crucial Year. 14(3). 3–17. 1 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1960). International Conflict in the Twentieth Century: A Christian View. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1959). Herbert Butterfield, "The Englishman and his history", Cambridge 1944 : [recenzja] / Marzena Pollakówna.. Roczniki Humanistyczne. 8(2). 2 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1959). Herbert Butterfield, "The whig interpretation of history", London 1931 : [recenzja] / Marzena Pollakówna.. Roczniki Humanistyczne. 8(2). 8 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert & Thomas Kühn. (1958). The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. The American Historical Review. 63(3). 656–656. 321 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1958). GEORGE III AND THE CONSTITUTION. History. 43(147). 14–33. 1 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1956). Man on His Past: The Study of the History of Historical Scholarship. The Western Political Quarterly. 9(2). 521–521. 38 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert, et al.. (1953). Liberty in the Modern World. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 8(4). 302–302. 3 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1953). Christianity, diplomacy and war. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1952). Christianity in European history. Collins eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Herbert. (1951). The Scientific Versus the Moralistic Approach in International Affairs. International Affairs. 27(4). 411–422. 11 indexed citations

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