James E. McClellan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 958 citations indexed

About

James E. McClellan is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. McClellan has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 958 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 11 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in James E. McClellan's work include Historical and Literary Studies (9 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (8 papers) and History of Science and Natural History (8 papers). James E. McClellan is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Literary Studies (9 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (8 papers) and History of Science and Natural History (8 papers). James E. McClellan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. James E. McClellan's co-authors include Jan Goliński, Solon T. Kimball, Margaret C. Jacob, A. Richard Diebold, G. B. Milner, Andrew P. Vayda, Ray L. Birdwhistell, Weston La Barre, Harvey B. Sarles and Edward Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, CHEST Journal and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

James E. McClellan

41 papers receiving 782 citations

Hit Papers

Proxemics [and Comments and Replies] 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 100 200 300
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. Proxemics [and Comments and Replies]
    1968 384 citations Solon T. Kimball, James E. McClellan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James E. McClellan United States 13 174 143 135 118 75 57 958
James Elkins United States 17 73 0.4× 112 0.8× 77 0.6× 201 1.7× 25 0.3× 95 1.2k
Frances A. Yates 14 143 0.8× 201 1.4× 148 1.1× 228 1.9× 60 0.8× 52 1.8k
Alan G. Gross United States 18 149 0.9× 37 0.3× 84 0.6× 401 3.4× 21 0.3× 95 1.4k
David Topper Canada 11 76 0.4× 36 0.3× 85 0.6× 133 1.1× 33 0.4× 65 858
Gilbert Simondon Spain 11 110 0.6× 41 0.3× 38 0.3× 201 1.7× 56 0.7× 36 860
Erwin Panofsky United States 19 71 0.4× 136 1.0× 37 0.3× 213 1.8× 13 0.2× 117 1.4k
David G. Marr Australia 14 158 0.9× 86 0.6× 40 0.3× 513 4.3× 7 0.1× 50 1.0k
Wybo Houkes Netherlands 16 135 0.8× 20 0.1× 60 0.4× 143 1.2× 39 0.5× 37 754
Paul Cobley United Kingdom 16 54 0.3× 23 0.2× 48 0.4× 173 1.5× 31 0.4× 62 747
Jussi Parikka United Kingdom 18 125 0.7× 42 0.3× 85 0.6× 488 4.1× 118 1.6× 77 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by James E. McClellan

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Fields of papers citing papers by James E. McClellan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James E. McClellan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James E. McClellan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James E. McClellan 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 James E. McClellan. James E. McClellan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McClellan, James E., et al.. (2011). The Colonial Machine. 18 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (2004). André Michaux and French Botanical Networks at the End of the Old Regime. Castanea. 69(sp2). 69–97. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (2003). Specialist Control: The Publications Committee of the Académie Royale Des Sciences (Paris) 1700-1793. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 93(3). i–i. 22 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (2000). L'historiographie d'une académie coloniale : le Cercle des Philadelphes (1784-1793). Annales historiques de la Révolution française. 320(1). 77–88. 1 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E. & David J. Sturdy. (1997). Science and Social Status: The Members of the Academie Des Sciences, 1666- 1750.. The American Historical Review. 102(3). 823–823. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1993). L'Europe des académies. Dix-huitième siècle. 25(1). 153–165. 1 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E. & Jan Goliński. (1993). Science as Public Culture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820.. The American Historical Review. 98(4). 1252–1252. 131 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E., et al.. (1992). A Company of Scientists: Botany, Patronage, and Community at the Seventeenth-Century Parisian Royal Academy of Sciences.. The American Historical Review. 97(1). 215–215. 1 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E., et al.. (1990). Condorcet (1743-1794): Un Intellectuel en Politique.. The American Historical Review. 95(4). 1207–1207. 12 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1989). Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1988). Possibility of a Scientific Politics of Education: Continued. Educational Theory. 38(1). 139–142. 1 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1982). Congressional Retraction of Federal Court Jurisdiction to Protect the Reserved Powers of the States: The Helms Prayer Bill and a Return to First Principles. Villanova law review. 27(5). 1019. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1982). The concept of learning: Once more with (logical) expression. Synthese. 51(1). 87–116. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1981). Response to Jane Martin. Educational Theory. 31(2). 111–114. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1968). Toward an effective critique of American education. Lippincott eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E., et al.. (1967). Can and should means-ends reasoning be used in teaching?. Studies in Philosophy and Education. 5(4). 375–406. 6 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E., et al.. (1965). Professor Arnstine and Programed Instruction. The Educational Forum. 29(4). 467–475. 1 indexed citations
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Levi, Edward H., Solon T. Kimball, & James E. McClellan. (1964). Education and the New America. Harvard Law Review. 77(7). 1376–1376. 19 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1961). TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEACHING OF MORAL VALUES. Educational Theory. 11(1). 1–25. 1 indexed citations
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McClellan, James E.. (1959). Dewey and the Concept of Method: Quest for the Philosopher's Stone in Education. The School Review. 67(2). 213–228. 1 indexed citations

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