John Demos

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

John Demos is a scholar working on Anthropology, Economics and Econometrics and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John Demos has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Anthropology, 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John Demos's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (7 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (5 papers). John Demos is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (7 papers) and Mormonism, Religion, and History (5 papers). John Demos collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Demos's co-authors include Kai Erikson, Robert Middlekauff, Philip Greven, Terry Burke, Kenneth A. Lockridge, John J. Waters, Michael McGiffert, W. Andrew Achenbaum, Alan M. Taylor and Robert V. Wells and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Journal of Marriage and the Family.

In The Last Decade

John Demos

49 papers receiving 817 citations

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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.

Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance

1968 356 citations John Demos et al. The New England Quarterly profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Demos United States	15	603	177	160	120	118	58	1.3k
Hugh Cunningham United Kingdom	18	533 0.9×	218 1.2×	103 0.6×	150 1.3×	69 0.6×	52	1.1k
Nancy Leys Stepan United States	13	590 1.0×	374 2.1×	218 1.4×	54 0.5×	242 2.1×	25	1.6k
Peter I. Rose United States	15	1.0k 1.7×	96 0.5×	203 1.3×	53 0.4×	73 0.6×	85	1.4k
Robert Baldick Brazil	5	538 0.9×	147 0.8×	101 0.6×	52 0.4×	59 0.5×	12	1.2k
Richard Hellie United States	10	707 1.2×	164 0.9×	350 2.2×	141 1.2×	398 3.4×	44	1.5k
Philip Greven United States	13	284 0.5×	165 0.9×	120 0.8×	117 1.0×	73 0.6×	28	761
Lois W. Banner United States	17	513 0.9×	245 1.4×	178 1.1×	70 0.6×	62 0.5×	54	1.2k
Helen Callaway United Kingdom	13	908 1.5×	209 1.2×	228 1.4×	43 0.4×	457 3.9×	23	1.5k
Donna J. Guy United States	19	654 1.1×	149 0.8×	245 1.5×	37 0.3×	185 1.6×	73	1.3k
Andrew Markus Australia	22	1.1k 1.9×	80 0.5×	250 1.6×	51 0.4×	245 2.1×	91	1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Demos

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Demos

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kim, David C., et al.. (2007). Management of Axillary Burn Contractures. Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. 11(3). 204–208. 8 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (2004). Circles and Lines. Harvard University Press eBooks.

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Demos, John. (2004). Circles and Lines. Harvard University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (2002). Using Self, Using History .... Journal of American History. 89(1). 37–37. 4 indexed citations

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Demos, John, et al.. (2000). Notes on Life since A Little Commonwealth: Family and Gender History since 1970. The William and Mary Quarterly. 57(4). 809–809. 2 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1998). In Search of Reasons for Historians to Read Novels …. The American Historical Review. 103(5). 1526–1529. 5 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1991). Remarkable providences : readings on early American history. 4 indexed citations

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Kett, Joseph F. & John Demos. (1988). Present, and Personal: The Family and Life Course in American History. The American Historical Review. 93(1). 221–221. 2 indexed citations

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McGiffert, Michael & John Demos. (1983). Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England. Journal of American History. 70(2). 395–395. 27 indexed citations

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Demos, John, et al.. (1983). Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England. The William and Mary Quarterly. 40(3). 466–466. 6 indexed citations

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Achenbaum, W. Andrew, et al.. (1980). Turning Points: Historical and Sociological Essays on the Family. The American Historical Review. 85(1). 197–197. 37 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1976). John Godfrey and His Neighbors: Witchcraft and the Social Web in Colonial Massachusetts. The William and Mary Quarterly. 33(2). 242–242. 1 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1973). Reflections on the History of the Family: A Review Essay. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 15(4). 493–503. 1 indexed citations

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Murrin, John M., et al.. (1972). A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony.. History and Theory. 11(2). 226–226. 11 indexed citations

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Middlekauff, Robert & John Demos. (1970). A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony. Journal of American History. 57(2). 404–404. 171 indexed citations

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Waters, John J., John Demos, Philip Greven, & Kenneth A. Lockridge. (1970). A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony. The William and Mary Quarterly. 27(4). 657–657. 81 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1970). Underlying Themes in the Witchcraft of Seventeenth-Century New England. The American Historical Review. 75(5). 1311–1311. 13 indexed citations

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Demos, John, et al.. (1967). Pilgrim Colony: A History of New Plymouth, 1620-1691. The William and Mary Quarterly. 24(3). 461–461. 1 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1965). George Caleb Bingham: The Artist as Social Historian. American Quarterly. 17(2). 218–218. 3 indexed citations

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Demos, John. (1964). The Antislavery Movement and the Problem of Violent "Means". The New England Quarterly. 37(4). 501–501. 14 indexed citations

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