Lara Putnam

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 289 citations indexed

About

Lara Putnam is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Lara Putnam has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 289 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Cultural Studies and 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Lara Putnam's work include Cuban History and Society (9 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 papers). Lara Putnam is often cited by papers focused on Cuban History and Society (9 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 papers). Lara Putnam collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. Lara Putnam's co-authors include Sarah C. Chambers, Sueann Caulfield, Mary H. Blewett, Carl A. Trocki, Michael Mann, Henry Yu, Ulrike Freitag, Shalini Puri, Donna R. Gabaccía and Amarjit Kaur and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The American Historical Review and Social History.

In The Last Decade

Lara Putnam

19 papers receiving 211 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast

2016 118 citations Lara Putnam The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lara Putnam United States	7	160	74	50	46	45	22	289
Alison Light United Kingdom	7	128 0.8×	21 0.3×	48 1.0×	94 2.0×	24 0.5×	21	304
Laurel Brake United Kingdom	10	103 0.6×	18 0.2×	19 0.4×	146 3.2×	43 1.0×	39	314
Jean-Pierre Rioux France	9	133 0.8×	23 0.3×	74 1.5×	22 0.5×	27 0.6×	103	320
David King Dunaway United States	7	88 0.6×	18 0.2×	24 0.5×	14 0.3×	26 0.6×	25	232
Alfred J. López United States	5	144 0.9×	27 0.4×	41 0.8×	33 0.7×	28 0.6×	23	224
Dena Goodman United States	10	99 0.6×	12 0.2×	94 1.9×	44 1.0×	49 1.1×	31	336
Song Hwee Lim United Kingdom	8	157 1.0×	108 1.5×	47 0.9×	29 0.6×	43 1.0×	22	302
Orville Vernon Burton United States	8	89 0.6×	12 0.2×	26 0.5×	20 0.4×	41 0.9×	34	195
Michael Sheringham United Kingdom	8	105 0.7×	24 0.3×	30 0.6×	55 1.2×	20 0.4×	34	235
Will Higbee United Kingdom	6	100 0.6×	52 0.7×	44 0.9×	19 0.4×	49 1.1×	21	239

Countries citing papers authored by Lara Putnam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lara Putnam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lara Putnam

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Barber, Karin, et al.. (2020). A Conversation: Revisiting Publics and Counterpublics. Itinerario. 44(2). 243–259. 5 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2020). Middle America Reboots Democracy. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 175–190. 4 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara, et al.. (2019). What Dollar Stores Tell Us About Electoral Politics. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 1 indexed citations

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Fuente, Alejandro de la, George Reid Andrews, Roquinaldo Ferreira, et al.. (2018). Estudios afrolatinoamericanos. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 2 indexed citations

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Puri, Shalini & Lara Putnam. (2017). Caribbean Military Encounters. Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2016). Jazzing Sheiks at the 25 Cent Bram: Panama and Harlem as Caribbean Crossroads, circa 1910–1940. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. 25(3). 339–359. 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2016). The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast. The American Historical Review. 121(2). 377–402. 118 indexed citations breakdown →

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Putnam, Lara. (2014). The Panama Cannonball’s Transnational Ties: Migrants, Sport, and Belonging in the Interwar Greater Caribbean. Journal of Sport History. 41(3). 401–424. 5 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2014). Borderlands and Border Crossers: Migrants and Boundaries in the Greater Caribbean, 1840–1940. Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 18(1). 7–21. 17 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2014). Global child-saving, transatlantic maternalism, and the pathologization of Caribbean childhood, 1930s–1940s. Atlantic Studies. 11(4). 491–514. 5 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2014). Citizenship from the Margins: Vernacular Theories of Rights and the State from the Interwar Caribbean. Journal of British Studies. 53(1). 162–191. 13 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2013). Provincializing Harlem: The ‘Negro Metropolis’ as Northern Frontier of an Interconnected Greater Caribbean. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 23(2). 107–10. 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2013). Radical Moves. University of North Carolina Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2013). Provincializing Harlem: The “Negro Metropolis” as Northern Frontier of a Connected Caribbean. Modernism/modernity. 20(3). 469–484. 5 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2013). Género, poder y migración en el Caribe Costarricense, 1870-1960. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh). 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2013). The Ties Allowed to Bind: Kinship Legalities and Migration Restriction in the Interwar Americas. International Labor and Working-Class History. 83. 191–209. 6 indexed citations

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Gabaccía, Donna R., Dirk Hoerder, Adam McKeown, et al.. (2011). Connecting Seas and Connected Ocean Rims. 15 indexed citations

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Caulfield, Sueann, Sarah C. Chambers, & Lara Putnam. (2005). Honor, Status, and Law in Modern Latin America. 38 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2003). Gender and political economy: Recent work in Latin American labour history. Social History. 28(1). 88–96. 1 indexed citations

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Putnam, Lara. (2000). Public women and one-pant men: Labor migration and the politics of gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870--1960.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan).

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