Linda A. Newson

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 954 citations indexed

About

Linda A. Newson is a scholar working on Anthropology, Demography and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Linda A. Newson has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 954 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Demography and 11 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Linda A. Newson's work include Colonialism, slavery, and trade (11 papers), Latin American history and culture (9 papers) and Historical Studies in Latin America (8 papers). Linda A. Newson is often cited by papers focused on Colonialism, slavery, and trade (11 papers), Latin American history and culture (9 papers) and Historical Studies in Latin America (8 papers). Linda A. Newson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and United States. Linda A. Newson's co-authors include Don S. Rice, Henry F. Dobyns, William L. Sherman, Susan Migden Socolow, Murdo J. MacLeod, Colin Clarke, Grant D. Jones, Antoni Kapcia, Steve J. Stern and Stephen D. Glazier and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, The American Historical Review and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.

In The Last Decade

Linda A. Newson

50 papers receiving 786 citations

Hit Papers

Pre-Columbian Population History in the Maya Lowlands 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 50 100 150 200
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. Pre-Columbian Population History in the Maya Lowlands
    1991 249 citations Linda A. Newson et al. Bulletin of Latin American Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Linda A. Newson United Kingdom 14 279 255 205 156 149 59 954
Noble David Cook United States 17 327 1.2× 170 0.7× 122 0.6× 354 2.3× 120 0.8× 69 1.2k
Henry F. Dobyns United States 16 344 1.2× 212 0.8× 166 0.8× 116 0.7× 82 0.6× 120 1.2k
Andrew Sluyter United States 16 173 0.6× 234 0.9× 130 0.6× 61 0.4× 93 0.6× 58 790
Helaine Silverman United States 21 447 1.6× 688 2.7× 276 1.3× 257 1.6× 228 1.5× 72 1.8k
William E. Doolittle United States 17 261 0.9× 354 1.4× 83 0.4× 66 0.4× 183 1.2× 56 1.2k
Charles S. Spencer United States 18 361 1.3× 702 2.8× 151 0.7× 245 1.6× 92 0.6× 46 1.1k
Barbara Stark United States 18 404 1.4× 830 3.3× 115 0.6× 324 2.1× 55 0.4× 86 1.4k
Jerry D. Moore United States 16 369 1.3× 523 2.1× 71 0.3× 288 1.8× 70 0.5× 47 979
Norman Yoffee United States 14 396 1.4× 608 2.4× 204 1.0× 142 0.9× 53 0.4× 49 1.1k
Augusto Oyuela‐Caycedo United States 12 260 0.9× 367 1.4× 45 0.2× 147 0.9× 112 0.8× 33 683

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All Works

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Newson, Linda A.. (2017). Making Medicines in Early Colonial Lima, Peru, Apothecaries, Science and Society. 1 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2017). Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. University of Hawaii Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kapcia, Antoni & Linda A. Newson. (2014). Report on the State of UK-Based research on Latin America and the Caribbean. Americanae (AECID Library). 5 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2009). Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. University of Hawaii Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2005). Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America. Geography. 310. 1 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2005). Conquest, pestilence and demographic collapse in the early Spanish Philippines. Journal of Historical Geography. 32(1). 3–20. 2 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2002). Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes. Hispanic American Historical Review. 82(4). 788–790. 74 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (2000). Grant D. Jones. The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1998. Pp. xxvii, 568. Cloth $69.50, paper $24.95. The American Historical Review. 105(3). 976–976. 1 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1996). The Population of the Amazon Basin in 1492: A View from the Ecuadorian Headwaters. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 21(1). 5–5. 22 indexed citations
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Socolow, Susan Migden & Linda A. Newson. (1996). Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador.. The American Historical Review. 101(5). 1660–1660. 32 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1992). EXPLICACION DE LAS VARIACIONES REGIONALES DE LAS TENDENCIAS DEMOGRAFICAS EN LA AMERICA ESPANOLA COLONIAL: EL CASO DE MEXICO. Historia Mexicana. 41(4). 517–549. 1 indexed citations
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Dobyns, Henry F. & Linda A. Newson. (1988). Indian Survival in Colonial Nicaragua.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 68(1). 121–121. 37 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1985). Indian Population Patterns in Colonial Spanish America. Latin American Research Review. 20(3). 41–74. 31 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A., et al.. (1982). Latin America: An Introductory Survey. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 1(2). 120–120. 1 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1982). The Depopulation of Nicaragua in the Sixteenth Century. Journal of Latin American Studies. 14(2). 253–286. 15 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1982). Labour in the Colonial Mining Industry of Honduras. The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History. 39(2). 185–203. 5 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A.. (1982). Labour in the Colonial Mining Industry of Honduras. The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History. 39(2). 185–203. 3 indexed citations
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Newson, Linda A., et al.. (1978). Aboriginal and Spanish Colonial Trinidad: A Study in Culture Contact.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 58(4). 719–719. 17 indexed citations

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