Lynn White

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lynn White is a scholar working on History, Archeology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn White has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in History, 3 papers in Archeology and 2 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Lynn White's work include Historical and Archaeological Studies (4 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 paper) and Architecture and Art History Studies (1 paper). Lynn White is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Archaeological Studies (4 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 paper) and Architecture and Art History Studies (1 paper). Lynn White collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lynn White's co-authors include Lynn Thorndike, Joseph R. Strayer, Jerome R. Ravetz, L. Carrington Goodrich, Chester G. Starr, Alex R. Hall, E. J. Holmyard, Trevor I. Williams and Charles Singer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The American Historical Review and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

Lynn White

24 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis 1962 2026 1983 2004 1967 1962 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
    1967 2.0k citations Lynn White profile →
  2. Medieval Technology and Social Change.
    1962 143 citations Lynn White et al. The Economic History Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lynn White United States 13 1.4k 508 485 240 236 26 2.8k
Carolyn Merchant United States 17 1.3k 0.9× 450 0.9× 590 1.2× 455 1.9× 259 1.1× 52 3.2k
Holmes Rolston United States 26 1.0k 0.7× 867 1.7× 398 0.8× 233 1.0× 276 1.2× 140 2.3k
Arne Næss Norway 19 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 2.4× 773 1.6× 337 1.4× 289 1.2× 102 3.4k
Roy A. Rappàport United States 14 1.2k 0.9× 74 0.1× 165 0.3× 386 1.6× 279 1.2× 29 3.0k
Alfred W. Crosby United States 27 832 0.6× 263 0.5× 324 0.7× 443 1.8× 67 0.3× 72 4.1k
Marvin Harris United States 29 2.1k 1.5× 61 0.1× 235 0.5× 253 1.1× 195 0.8× 86 5.4k
Val Plumwood Australia 19 989 0.7× 597 1.2× 356 0.7× 696 2.9× 258 1.1× 42 2.7k
Rob Nixon United States 13 1.5k 1.1× 174 0.3× 153 0.3× 716 3.0× 240 1.0× 37 3.2k
Aldo Leopold United States 11 599 0.4× 596 1.2× 507 1.0× 206 0.9× 86 0.4× 19 1.9k
Bronislaw Szerszynski United Kingdom 22 1.8k 1.3× 119 0.2× 208 0.4× 433 1.8× 312 1.3× 68 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lynn White

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lynn White

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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White, Lynn. (1975). The Study of Medieval Technology, 1924-1974: Personal Reflections. Technology and Culture. 16(4). 519–519. 3 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1974). Technology Assessment from the Stance of a Medieval Historian. The American Historical Review. 79(1). 1–13. 12 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1973). Le radici storico-culturali della nostra crisi ecologica. il Mulino. 251–263. 1 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1972). Cultural Climates and Technological Advance in the Middle Ages. Viator. 2. 171–202. 11 indexed citations
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White, Lynn, et al.. (1971). A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 1(3). 545–545. 74 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1970). Medieval Uses of Air. Scientific American. 223(2). 92–100. 4 indexed citations
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Ravetz, Jerome R. & Lynn White. (1970). Machina ex Deo. Essays in the Dynamism of Western Culture. Technology and Culture. 11(1). 96–96. 22 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1969). Kyeser's "Bellifortis": The First Technological Treatise of the Fifteenth Century. Technology and Culture. 10(3). 436–436. 1 indexed citations
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Starr, Chester G. & Lynn White. (1967). The Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem after two Centuries. The American Historical Review. 72(4). 1362–1362. 6 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1967). Jacopo Aconcio as an Engineer. The American Historical Review. 72(2). 425–425. 7 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1964). Theophilus Redivivus. Technology and Culture. 5(2). 224–224. 2 indexed citations
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Goodrich, L. Carrington & Lynn White. (1963). Medieval Technology and Social Change. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 83(3). 384–384. 14 indexed citations
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Strayer, Joseph R. & Lynn White. (1963). Medieval Technology and Social Change. Technology and Culture. 4(1). 62–62. 52 indexed citations
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Thorndike, Lynn & Lynn White. (1962). Medieval Technology and Social Change. The American Historical Review. 68(1). 93–93. 307 indexed citations
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White, Lynn, et al.. (1962). Medieval Technology and Social Change.. The Economic History Review. 15(2). 371–371. 143 indexed citations breakdown →
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White, Lynn, et al.. (1960). La Civilisation Merovingienne D'Apres Les Sepultures, Les Textes et le Laboratoire. The American Historical Review. 66(1). 116–116. 14 indexed citations
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White, Lynn, Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, Alex R. Hall, & Trevor I. Williams. (1960). Technology in the Middle Ages. Technology and Culture. 1(4). 339–339. 1 indexed citations
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White, Lynn. (1958). Studies in Ancient Technology. Manuscripta. 2(1). 50–51. 44 indexed citations
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White, Lynn, et al.. (1953). Acute Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by a Variant of the Genus Herrellea: Report of a Case. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 23(2). 134–138. 42 indexed citations

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