Margaret W. Rossiter

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Margaret W. Rossiter is a scholar working on Information Systems and Management, History and Philosophy of Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret W. Rossiter has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Information Systems and Management, 16 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Margaret W. Rossiter's work include Research, Science, and Academia (17 papers), History of Science and Natural History (9 papers) and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 papers). Margaret W. Rossiter is often cited by papers focused on Research, Science, and Academia (17 papers), History of Science and Natural History (9 papers) and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 papers). Margaret W. Rossiter collaborates with scholars based in United States. Margaret W. Rossiter's co-authors include Donna Haraway, George E. Webb, Barbara J. Harris, Robert Bud, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Melba Phillips, Londa Schiebinger, Wayne D. Rasmussen, Ruth Schwartz Cowan and Ann F. La Berge and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Margaret W. Rossiter

56 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1993 250 500 750
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. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science.
    1990 973 citations Margaret W. Rossiter, Donna Haraway Journal of American History profile →
  2. The Matthew Matilda Effect in Science
    1993 463 citations Margaret W. Rossiter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Margaret W. Rossiter United States 17 630 370 358 267 262 63 2.6k
Carolyn Merchant United States 17 1.3k 2.1× 176 0.5× 199 0.6× 142 0.5× 455 1.7× 52 3.2k
G. E. R. Lloyd United States 27 800 1.3× 191 0.5× 259 0.7× 214 0.8× 119 0.5× 127 2.8k
Maureen McNeil United Kingdom 10 1.9k 2.9× 581 1.6× 153 0.4× 184 0.7× 626 2.4× 19 4.5k
Francesca Moore Australia 4 1.3k 2.0× 217 0.6× 104 0.3× 201 0.8× 243 0.9× 5 3.1k
Elizabeth Grosz United States 30 1.6k 2.6× 760 2.1× 104 0.3× 230 0.9× 645 2.5× 70 4.2k
Robert Hurley Canada 9 1.3k 2.1× 245 0.7× 68 0.2× 127 0.5× 251 1.0× 20 2.9k
Michael McKeon Ireland 13 1.3k 2.1× 147 0.4× 86 0.2× 311 1.2× 155 0.6× 34 3.6k
Luce Irigaray France 26 1.5k 2.4× 953 2.6× 114 0.3× 633 2.4× 192 0.7× 130 4.9k
Marvin Harris United States 29 2.1k 3.3× 242 0.7× 160 0.4× 157 0.6× 253 1.0× 86 5.4k
Jeremy Tambling Hong Kong 15 662 1.1× 106 0.3× 158 0.4× 163 0.6× 128 0.5× 122 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Margaret W. Rossiter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margaret W. Rossiter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (2012). Women Scientists in America. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (2012). The More You Look, the More You Find: Archives of Recent American Women Scientists. Centaurus. 54(4). 288–291.
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Rossiter, Margaret W., et al.. (2001). Restoring the Balance: Women Physicians and the Profession of Medicine, 1850-1995. The American Historical Review. 106(5). 1820–1820. 45 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W., et al.. (2001). Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project. Journal of American History. 87(4). 1561–1561. 10 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1999). Catching up with the vision. Essays on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the History of Science Society.. PubMed. 90 Suppl. S1–359.
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Webb, George E. & Margaret W. Rossiter. (1997). Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972.. The American Historical Review. 102(3). 920–920. 121 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1996). Chemical Librarianship: A Kind of ‘Women's Work’ in America. Ambix. 43(1). 46–58. 1 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1995). Before affirmative action, 1940-1972. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1994). Mendel the Mentor: Yale Women Doctorates in Biochemistry, 1898-1937. Journal of Chemical Education. 71(3). 215–215. 2 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1992). Setting Federal Salaries in the Space Age. Osiris. 7. 218–237. 1 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W. & Donna Haraway. (1990). Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science.. Journal of American History. 77(2). 712–712. 973 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory & Margaret W. Rossiter. (1988). Historical Writing on American Science: Perspectives and Prospects. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1984). The History and Philosophy of Science Program at the National Science Foundation. Isis. 75(1). 95–104. 3 indexed citations
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DeVault, Marjorie L. & Margaret W. Rossiter. (1984). Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 13(3). 306–306. 10 indexed citations
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Cowan, Ruth Schwartz & Margaret W. Rossiter. (1983). Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940. Journal of American History. 70(3). 637–637. 14 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1982). Doctorates for American Women, 1868-1907. History of Education Quarterly. 22(2). 159–159. 7 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W., et al.. (1979). Women and Mathematics, Science and Engineering: A Partially Annotated Bibliography with Emphasis on Mathematics and with References on Related Topics. Technology and Culture. 20(3). 633–633. 1 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1973). Dollars for Research: Science and Its Patrons in Nineteenth-Century America, by Howard S. Miller. Political Science Quarterly. 88(1). 108–109. 13 indexed citations
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Rossiter, Margaret W.. (1971). Benjamin Silliman and the Lowell Institute: The Popularization of Science in Nineteenth-Century America. The New England Quarterly. 44(4). 602–602. 8 indexed citations

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