Mary Ellen Miller

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 599 citations indexed

About

Mary Ellen Miller is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Archeology and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Ellen Miller has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 599 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 4 papers in Archeology and 3 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Mary Ellen Miller's work include Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 papers) and Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers). Mary Ellen Miller is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (3 papers) and Archaeological Research and Protection (3 papers). Mary Ellen Miller collaborates with scholars based in United States and Mexico. Mary Ellen Miller's co-authors include Linda Schele, Mark Graham, Karl Taube, John Bierhorst, Stephen Houston, Jeffrey Quilter, William L. Fash, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Esther Pasztory and Cecelia F. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as Antiquity, Ethnohistory and The Art Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Mary Ellen Miller

22 papers receiving 467 citations

Hit Papers

The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art
    1986 264 citations Mark Graham, Linda Schele et al. African Arts profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mary Ellen Miller United States 10 297 296 190 85 67 23 599
Susan Toby Evans United States 12 309 1.0× 265 0.9× 200 1.1× 44 0.5× 56 0.8× 41 557
Cecelia F. Klein United States 11 205 0.7× 238 0.8× 174 0.9× 60 0.7× 62 0.9× 28 477
Susan D. Gillespie United States 11 386 1.3× 191 0.6× 289 1.5× 119 1.4× 89 1.3× 38 650
Clemency Coggins United States 10 282 0.9× 179 0.6× 170 0.9× 115 1.4× 62 0.9× 25 471
Elizabeth Hill Boone United States 12 174 0.6× 367 1.2× 147 0.8× 47 0.6× 49 0.7× 38 560
Dumbarton Oaks 12 279 0.9× 225 0.8× 170 0.9× 154 1.8× 88 1.3× 42 579
Geoffrey W. Conrad United States 8 252 0.8× 168 0.6× 178 0.9× 54 0.6× 71 1.1× 20 414
Nikolai Grube Germany 8 353 1.2× 338 1.1× 140 0.7× 66 0.8× 90 1.3× 39 583
Christopher B. Donnan United States 17 413 1.4× 243 0.8× 215 1.1× 175 2.1× 144 2.1× 44 698
Elizabeth P. Benson United States 10 240 0.8× 177 0.6× 105 0.6× 77 0.9× 85 1.3× 35 426

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary Ellen Miller

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Ellen Miller

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Houston, Stephen, Mary Ellen Miller, & Karl Taube. (2021). MICHAEL D. COE (1929–2019): A LIFE IN THE PAST. Ancient Mesoamerica. 32(1). 1–15.
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Assmann, Jan, Malcolm Bull, Ludmilla Jordanova, et al.. (2013). Notes from the Field: Time. The Art Bulletin. 95(3). 357–380. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen, et al.. (2012). Curating Collective Collections -- What's Your Plan? Writing Collection Management Plans. Against the grain. 24(1). 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (2012). Maya Painting in a Major and Minor Key. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. 28(89). 59–59. 2 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen, et al.. (2012). Rethinking Collection Management Plans: Shaping Collective Collections for the 21st Century. Collection Management. 37(3-4). 168–187. 26 indexed citations
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Quilter, Jeffrey & Mary Ellen Miller. (2006). A pre-Columbian world. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Quilter, Jeffrey, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Mary Ellen Miller, & Esther Pasztory. (2001). Stories in Red and Black: Pictorial Histories of the Aztecs and Mixtecs. The Art Bulletin. 83(4). 762–762. 7 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1995). Maya masterpiece revealed at Bonampak. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 187(2). 50–69. 8 indexed citations
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Fash, William L., et al.. (1995). Scribes, Warriors and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya. The American Indian Quarterly. 19(4). 557–557. 11 indexed citations
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Bierhorst, John, Mary Ellen Miller, & Karl Taube. (1995). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya: An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion. Ethnohistory. 42(1). 163–163. 47 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen & Karl Taube. (1993). An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 78 indexed citations
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Klein, Cecelia F., Linda Schele, & Mary Ellen Miller. (1988). Mayamania: "The Blood of Kings" in Retrospect. Art Journal. 47(1). 42–42. 3 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1986). The murals of Bonampak. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 28 indexed citations
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Schele, Linda & Mary Ellen Miller. (1986). The Blood of Kings. 29 indexed citations
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Graham, Mark, Linda Schele, & Mary Ellen Miller. (1986). The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. African Arts. 20(1). 95–95. 264 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1986). The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 20 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1985). Tikal, Guatemala. A Rationale for the Placement of the Funerary Pyramids. Expedition. 27(3). 6–15. 2 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1985). A Re-examination of the Mesoamerican Chacmool. The Art Bulletin. 67(1). 7–17. 9 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1985). A Re-examination of the Mesoamerican Chacmool. The Art Bulletin. 67(1). 7–7. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Mary Ellen. (1981). Third Palenque Round Table, 1978. 4(3). 44. 27 indexed citations

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