Mary McCarthy

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Mary McCarthy is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary McCarthy has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 3 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mary McCarthy's work include Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (3 papers), Theatre and Performance Studies (2 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (1 paper). Mary McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (3 papers), Theatre and Performance Studies (2 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (1 paper). Mary McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in Vatican. Mary McCarthy's co-authors include T. H. James, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, Doris Earnshaw, J. F. Bernard and George Fenwick Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Modern Language Journal and MLN.

In The Last Decade

Mary McCarthy

16 papers receiving 708 citations

Hit Papers

The Theory of the Photographic Process 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 200 400 600
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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 Theory of the Photographic Process
    1966 695 citations T. H. James, Mary McCarthy Physics Today 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 McCarthy Vatican 7 235 170 134 104 84 20 837
David Dutton United Kingdom 6 302 1.3× 104 0.6× 227 1.7× 149 1.4× 53 0.6× 42 865
Tim Jenkins United Kingdom 16 615 2.6× 172 1.0× 49 0.4× 76 0.7× 116 1.4× 65 1.2k
Grace Marmor Spruch United States 9 154 0.7× 106 0.6× 105 0.8× 64 0.6× 21 0.3× 19 462
Robert L. Mowery United States 14 189 0.8× 423 2.5× 37 0.3× 32 0.3× 56 0.7× 39 787
William Ε. L. Grossman United States 11 152 0.6× 79 0.5× 76 0.6× 116 1.1× 84 1.0× 22 467
E. M. Voigt Canada 15 467 2.0× 169 1.0× 400 3.0× 128 1.2× 182 2.2× 36 875
Jung Mee Park South Korea 12 218 0.9× 390 2.3× 109 0.8× 124 1.2× 15 0.2× 16 660
Barry C. Smith United Kingdom 19 275 1.2× 94 0.6× 101 0.8× 484 4.7× 45 0.5× 81 1.0k
Robert Gulotty United States 13 270 1.1× 145 0.9× 48 0.4× 87 0.8× 49 0.6× 25 592
John H. Penn United States 19 143 0.6× 111 0.7× 221 1.6× 278 2.7× 12 0.1× 47 924

Countries citing papers authored by Mary McCarthy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary McCarthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary McCarthy

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCarthy, Mary. (2012). Mary McCarthy's Theatre Chronicles, 1937-1962. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Arendt, Hannah & Mary McCarthy. (2006). Entre amigas: correspondencia entre Hannah Arendt y Mary McCarthy (1949-1975). Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1 indexed citations
3.
Weil, Simone, et al.. (2005). War and the Iliad. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Arendt, Hannah, et al.. (1995). Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy 1949-1975. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations
5.
Earnshaw, Doris & Mary McCarthy. (1993). Intellectual Memoirs: New York 1936-1938. World Literature Today. 67(4). 834–834. 9 indexed citations
6.
McCarthy, Mary, et al.. (1991). Conversations with Mary McCarthy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
7.
McCarthy, Mary. (1987). How I Grew. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary. (1979). Cannibals and Missionaries. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary. (1974). The mask of state: Watergate portraits. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary, et al.. (1973). On Modern German Literature. Modern Language Journal. 57(7). 378–378.
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McCarthy, Mary. (1972). The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary, et al.. (1971). Without Marx or Jesus;: The new American Revolution has begun. 12 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary. (1970). The writing on the wall and other literary essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
14.
McCarthy, Mary & George Fenwick Jones. (1969). The Ethos of the "Song of Roland". MLN. 84(5). 809–809. 5 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary, et al.. (1969). Shakespeares "Romeo und Julia" in Goethes Bearbeitung. MLN. 84(5). 832–832.
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James, T. H. & Mary McCarthy. (1966). The Theory of the Photographic Process. Physics Today. 19(10). 95–97. 695 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCarthy, Mary. (1959). The Stones of Florence. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary. (1959). Sights and spectacles, 1937-1956. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Mary. (1957). Sights and spectacles : theatre chronicles, 1937-1956. 2 indexed citations
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Weil, Simone, et al.. (1951). The Iliad, or the Poem of Force. The Classical Weekly. 44(9). 138–138. 1 indexed citations

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