Nancy Leys Stepan

3.9k citations
25 papers · 1.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 13

Impact in

  • History top 0.1%
    • History of Medicine and Tropical Health
    • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
    • Medical History and Research

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Nancy Leys Stepan

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

"The Hour of Eugenics": Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America. 1993 · 397 citations
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Nancy Leys Stepan
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  • History 374
  • History and Philosophy of Science 131
  • Anthropology 242
  • Cultural Studies 206
  • Geography, Planning and Development 124
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 201821
2 20115
3
Science and Race: Before and after the Genome Project
20031
4 2001133
5 200010
6 199824
7 19984
8 19974
9 19931
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"The Hour of Eugenics": Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
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1993397
11 19924
12 1992210
13 1986145
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The Idea of Race in Science: Great Britain 1800–1960
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1982367
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The idea of race in science
1982117
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Beginnings of Brazilian Science
198116
17 197834
18 19771
19
Gênese e evolução da ciência brasileira: Oswaldo Cruz e a política de investigação científica e médica
19767
20 19753

About Nancy Leys Stepan

Nancy Leys Stepan is a scholar working on History, Cultural Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology, having authored 25 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include History of Medicine and Tropical Health (9 papers), Science and Science Education (5 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (4 papers), Race, Genetics, and Society (2 papers), History of Science and Natural History (1 paper), Urban Development and Societal Issues (1 paper), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (1 paper) and Gender, Sexuality, and Education (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in History (374 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (131 citations), Anthropology (242 citations), Cultural Studies (206 citations) and Geography, Planning and Development (124 citations). Nancy Leys Stepan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth F. Kiple, Peter Wade, Kenneth Maxwell, Donald Cooper, Aline Helg and William E. French. Their work appears in journals such as Hispanic American Historical Review, The American Historical Review, Social Studies of Science, Medical History and History of European Ideas.

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