Nancy MacLean

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 717 citations indexed

About

Nancy MacLean is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Marketing and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy MacLean has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 717 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Marketing and 6 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Nancy MacLean's work include Race, History, and American Society (18 papers), American History and Culture (11 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (5 papers). Nancy MacLean is often cited by papers focused on Race, History, and American Society (18 papers), American History and Culture (11 papers) and American Political and Social Dynamics (5 papers). Nancy MacLean collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Nancy MacLean's co-authors include John D. Skrentny, Kathleen M. Blee, Robert S. Smith, Gordon H. Fick, Albert S. Lindemann, Anne Firor Scott, Donald T. Critchlow, Charles C. Alexander, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore and William Darity and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Physical Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Nancy MacLean

24 papers receiving 504 citations

Hit Papers

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Righ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
    2017 249 citations Nancy MacLean profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy MacLean United States 11 429 233 107 76 71 32 717
Sean Wilentz United States 13 419 1.0× 307 1.3× 169 1.6× 91 1.2× 197 2.8× 43 863
Harvard Sitkoff United States 11 344 0.8× 170 0.7× 86 0.8× 32 0.4× 75 1.1× 44 564
Leon Fink United States 14 361 0.8× 136 0.6× 58 0.5× 47 0.6× 81 1.1× 57 606
Bruce Nelson United States 11 590 1.4× 107 0.5× 45 0.4× 79 1.0× 55 0.8× 33 743
Steven F. Lawson United States 14 360 0.8× 184 0.8× 120 1.1× 34 0.4× 71 1.0× 50 537
Stuart Μ. Blumin United States 12 292 0.7× 137 0.6× 110 1.0× 94 1.2× 125 1.8× 41 587
Nancy J. Weiss United States 10 429 1.0× 228 1.0× 66 0.6× 24 0.3× 60 0.8× 33 599
Walter Licht United States 12 230 0.5× 93 0.4× 51 0.5× 91 1.2× 86 1.2× 47 514
Michael Les Benedict United States 9 408 1.0× 344 1.5× 87 0.8× 112 1.5× 190 2.7× 56 743
Howard N. Rabinowitz United Kingdom 12 374 0.9× 114 0.5× 57 0.5× 38 0.5× 88 1.2× 26 511

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy MacLean

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy MacLean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy MacLean

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

All Works

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Darity, William, et al.. (2023). Locking in Racial Disadvantage in Libertarian Political Economy: The Case of W. H. Hutt and South Africa. History of Economics Review. 85(1). 7–19. 2 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (2014). Women’s History for the Future: Gerda Lerner’s Last Agenda-Setting. Journal of women's history. 26(1). 37–43.
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MacLean, Nancy. (2010). Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement from the New Deal to Reagan. Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. 7(4). 87–90. 49 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (2008). Freedom Is Not Enough. Harvard University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert S. & Nancy MacLean. (2007). Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace. The Journal of Southern History. 73(2). 490–490. 30 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (2006). Achieving the Promise of the Civil Rights Act: Herbert Hill and the NAACP's Fight for Jobs and Justice. Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. 3(2). 13–19. 5 indexed citations
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Skrentny, John D. & Nancy MacLean. (2006). Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace. American Journal of Legal History. 48(2). 232–232. 81 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (2002). Using the Law for Social Change: Judge Constance Baker Motley. Journal of women's history. 14(2). 136–139. 1 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (1999). The Hidden History of Affirmative Action: Working Women's Struggles in the 1970s and the Gender of Class. Feminist Studies. 25(1). 42–42. 23 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy & Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore. (1998). Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920. The American Historical Review. 103(1). 281–281. 4 indexed citations
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Alexander, Charles C. & Nancy MacLean. (1995). Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 54(1). 99–99. 9 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy, et al.. (1995). Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.. Journal of American History. 82(1). 320–320. 1 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (1994). Behind The Mask Of Chivalry. 55 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy & Gordon H. Fick. (1994). The Effect of Semirigid Dressings on Below-Knee Amputations. Physical Therapy. 74(7). 668–673. 25 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy & Kathleen M. Blee. (1993). Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s.. The Journal of Southern History. 59(4). 785–785. 3 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (1991). The Leo Frank Case Reconsidered: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Making of Reactionary Populism. Journal of American History. 78(3). 917–917. 28 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy. (1989). Behind the mask of chivalry : gender, race, and class in the making of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's in Georgia. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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MacLean, Nancy & James A. Hodges. (1987). New Deal Labor Policy and the Southern Cotton Textile Industry, 1933-1941. Journal of American History. 73(4). 1069–1069. 1 indexed citations

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