Nancy Tomes

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Nancy Tomes is a scholar working on History, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Tomes has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in History, 11 papers in Clinical Psychology and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nancy Tomes's work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (11 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (8 papers) and Medical History and Innovations (5 papers). Nancy Tomes is often cited by papers focused on Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (11 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (8 papers) and Medical History and Innovations (5 papers). Nancy Tomes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Latvia. Nancy Tomes's co-authors include Elaine Showalter, Martin S. Pernick, Norman Dain, John Duffy, Neville E. Strumpf, Teresa L. Scheid, David Rosner, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Andrew Scull and Viviana A. Zelizer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Tomes

38 papers receiving 912 citations

Hit Papers

The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 50 100 150
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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 Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980
    1987 186 citations Nancy Tomes et al. The American Historical Review 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 Tomes United States 17 354 264 246 232 98 48 1.2k
Susan M. Reverby United States 19 177 0.5× 200 0.8× 422 1.7× 439 1.9× 45 0.5× 59 1.6k
Deirdre English United States 8 159 0.4× 159 0.6× 285 1.2× 173 0.7× 42 0.4× 12 995
Martin S. Pernick United States 15 138 0.4× 265 1.0× 207 0.8× 143 0.6× 24 0.2× 26 847
Barbara Katz Rothman United States 22 296 0.8× 173 0.7× 432 1.8× 225 1.0× 54 0.6× 86 1.8k
Rickie Solinger United States 15 183 0.5× 178 0.7× 438 1.8× 280 1.2× 31 0.3× 43 1.3k
Rose Weitz United States 19 172 0.5× 51 0.2× 513 2.1× 392 1.7× 37 0.4× 48 1.3k
Charles Webster United Kingdom 17 177 0.5× 406 1.5× 213 0.9× 285 1.2× 95 1.0× 65 1.4k
Linda M. Blum United States 17 258 0.7× 60 0.2× 443 1.8× 212 0.9× 53 0.5× 38 1.4k
Armand L. Mauss United States 16 145 0.4× 111 0.4× 543 2.2× 235 1.0× 64 0.7× 68 1.1k
Dorothy Porter United Kingdom 15 116 0.3× 174 0.7× 216 0.9× 209 0.9× 34 0.3× 41 784

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Tomes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tomes, Nancy, et al.. (2021). A World South-Side Up?. 78(1). 195–212. 1 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2021). “Not Just for Doctors Anymore”: How the Merck Manual Became a Consumer Health “Bible”. Bulletin of the history of medicine. 95(1). 1–23. 2 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2020). Managing the modern infodemic. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(43). E1311–E1312. 13 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2015). Remaking the American Patient. University of North Carolina Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2010). “Destroyer and Teacher”: Managing the Masses during the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic. Public Health Reports. 125(3_suppl). 48–62. 65 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy & Jenny E. Greene. (2008). Is There a Rosenberg School?. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 63(4). 455–466. 3 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy & Susan M. Reverby. (2008). Continuity and Contingency: The Medical-Historical World according to Charles E. Rosenberg. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 63(4). 411–413. 1 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2007). Patient empowerment and the dilemmas of late-modern medicalisation. The Lancet. 369(9562). 698–700. 56 indexed citations
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Reagan, Leslie J., Nancy Tomes, & Paula A. Treichler. (2007). Introduction: Medicine, Health, and Bodies in American Film and Television. 1–16. 4 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2006). The Patient As A Policy Factor: A Historical Case Study Of The Consumer/Survivor Movement In Mental Health. Health Affairs. 25(3). 720–729. 112 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2005). The Great American Medicine Show Revisited. Bulletin of the history of medicine. 79(4). 627–663. 21 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2005). Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 30(1-2). 299–304. 5 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2001). The History of Shit: An Essay Review. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 56(4). 400–404. 2 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2001). Merchants of Health: Medicine and Consumer Culture in the United States, 1900-1940. Journal of American History. 88(2). 519–519. 53 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (2000). Beyond the "Two Psychiatries": Jack Pressman's Last Resort and the History of Twentieth-Century American Psychiatry: Introduction. Bulletin of the history of medicine. 74(4). 773–777. 1 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy. (1997). Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health (review). Bulletin of the history of medicine. 71(3). 547–549. 1 indexed citations
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Tomes, Nancy & David Rosner. (1996). Hives of Sickness: Public Health and Epidemics in New York City.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(5). 697–697. 33 indexed citations
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Strumpf, Neville E. & Nancy Tomes. (1993). Restraining the troublesome patient. A historical perspective on a contemporary debate.. PubMed. 1. 3–24. 18 indexed citations
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Strumpf, Neville E. & Nancy Tomes. (1993). The Historical Mirror: Restraining the Troublesome Patient A Historical Perspective on a Contemporary Debate. Nursing History Review. 1(1). 3–24. 24 indexed citations
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Dain, Norman & Nancy Tomes. (1985). A Generous Confidence: Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Art of Asylum-Keeping, 1840-1883. The American Historical Review. 90(4). 1019–1019. 79 indexed citations

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