Nicholas Purcell

2.9k total citations
33 papers, 381 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Purcell is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Purcell has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 381 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Archeology, 12 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Purcell's work include Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (11 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (10 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (4 papers). Nicholas Purcell is often cited by papers focused on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (11 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (10 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (4 papers). Nicholas Purcell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Nicholas Purcell's co-authors include Peregrine Horden, Georgios Manousakis, Christian Goudineau, Scott McKay, Hartmut Galsterer, Mark Hassall, Joyce Reynolds, Michael Fulford, Martin Goodman and William V. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The American Historical Review and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Purcell

23 papers receiving 271 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Purcell United States 11 222 181 66 55 37 33 381
Νeville Morley United Kingdom 10 181 0.8× 155 0.9× 48 0.7× 29 0.5× 46 1.2× 52 374
Anthony R. Birley Germany 13 252 1.1× 245 1.4× 98 1.5× 50 0.9× 24 0.6× 51 440
Dominic Rathbone United Kingdom 12 227 1.0× 261 1.4× 38 0.6× 21 0.4× 35 0.9× 40 405
Madelyn B. Dick Canada 6 72 0.3× 100 0.6× 65 1.0× 47 0.9× 36 1.0× 10 266
Clive Foss United States 12 210 0.9× 372 2.1× 81 1.2× 166 3.0× 36 1.0× 58 511
Henry C. Boren United States 10 185 0.8× 197 1.1× 66 1.0× 34 0.6× 32 0.9× 26 374
Simon James United Kingdom 12 134 0.6× 186 1.0× 77 1.2× 33 0.6× 104 2.8× 35 476
John Scheid France 11 300 1.4× 230 1.3× 100 1.5× 29 0.5× 7 0.2× 99 489
Alice‐Mary Talbot United States 10 106 0.5× 92 0.5× 86 1.3× 175 3.2× 10 0.3× 34 281
Leslie Brubaker United Kingdom 8 90 0.4× 91 0.5× 72 1.1× 114 2.1× 11 0.3× 36 217

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All Works

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Malkin, Irad & Nicholas Purcell. (2024). Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Purcell, Nicholas & Georgios Manousakis. (2024). Diverse Phenotypic Presentation of the Welander Distal Myopathy Founder Mutation, With Myopathy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Same Family. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 26(1). 42–46. 1 indexed citations
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Horden, Peregrine & Nicholas Purcell. (2019). The Boundless Sea: Writing Mediterranean History. 2 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2019). Unstable cities: some questions about Roman urbanism. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13–24.
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2017). The Non-Polis and the Game of Mirrors: Rome and Carthage in Ancient And Modern Comparison. Classical Philology. 112(3). 332–349. 1 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2013). Rome and the management of water: environment, culture and power. 194–226. 13 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2006). Orientalizing: Five Historical Questions. 21–30. 2 indexed citations
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Horden, Peregrine & Nicholas Purcell. (2006). The Mediterranean and "the New Thalassology". The American Historical Review. 111(3). 722–740. 65 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2003). The Way We Used to Eat: Diet, Community, and History at Rome. The American Journal of Philology. 124(3). 329–358. 37 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2001). Les archives du census : le contrôle des hommes - V The ordo scribarum : A study in the loss of memory: le contrôle des hommes - V The ordo scribarum : A study in the loss of memory. 113(2). 633–674. 2 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (2001). The ordo scribarum : a study in the loss of memory. Mélanges de l École française de Rome Antiquité. 113(2). 633–674. 8 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (1995). LITERATE GAMES: ROMAN URBAN SOCIETY AND THE GAME OF ALEA. Past & Present. 147(1). 3–37. 32 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (1993). Atrium Libertatis. Papers of the British School at Rome. 61. 125–155. 7 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (1988). A. Tchernia, Le Vin de l'Italie romaine: essai d'histoire économique d'après les amphores (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome CCLXI). Rome: École Française, 1986. Pp. xii + 410, 5 pls, numerous text figs, 9 maps. ISBN 2-7283-0106-9. - Settefinestre: una villa schiavistica nell'Etruria romana. Ed. A. Carandini and A. Ricci. 1. Modena: Panini, 1985. Pp. 206, 302, 371; 204, 360, 255 illus. - La villa nel suo insieme. By A. Carandini and others. 2. Modena: Panini, 1985. Pp. 206, 302, 371; 204, 360, 255 illus. - La villa nelle sue parti. By P. Baldi and others. 3. Modena: Panini, 1985. Pp. 206, 302, 371; 204, 360, 255 illus. - La villa e i suoi reperti. By S. Besutti and others. Modena: Panini, 1985. Pp. 206, 302, 371; 204, 360, 255 illus.. The Journal of Roman Studies. 78. 194–198.
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Purcell, Nicholas. (1985). Wine and Wealth in Ancient Italy. The Journal of Roman Studies. 75. 1–19. 56 indexed citations
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Purcell, Nicholas. (1983). The Apparitores : A Study in Social Mobility. Papers of the British School at Rome. 51. 125–173. 31 indexed citations

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