Peter Heather

2.9k total citations
33 papers, 364 citations indexed

About

Peter Heather is a scholar working on Classics, History and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Heather has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 364 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Classics, 16 papers in History and 8 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Peter Heather's work include Byzantine Studies and History (15 papers), Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (8 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers). Peter Heather is often cited by papers focused on Byzantine Studies and History (15 papers), Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (8 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers). Peter Heather collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and France. Peter Heather's co-authors include John Matthews, T. D. Barnes, Pontus Skoglund, Leo Speidel, Herwig Wοlfram, Thomas J. Booth, Ben Raffield, Marina Silva, Gisela Ripoll and Christopher Barrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Refugee Studies and Phoenix.

In The Last Decade

Peter Heather

24 papers receiving 253 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Heather United Kingdom 11 157 131 127 121 43 33 364
Warren Treadgold United States 12 218 1.4× 184 1.4× 100 0.8× 125 1.0× 65 1.5× 49 395
Guy Halsall United Kingdom 9 114 0.7× 59 0.5× 124 1.0× 104 0.9× 28 0.7× 27 352
Joseph F. O’Callaghan United States 9 127 0.8× 43 0.3× 164 1.3× 145 1.2× 66 1.5× 57 419
Clifford Ando United States 10 93 0.6× 328 2.5× 99 0.8× 288 2.4× 112 2.6× 40 581
Speros Vryonis United States 10 189 1.2× 170 1.3× 83 0.7× 132 1.1× 101 2.3× 34 437
Benjamin Z. Kedar Israel 12 99 0.6× 45 0.3× 164 1.3× 109 0.9× 138 3.2× 50 367
Madelyn B. Dick Canada 6 47 0.3× 72 0.5× 65 0.5× 100 0.8× 62 1.4× 10 266
Hugh Kennedy United Kingdom 12 69 0.4× 113 0.9× 43 0.3× 242 2.0× 126 2.9× 51 425
Ralph W. Mathisen United States 11 203 1.3× 139 1.1× 183 1.4× 101 0.8× 41 1.0× 57 373
Maryanne Kowaleski United States 11 116 0.7× 29 0.2× 148 1.2× 34 0.3× 40 0.9× 29 351

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Heather

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Heather

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Heather

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Speidel, Leo, Marina Silva, Thomas J. Booth, et al.. (2025). High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe. Nature. 637(8044). 118–126. 7 indexed citations
2.
Heather, Peter, et al.. (2023). Herre og drott – konge og sjøkonge. OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation).
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Heather, Peter. (2018). Rome Resurgent: War & Empire in the Age of Justinian. 1 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (2016). Refugees and the Roman Empire. Journal of Refugee Studies. few020–few020. 2 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter, et al.. (2010). Upadek cesarstwa Rzymskiego. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Heather, Peter. (2009). Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe. OUP Catalogue. 23 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (2009). Empires and barbarians : migration, development and the birth of Europe. Research Portal (King's College London). 21 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (2009). Why Did the Barbarian Cross the Rhine?. Journal of late antiquity. 2(1). 3–29. 6 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (2007). Merely an Ideology? - Gothic Identity in Ostrogothic Italy. Research Portal (King's College London). 31–79.
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Heather, Peter. (2006). Empires and Barbarians. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (2005). The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians. Research Portal (King's College London). 79 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter, et al.. (2001). Politics, Philosophy, and Empire in the Fourth Century. Liverpool University Press eBooks. 39 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter, et al.. (2001). Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Themistius' Select Orations. 4 indexed citations
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Cameron, Averil, Peter Heather, Michael Whitby, et al.. (2001). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter, et al.. (2001). The Transformation of Frontiers. 13 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter & T. D. Barnes. (1997). Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire. Phoenix. 51(1). 84–84. 4 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (1995). Theoderic, king of the Goths. Early Medieval Europe. 4(2). 145–173. 3 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter & John Matthews. (1991). The Goths in the Fourth Century. Liverpool University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (1988). The Anti-Scythian Tirade of Synesius' "De Regno". Phoenix. 42(2). 152–152. 13 indexed citations
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Heather, Peter. (1986). The Crossing of the Danube and the Gothic Conversion. Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies. 27(3). 289–318. 9 indexed citations

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