Robert Anchor

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Robert Anchor is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Anchor has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in History and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Anchor's work include Philosophy and Historical Thought (2 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 paper) and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper). Robert Anchor is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Historical Thought (2 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 paper) and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper). Robert Anchor collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Anchor's co-authors include Mark Poster, Mark Phillips, Christopher J. Berry, William A. Galston, Peter Münz, Henry E. Allison, David Lindenfeld, Michel Foucault, Philip Barker and Jörn Rüsen and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, History and Theory and German Studies Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Anchor

32 papers receiving 491 citations

Hit Papers

The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Con... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 100 200 300 400
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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 Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context.
    1993 486 citations Robert Anchor, Mark Poster 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
Robert Anchor United States 9 322 114 93 73 64 41 692
Sue Curry Jansen United States 13 376 1.2× 139 1.2× 118 1.3× 64 0.9× 77 1.2× 35 748
Leo Bogart United States 15 355 1.1× 313 2.7× 71 0.8× 72 1.0× 40 0.6× 82 778
Everette E. Dennis United States 14 276 0.9× 244 2.1× 61 0.7× 75 1.0× 41 0.6× 76 632
Alfred McClung Lee United States 12 421 1.3× 245 2.1× 126 1.4× 35 0.5× 75 1.2× 55 817
Fred Inglis United Kingdom 12 271 0.8× 132 1.2× 90 1.0× 79 1.1× 37 0.6× 47 667
Dick Pels Netherlands 14 430 1.3× 77 0.7× 134 1.4× 30 0.4× 56 0.9× 42 766
Lawrence C. Soley United States 19 399 1.2× 206 1.8× 86 0.9× 79 1.1× 38 0.6× 56 1.2k
Erik Barnouw United States 13 239 0.7× 281 2.5× 70 0.8× 120 1.6× 78 1.2× 32 793
D E B Pollard United Kingdom 7 307 1.0× 61 0.5× 215 2.3× 20 0.3× 79 1.2× 18 723
Gladys Engel Lang United States 14 479 1.5× 376 3.3× 159 1.7× 71 1.0× 114 1.8× 49 988

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Anchor

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Anchor, Robert. (2016). Kant and Philosophy of History in Goethe's "Faust". 145(5). 353–7.
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Anchor, Robert. (1999). The Quarrel Between Historians And Postmodernists. History and Theory. 38(1). 111–121. 5 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert, Philip Barker, & Michel Foucault. (1995). Michel Foucault: Subversions of the Subject.. History and Theory. 34(1). 122–122. 8 indexed citations
4.
Anchor, Robert & Mark Poster. (1993). The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context.. The American Historical Review. 98(3). 829–829. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anchor, Robert & Norbert Waszek. (1990). The Scottish Enlightenment and Hegel's Account of `Civil Society.'. The American Historical Review. 95(1). 188–188. 2 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert. (1984). Realizations: Narrative, Pictorial, and Theatrical Arts in Nineteenth-Century England. History Reviews of New Books. 12(6). 118–118. 5 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert, et al.. (1982). Sozialgeschichte der Aufklarung in Frankreich.. History and Theory. 21(3). 416–416.
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Anchor, Robert & David Lindenfeld. (1981). The Transformation of Positivism: Alexius Meinong and European thought, 1880-1920. The American Historical Review. 86(5). 1063–1063. 6 indexed citations
9.
Anchor, Robert. (1980). Lukacs as Interpreter of German Culture. History and Theory. 19(3). 277–277. 1 indexed citations
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Bahr, Ehrhard & Robert Anchor. (1979). Germany Confronts Modernization: German Culture and Society. German Studies Review. 2(3). 409–409. 1 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert & Peter Münz. (1978). The Shapes of Time: A New Look at the Philosophy of History. The American Historical Review. 83(3). 684–684. 14 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert, et al.. (1977). The Philosophes and the People. The American Historical Review. 82(1). 90–90. 10 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert. (1976). Intellectual and Social Developments in the Habsburg Empire from Maria Theresa to World War I. History Reviews of New Books. 4(3). 69–70. 7 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert & William A. Galston. (1976). Kant and the Problem of History. The American Historical Review. 81(4). 813–813. 15 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert. (1975). An Essay on the Theory of Enlightened Despotism. History Reviews of New Books. 3(10). 264–264. 7 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert. (1972). Germany Confronts Modernization: German Culture and Society, 1790-1890. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Anchor, Robert, et al.. (1972). Tradition and Revolution: German Literature and Society, 1830-1890. The American Historical Review. 77(5). 1468–1468. 3 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert, et al.. (1967). Moses Hess: Geschichte Seines Lebens. The American Historical Review. 73(2). 515–515. 9 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert & Henry E. Allison. (1967). Lessing and the Enlightenment: His Philosophy of Religion and Its Relation to Eighteenth-Century Thought. The American Historical Review. 72(3). 1009–1009. 8 indexed citations
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Anchor, Robert. (1965). Landesgeschichte in der Zeit der Deutschen Spätaufklärung: Ludwig Timotheus Spittler (1752–1810). The American Historical Review. 71(1). 221–222. 1 indexed citations

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