Robert Ashton

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Robert Ashton is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, History and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ashton has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in History and 5 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Robert Ashton's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (14 papers), Scottish History and National Identity (5 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). Robert Ashton is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (14 papers), Scottish History and National Identity (5 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (3 papers). Robert Ashton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Finland. Robert Ashton's co-authors include Alan Macfarlane, Keith Thomas, Anthony Fletcher, John Stevenson, Geoffrey Holmes, Peter Clark, G. E. Aylmer, Charles Wilson, David Underdown and Barry Supple and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, The American Historical Review and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ashton

47 papers receiving 460 citations

Hit Papers

Religion and the Decline of Magic. Studies in Popular Bel... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 50 100 150 200
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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. Religion and the Decline of Magic. Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England.
    1972 201 citations Robert Ashton, Keith Thomas et al. The Economic History 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 Ashton United Kingdom 14 321 283 176 154 69 57 761
Olwen Hufton United Kingdom 13 196 0.6× 321 1.1× 168 1.0× 345 2.2× 71 1.0× 43 881
David Underdown United States 18 361 1.1× 531 1.9× 311 1.8× 253 1.6× 130 1.9× 58 1.1k
Nicholas Rogers Canada 14 227 0.7× 264 0.9× 138 0.8× 227 1.5× 100 1.4× 57 651
R. B. Outhwaite United Kingdom 14 352 1.1× 265 0.9× 125 0.7× 182 1.2× 63 0.9× 38 714
Edward Muir United States 14 176 0.5× 380 1.3× 180 1.0× 212 1.4× 48 0.7× 55 810
V. G. Kiernan United Kingdom 15 107 0.3× 103 0.4× 324 1.8× 483 3.1× 41 0.6× 78 857
George Rudé Australia 16 186 0.6× 229 0.8× 283 1.6× 469 3.0× 52 0.8× 49 970
J. W. Burrow United Kingdom 11 161 0.5× 210 0.7× 315 1.8× 356 2.3× 33 0.5× 16 770
Stanley G. Payne United States 18 113 0.4× 330 1.2× 361 2.1× 403 2.6× 48 0.7× 136 1.0k
Louis B. Wright United States 12 85 0.3× 144 0.5× 103 0.6× 183 1.2× 176 2.6× 65 693

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Ashton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ashton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ashton, Robert. (2003). Victorian Afterlives: The Shaping of Influence in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Essays in Criticism. 53(1). 91–95.
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Ashton, Robert. (2000). 'Genius in Middle Age', review of Nicholas Boyle 'Goethe: the Poet and the Age, Vol.II, Revolution and Renunciation 1790-1803. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Ashton, Robert, et al.. (1995). Counter-Revolution: The Second Civil War and Its Origins, 1646–8. History Reviews of New Books. 24(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1995). Counter-Revolution. Yale University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1987). X‐inefficiency and market power. Managerial and Decision Economics. 8(4). 333–338. 3 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1986). The Argyll Foods Case. A Legal Analysis. Accounting and Business Research. 17(65). 3–12. 11 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1984). Garner ν. Murray–A Re‐appraisal. Abacus. 20(2). 170–175. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert & D. M. Palliser. (1984). The Age of Elizabeth: England under the Later Tudors, 1547-1603.. The Economic History Review. 37(1). 133–133. 3 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1984). A MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE AMEY/SOLOMONS DEBATE. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 11(3). 287–294. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert & Geoffrey Holmes. (1983). Augustan England: Professions, State and Society, 1680-1730.. The Economic History Review. 36(3). 451–451. 44 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1980). Book Reviews. Business History. 22(1). 108–109. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1979). The City and the Court 1603-1643. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1978). The English Civil War. 9 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1975). Revolutionaries and Rumpers. The Historical Journal. 18(1). 178–187. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert & David Underdown. (1974). Somerset in the Civil War and Interregnum.. The Economic History Review. 27(4). 684–684. 20 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert, Keith Thomas, & Alan Macfarlane. (1972). Religion and the Decline of Magic. Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England.. The Economic History Review. 25(2). 363–363. 201 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ashton, Robert. (1969). James I by his contemporaries : an account of his career and character as seen by some of his contemporaries. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1967). THE PARLIAMENTARY AGITATION FOR FREE TRADE IN THE OPENING YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I. Past & Present. 38(1). 40–55. 10 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert & Barry Supple. (1960). Commercial Crisis and Change in England 1600-1642. A Study in the Instability of a Mercantile Economy.. The Economic History Review. 13(1). 116–116. 25 indexed citations
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Ashton, Robert. (1956). Revenue Farming under the Early Stuarts. The Economic History Review. 8(3). 310–310. 8 indexed citations

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