Robert Darnton

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Darnton is a scholar working on Anthropology, History and Philosophy of Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Darnton has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Anthropology, 21 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 21 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Darnton's work include Historical and Literary Studies (28 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (21 papers) and Historical and Literary Analyses (16 papers). Robert Darnton is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Literary Studies (28 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (21 papers) and Historical and Literary Analyses (16 papers). Robert Darnton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Robert Darnton's co-authors include Raymond Birn, Jack R. Censer, Philip Stewart, Daniel Roche, Carlos Manuel, Michael Kraus, Hervé Varenne, Lionel Gossman, John McManners and Roger Chartier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Darnton

95 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cult... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1984 1968 100 200 300

Peers

Robert Darnton
Comparison fields: 5 of 106
  • Sociology and Political Science 587
  • Literature and Literary Theory 443
  • History 440
  • Anthropology 360
  • Political Science and International Relations 319
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
The True History of Fake News
3
2 19
3
Review of The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe, 1769-1794
1
4
El futuro de las bibliotecas
0
5
Bohème littéraire et révolution : le monde des livres au XVIIIe siècle
5
6
¿Qué es la historia del libro?
3
7
The Research Library in the Digital Age
1
8
It Happened One Night
3
9
The science of piracy: a crucial ingredient in eighteenth-century publishing
5
10
Pour les Lumières : défense, illustration, méthode
1
11
TWO PATHS THROUGH THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF IDEAS
3
12
Dernière danse sur le mur : Berlin 1989-1990
1
13
Historia intelectual y cultural
1
14
La gran matanza de gatos y otros episodios en la historia de la cultura francesa
43
15 18
16
O grande massacre de gatos, e outros episódios da história cultural francesa
16
17
Le Grand massacre des chats : attitudes et croyances dans l'ancienne France
4
18
La fin des lumières : le mesmérisme et la révolution
4
19
Der Mesmerismus und das Ende der Aufklärung in Frankreich
3
20
Reading, Writing, and Publishing in Eighteenth-Century France: A Case Study in the Sociology of Literature
11

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