Robert Murray Davis

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Murray Davis is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, History and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Murray Davis has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 30 papers in History and 5 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Murray Davis's work include American and British Literature Analysis (19 papers), American Literature and Culture (16 papers) and Travel Writing and Literature (13 papers). Robert Murray Davis is often cited by papers focused on American and British Literature Analysis (19 papers), American Literature and Culture (16 papers) and Travel Writing and Literature (13 papers). Robert Murray Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Sudan. Robert Murray Davis's co-authors include C.C. Koch, B. T. McDermott, Paul Fussell, Mary Lou Lindegren, Marta Gwinn, Paula W. Yoon, Muin J. Khoury, Philip Young, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Michael Reynolds and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Robert Murray Davis

71 papers receiving 869 citations

Hit Papers

Abroad: British Literary Traveling between the Wars 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 40 80 120
What are hit papers?

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. Abroad: British Literary Traveling between the Wars
    1981 141 citations Robert Murray Davis et al. World Literature Today 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 Murray Davis United States 16 388 305 283 211 135 108 1.3k
Michael G. Hall United States 19 56 0.1× 91 0.3× 67 0.2× 283 1.3× 105 0.8× 87 1.8k
Moshe Ron Israel 25 48 0.1× 5 0.0× 492 1.7× 787 3.7× 32 0.2× 91 1.6k
José M. Sánchez Spain 16 6 0.0× 44 0.1× 91 0.3× 359 1.7× 84 0.6× 80 1.2k
István Mészarós Hungary 23 16 0.0× 17 0.1× 654 2.3× 201 1.0× 329 2.4× 138 2.3k
Marilyn Butler United States 12 257 0.7× 134 0.4× 27 0.1× 8 0.0× 130 1.0× 52 777
Robert Burns United States 13 36 0.1× 50 0.2× 35 0.1× 26 0.1× 36 0.3× 94 550
Ronald W. Smith United States 24 10 0.0× 7 0.0× 522 1.8× 330 1.6× 157 1.2× 93 1.8k
Jörg Bergmann Germany 13 78 0.2× 11 0.0× 54 0.2× 192 0.9× 193 1.4× 45 997
Peter Davies United Kingdom 15 10 0.0× 13 0.0× 128 0.5× 69 0.3× 43 0.3× 61 679
David W. Adams United States 17 44 0.1× 33 0.1× 164 0.6× 12 0.1× 452 3.3× 47 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Murray Davis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davis, Robert Murray. (2020). Impact on child vaccination completion rates of short message services (SMS) reminders in developing countries. Pan African Medical Journal. 35(Supp 1). 12–12. 3 indexed citations
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Puri, Anu, et al.. (2015). Use of Mobile Information Technology during Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of a Polio Campaign in South Sudan. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135362–e0135362. 12 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray & Robin Biellik. (2013). Inactivated Polio Vaccine: its proposed role in the final stages of polio eradication. Pan African Medical Journal. 14. 102–102. 4 indexed citations
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Khoury, Muin J., Robert Murray Davis, Marta Gwinn, Mary Lou Lindegren, & Paula W. Yoon. (2005). Do We Need Genomic Research for the Prevention of Common Diseases with Environmental Causes?. American Journal of Epidemiology. 161(9). 799–805. 100 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, Susan Rubín Suleiman, & Éva Forgács. (2004). Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary: An Anthology. World Literature Today. 78(3/4). 107–107.
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Davis, Robert Murray, Andrew C. Peterson, & Raymond Lance. (2003). Clear cell adenocarcinoma in a female urethral diverticulum. Urology. 61(3). 644–644. 12 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray. (1998). William Frewen: Limerick Famine Scapegoat. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1998). The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh. World Literature Today. 72(3). 627–627. 3 indexed citations
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Porter, Arthur T., Jacquelyn W. Zimmerman, Mack T. Ruffin, et al.. (1996). Recommendations of the First MichiganConference on Prostate Cancer. Urology. 48(4). 519–534. 3 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1993). Playing Cowboys: Low Culture and High Art in the Western.. Journal of American History. 80(1). 302–302. 3 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1993). Hemingway: A Life without Consequences. World Literature Today. 67(3). 615–615. 46 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray. (1992). Anglo-American Impasse: Catholic Novel and Catholic Censor. 1(1). 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1992). The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper. World Literature Today. 66(3). 525–525.
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1988). Old Southwest / New Southwest: Essays on the Region and Its Literature. World Literature Today. 62(2). 287–287.
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Markowitz, L. E., et al.. (1987). Measles hospitalizations, United States, 1977-84: comparison with national surveillance data.. American Journal of Public Health. 77(7). 866–868. 13 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, et al.. (1987). Acanthamoeba Keratitis and Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy. Archives of Ophthalmology. 105(11). 1524–1527. 25 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray. (1986). A Bibliography of Evelyn Waugh. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray, D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton, & Andrew Robertson. (1985). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence. 3: October 1916-June 1921. World Literature Today. 59(3). 434–434.
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Davis, Robert Murray. (1982). Measles in the tropics and public health practice. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 76(2). 268–275. 12 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert Murray & Robert E. Morsberger. (1965). James Thurber. Books Abroad. 39(2). 212–212. 1 indexed citations

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