Robert Perks

518 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 301 citations indexed

About

Robert Perks is a scholar working on History, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Perks has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 301 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in History, 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Perks's work include Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (4 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (1 paper) and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (1 paper). Robert Perks is often cited by papers focused on Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (4 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (1 paper) and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (1 paper). Robert Perks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Robert Perks's co-authors include Alistair Thomson, Gary M. Booth, Joseph R. Larsen, Stephen P. Humphries and Ross W. Gundersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Figshare, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Perks

6 papers receiving 190 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Oral History Reader

2006 273 citations Robert Perks, Alistair Thomson Figshare profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Perks United Kingdom	5	150	131	37	31	27	8	301
Marianne DeKoven United States	13	163 1.1×	122 0.9×	25 0.7×	31 1.0×	23 0.9×	38	536
Wendy Kozol United States	10	213 1.4×	103 0.8×	26 0.7×	60 1.9×	51 1.9×	26	394
Jack Santino United States	11	182 1.2×	78 0.6×	45 1.2×	40 1.3×	58 2.1×	37	507
Jean Mohr	5	191 1.3×	52 0.4×	30 0.8×	36 1.2×	33 1.2×	8	367
Susan Armitage United States	9	133 0.9×	60 0.5×	19 0.5×	40 1.3×	21 0.8×	33	270
Carolyn Dinshaw United States	8	168 1.1×	114 0.9×	64 1.7×	32 1.0×	31 1.1×	27	445
Dominic Head United Kingdom	11	250 1.7×	49 0.4×	30 0.8×	23 0.7×	52 1.9×	24	450
Nancy Isenberg United States	7	147 1.0×	58 0.4×	13 0.4×	62 2.0×	12 0.4×	26	275
Karen M. Morin United States	13	193 1.3×	49 0.4×	37 1.0×	21 0.7×	39 1.4×	41	358
Lynn Abrams United Kingdom	9	183 1.2×	156 1.2×	25 0.7×	86 2.8×	13 0.5×	53	371

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Perks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Perks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Perks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Perks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Perks based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Perks. Robert Perks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

1.

Perks, Robert. (2009). Into the Mainstream: the Challenge of Oral History in Britain in the 21st century. 6.

2.

Perks, Robert & Alistair Thomson. (2006). The Oral History Reader. Figshare. 273 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Perks, Robert & Alistair Thomson. (2006). The Oral History Reader (2nd edition). Figshare. 7 indexed citations

4.

Perks, Robert, et al.. (1998). Oral History Reader, The [Book Review]. 62. 1 indexed citations

5.

Perks, Robert. (1990). Oral history: An annotated bibliography. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

6.

Humphries, Stephen P., et al.. (1988). A Century of Childhood. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 7 indexed citations

7.

Perks, Robert, et al.. (1985). Learning at Home‐‐A Personal Experience. 22(4). 351–353. 1 indexed citations

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Larsen, Joseph R., Gary M. Booth, Robert Perks, & Ross W. Gundersen. (1979). Optic Neuropiles Absent in Cave Beetle Glacicavicola bathyscioides (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 98(3). 461–461. 6 indexed citations

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