Roger Schofield

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Roger Schofield is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, History and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Schofield has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in History and 6 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Roger Schofield's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (22 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (4 papers). Roger Schofield is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (22 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 papers) and Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (4 papers). Roger Schofield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Roger Schofield's co-authors include E. A. Wrigley, R. S. Davies, J. E. Oeppen, David Coleman, David Reher, Geoffrey McNicoll, Jacques Dupâquier, Thomas McKeown, Ronald Lee and W. D. Borrie and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Roger Schofield

51 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

English Population History from Family Reconstitution 158... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. English Population History from Family Reconstitution 1580–1837
    1997 461 citations E. A. Wrigley, Roger Schofield et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger Schofield United Kingdom 18 916 410 358 352 227 53 1.6k
Massimo Livi‐Bacci Italy 16 320 0.3× 360 0.9× 122 0.3× 398 1.1× 246 1.1× 39 1.1k
D. V. Glass United Kingdom 18 378 0.4× 676 1.6× 186 0.5× 343 1.0× 287 1.3× 65 1.6k
James C. Riley United States 20 525 0.6× 238 0.6× 204 0.6× 239 0.7× 58 0.3× 72 1.5k
Étienne van de Walle United States 23 456 0.5× 528 1.3× 227 0.6× 636 1.8× 656 2.9× 104 2.0k
T. H. Hollingsworth United Kingdom 15 346 0.4× 221 0.5× 132 0.4× 174 0.5× 142 0.6× 43 861
Cameron Campbell United States 19 298 0.3× 467 1.1× 135 0.4× 263 0.7× 412 1.8× 73 1.0k
Jöerg Baten Germany 24 901 1.0× 565 1.4× 77 0.2× 543 1.5× 108 0.5× 59 1.7k
T. James Trussell United States 11 319 0.3× 194 0.5× 142 0.4× 562 1.6× 452 2.0× 17 1.2k
Jacques Dupâquier France 15 273 0.3× 278 0.7× 191 0.5× 159 0.5× 123 0.5× 100 800
Michael S. Teitelbaum United States 23 225 0.2× 594 1.4× 122 0.3× 384 1.1× 425 1.9× 80 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Schofield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schofield, Roger, et al.. (2022). Lessons to learn from the analysis of routine health data from Moria Refugee Camp on Lesvos, Greece. Journal of Public Health. 45(2). 347–355. 3 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (2005). ‘Monday's child is fair of face’: favoured days for baptism, marriage and burial in pre-industrial England. Continuity and Change. 20(1). 93–109. 6 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (2004). Taxation Under the Early Tudors 1485–1547. 26 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1998). “Through a Glass Darkly”. Social Science History. 22(2). 117–130. 1 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1998). "Through a Glass Darkly". Social Science History. 22(2). 117–117. 1 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1996). Los niveles de alfabetización en la Inglaterra preindustrial. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 341–356. 1 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger, et al.. (1994). El descenso de la mortalidad en Europa. Revista de Demografía Histórica-Journal of Iberoamerican Population Studies. 12(1). 9–32. 4 indexed citations
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Walter, John, Peter Laslett, Keith Wrightson, et al.. (1989). Famine, Disease and the Social Order in Early Modern Society. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 85 indexed citations
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Ogden, Philip E., David Coleman, Roger Schofield, Bob Woods, & Philip Rees. (1987). The State of Population Theory: Forward from Malthus. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 12(1). 121–121. 21 indexed citations
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Wilson, Chris, David Coleman, & Roger Schofield. (1987). The State of Population Theory: Forward from Malthus.. The Economic History Review. 40(3). 492–492. 58 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1985). English Marriage Patterns Revisited. Journal of Family History. 10(1). 2–20. 56 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1985). Through a Glass Darkly: The Population History of England as an Experiment in History. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 15(4). 571–571. 8 indexed citations
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Petersen, William, E. A. Wrigley, & Roger Schofield. (1983). The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction. The American Historical Review. 88(2). 386–386. 9 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger, et al.. (1983). English population history from family reconstitution: Summary results 1600–1799. Population Studies. 37(2). 157–184. 60 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger & Thomas McKeown. (1977). The Modern Rise of Population.. Population Studies. 31(1). 179–179. 56 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger, et al.. (1974). TOWARDS A FLEXIBLE DATA INPUT AND RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 7(3). 115–124. 1 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1974). A Swedish Demographic Data Base. 7(2). 89–90. 1 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1972). Representativeness and family reconstitution. Annales de Démographie Historique. 1972(1). 121–125. 13 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1971). Historical Demography: Some Possibilities and Some Limitations. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 21. 119–132. 3 indexed citations
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Schofield, Roger. (1965). The Geographical Distribution of Wealth in England, 1334-1649. The Economic History Review. 18(3). 483–483. 11 indexed citations

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