Ronald Syme

5.1k total citations
102 papers, 716 citations indexed

About

Ronald Syme is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Syme has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 716 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Anthropology, 25 papers in Archeology and 15 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Ronald Syme's work include Classical Antiquity Studies (55 papers), Classical Studies and Legal History (13 papers) and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (9 papers). Ronald Syme is often cited by papers focused on Classical Antiquity Studies (55 papers), Classical Studies and Legal History (13 papers) and Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (9 papers). Ronald Syme collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and New Zealand. Ronald Syme's co-authors include Henry C. Boren, Motoyoshi Mogi, M. Laird, Allen M. Ward, Thomas W. Africa, Anthony R. Birley, Peter White, Donald Kagan, T. Robert S. Broughton and Arther Ferrill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The American Historical Review and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Syme

76 papers receiving 462 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald Syme United Kingdom 13 492 325 153 106 80 102 716
Rebecca Flemming United Kingdom 10 115 0.2× 91 0.3× 64 0.4× 18 0.2× 6 0.1× 27 349
Nicholas Purcell United States 11 222 0.5× 181 0.6× 66 0.4× 55 0.5× 11 0.1× 33 381
Lawrence I. Conrad United Kingdom 12 88 0.2× 107 0.3× 71 0.5× 48 0.5× 1 0.0× 51 414
Michael W. Dols United States 12 69 0.1× 64 0.2× 62 0.4× 16 0.2× 20 410
Carol Harrison United States 10 38 0.1× 39 0.1× 65 0.4× 18 0.2× 6 0.1× 46 274
Mary Beagon United Kingdom 7 123 0.3× 87 0.3× 29 0.2× 28 0.3× 22 0.3× 16 230
Nancy Demand United Kingdom 7 133 0.3× 92 0.3× 12 0.1× 8 0.1× 7 0.1× 24 258
Lester K. Little United States 13 51 0.1× 42 0.1× 244 1.6× 235 2.2× 31 566
Gillian Clark United Kingdom 9 91 0.2× 104 0.3× 47 0.3× 54 0.5× 5 0.1× 39 228
Thomas F. X. Noble United States 12 37 0.1× 61 0.2× 190 1.2× 215 2.0× 50 395

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald Syme

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Syme

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Syme, Ronald. (2002). The Roman revolution. 12 indexed citations
2.
Syme, Ronald. (1987). Exotic names, notably in Seneca's tragedies. 30(1). 49–64. 4 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1986). Isauria in Pliny. Anatolian Studies. 36. 159–164. 3 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1986). Praesens the Friend of Hadrian. 2(2). 273–291.
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Syme, Ronald. (1985). Statius on Rutilius Gallicus. 18(18). 149–156. 1 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1983). Rome and the Nations. Diogenes. 31(124). 33–46. 2 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1983). Spanish Pomponii. A study in Nomenclature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1983). Eight Consuls from Patavium. Papers of the British School at Rome. 51. 102–124. 2 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1982). Spaniards at Tivoli.. Ancient Society. 241–264. 3 indexed citations
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Bowker, James D., Bernard Burrows, G. Grant, et al.. (1980). ANK volume 30 Cover and Front matter. Anatolian Studies. 30. f1–f4. 1 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1979). Some Imperatorial Salutations. Phoenix. 33(4). 308–308. 3 indexed citations
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Bowker, James D., Bernard Burrows, G. Grant, et al.. (1978). ANK volume 28 Cover and Front matter. Anatolian Studies. 28. f1–f4. 1 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1978). La révolution romaine. Gallimard eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald, et al.. (1976). La guerra de Augusto en Hispania (26-25 antes de Cristo). 303–321. 1 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald, et al.. (1973). Emperors and Biography. The American Journal of Philology. 94(4). 392–392. 27 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1972). The Composition of the Historia Augusta: Recent Theories. The Journal of Roman Studies. 62. 123–133. 3 indexed citations
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White, Peter & Ronald Syme. (1972). Emperors and Biography: Studies in the Historia Augusta. The American Historical Review. 77(4). 1101–1101. 12 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1969). Pliny the Procurator. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. 73. 201–201. 20 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1960). Piso Frugi and Crassus Frugi. The Journal of Roman Studies. 50(1-2). 12–20. 10 indexed citations
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Syme, Ronald. (1958). Consulates in Absence. The Journal of Roman Studies. 48(1-2). 1–9. 2 indexed citations

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