Roy MacLeod

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Roy MacLeod is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy MacLeod has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Roy MacLeod's work include History of Science and Natural History (23 papers), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (9 papers) and History of Science and Medicine (8 papers). Roy MacLeod is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (23 papers), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (9 papers) and History of Science and Medicine (8 papers). Roy MacLeod collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Roy MacLeod's co-authors include Gyan Prakash, Rodney Lowe, Philip F. Rehbock, Lewis Pyenson, Milton Lewis, Christopher Freeman, William H. Brock, David H. Guston, Peter Weingart and Michael Mulkay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Research Policy and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Roy MacLeod

80 papers receiving 966 citations

Hit Papers

Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300
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. Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India
    2000 360 citations Roy MacLeod et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy MacLeod Australia 18 355 327 216 196 162 88 1.3k
I. Bernard Cohen Israel 7 287 0.8× 364 1.1× 106 0.5× 134 0.7× 88 0.5× 25 1.3k
Jan Goliński United States 14 492 1.4× 221 0.7× 208 1.0× 61 0.3× 195 1.2× 59 1.2k
Margaret C. Jacob United States 24 376 1.1× 456 1.4× 325 1.5× 361 1.8× 418 2.6× 103 1.8k
Georges Duby France 19 181 0.5× 435 1.3× 153 0.7× 287 1.5× 402 2.5× 193 1.6k
Anthony Grafton United States 22 252 0.7× 404 1.2× 423 2.0× 251 1.3× 706 4.4× 148 1.9k
Jacques Le Goff France 24 147 0.4× 610 1.9× 274 1.3× 333 1.7× 452 2.8× 223 2.1k
Nancy Leys Stepan United States 13 131 0.4× 590 1.8× 242 1.1× 218 1.1× 374 2.3× 25 1.6k
Frank E. Manuel United States 16 139 0.4× 383 1.2× 93 0.4× 161 0.8× 154 1.0× 48 1.0k
James Moore United States 16 370 1.0× 265 0.8× 53 0.2× 88 0.4× 115 0.7× 92 1.0k
Dorinda Outram United States 15 227 0.6× 210 0.6× 130 0.6× 92 0.5× 177 1.1× 48 725

Countries citing papers authored by Roy MacLeod

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy MacLeod

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy MacLeod

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roy MacLeod. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roy MacLeod 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 Roy MacLeod. Roy MacLeod is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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MacLeod, Roy. (2007). Ave atque Vale. Minerva. 45(4). 361–363. 1 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (2000). Science and the Pacific War : science and survival in the Pacific, 1939-1945. Kluwer Academic eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (2000). Nature and empire : science and the colonial enterprise. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 79 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1999). Empire and Information: Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India 1780-1870, by C.A. Bayley. Minerva. 37(2). 183–185. 1 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy & Philip F. Rehbock. (1997). Darwin's Laboratory: Evolutionary Theory and Natural History in the Pacific. Journal of the History of Biology. 31(3). 31 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1993). Science, Progressivism, and "Practical Idealism:" Reflections on Efficient Imperialism and Federal Science in Australia, 1895-1915. Scientia Canadensis Canadian Journal of the History of Science Technology and Medicine. 17(1-2). 7–7. 2 indexed citations
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Guston, David H. & Roy MacLeod. (1991). Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860-1919. Technology and Culture. 32(3). 606–606. 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, Milton & Roy MacLeod. (1987). A Working man's paradise? Reflections on urban mortality in colonial Australia 1860–1900. Medical History. 31(4). 387–402. 8 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy & Christopher Freeman. (1986). Technology and the human prospect : essays in honour of Christopher Freeman. 9 indexed citations
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Tyndall, John, et al.. (1974). John Tyndall, natural philosopher, 1820-1893 : catalogue of correspondence, journals and collected papers. 4 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1971). Of medals and men: a reward system in Victorian science, 1826-1914. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 26(1). 81–105. 19 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1970). The X-Club. A social network of science in late-Victorian England. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 24(2). 305–322. 25 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1968). Treasury control and social administration : a study of establishment growth at the Local Government Board 1871-1905. 4 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1968). Government and Resource Conservation: the Salmon Acts Administration, 1860-1886. Journal of British Studies. 7(2). 114–150. 10 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1967). Law, medicine and public opinion: the resistance to compulsory health legislation 1870-1907.. PubMed. 107–28, 189. 20 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1967). THE FRUSTRATION OF STATE MEDICINE 1880–1899. Medical History. 11(1). 15–40. 9 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Roy. (1966). MEDICO-LEGAL ISSUES IN VICTORIAN MEDICAL CARE. Medical History. 10(1). 44–49. 2 indexed citations

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