Roy Porter
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.2%
- History of Science and Natural History
- History top 0.02%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- History of Medicine Studies
- Medical History and Innovations
Papers in ⓘ
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- History of Science and Natural History 12
- History 18
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes 12
- Medical History and Innovations 5
- History of Medicine Studies 4
- Co-authors
- Mikuláš Teich (7 shared papers)W. F. Bynum (6 shared papers)Peter Burke (4 shared papers)G. S. Rousseau (3 shared papers)Ludmilla Jordanova (1 shared paper)William Bynum (1 shared paper)L. S. Jacyna (1 shared paper)Christopher Fox (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Medical History (16 papers)Nature (9 papers)The American Historical Review (7 papers)The British Journal for the History of Science (5 papers)Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Roy Porter
126 papers receiving 1.8k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 177
- History and Philosophy of Science 400
- History 788
- Anthropology 289
- Philosophy 288
- Clinical Psychology 545
Countries citing papers authored by Roy Porter
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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Porter
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Roy Porter, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 143 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | 254 | |
| 2 | 1999 | 225 | |
| 3 | Madness: A Brief History | 2002 | 132 |
| 4 | 1981 | 129 | |
| 5 | Companion Encyclopaedia of the History of Medicine | 1994 | 85 |
| 6 | A social history of madness: Stories of the insane | 1987 | 82 |
| 7 | 1987 | 79 | |
| 8 | 1978 | 65 | |
| 9 | Images of the Earth Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences | 1979 | 63 |
| 10 | 1989 | 62 | |
| 11 | 1994 | 55 | |
| 12 | 1985 | 52 | |
| 13 | Medicine and the Five Senses | 2005 | 51 |
| 14 | 1987 | 48 | |
| 15 | 1997 | 46 | |
| 16 | 1995 | 46 | |
| 17 | Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine | 2001 | 41 |
| 18 | 1988 | 40 | |
| 19 | 1985 | 38 | |
| 20 | 1995 | 37 |
About Roy Porter
Roy Porter is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, History, Anthropology, General Psychology and Museology, having authored 143 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (12 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (12 papers), History of Science and Natural History (12 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (10 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 papers), Medical History and Innovations (5 papers), Australian Indigenous Culture and History (5 papers) and History of Medicine Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (400 citations), History (788 citations), Anthropology (289 citations), Philosophy (288 citations) and Clinical Psychology (545 citations). Roy Porter has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Mikuláš Teich, W. F. Bynum, Peter Burke, G. S. Rousseau, Ludmilla Jordanova, William Bynum, L. S. Jacyna, Christopher Fox, Robert Wokler and Dorothy Porter. Their work appears in journals such as Medical History, Nature, The American Historical Review, The British Journal for the History of Science and Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
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