Sara McDowell

838 total citations
29 papers, 339 citations indexed

About

Sara McDowell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara McDowell has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 339 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Sara McDowell's work include Irish and British Studies (16 papers), Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (11 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 papers). Sara McDowell is often cited by papers focused on Irish and British Studies (16 papers), Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (11 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 papers). Sara McDowell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Sara McDowell's co-authors include Máire Braniff, Joanne Murphy, Brian Graham, Elizabeth Crooke, Philip McDermott, Colin Breen, David Denyer, Wes Forsythe, Howard K. Koh and Suzanne E. Beech and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Geographical Journal and Regional Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sara McDowell

27 papers receiving 306 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara McDowell United Kingdom 10 256 115 46 43 40 29 339
Yiannis Papadakis Cyprus 10 433 1.7× 60 0.5× 146 3.2× 31 0.7× 26 0.7× 25 513
Daphne Berdahl United States 6 297 1.2× 75 0.7× 218 4.7× 21 0.5× 14 0.3× 14 478
Lynn Abrams United Kingdom 9 183 0.7× 25 0.2× 86 1.9× 23 0.5× 10 0.3× 53 371
Gabriella Elgenius Sweden 9 214 0.8× 52 0.5× 155 3.4× 29 0.7× 28 0.7× 18 347
Bruce Scates Australia 8 182 0.7× 53 0.5× 102 2.2× 13 0.3× 33 0.8× 52 291
Danièle Voldman France 12 249 1.0× 21 0.2× 86 1.9× 30 0.7× 26 0.7× 97 450
Joseba Zulaika United States 11 216 0.8× 31 0.3× 87 1.9× 17 0.4× 21 0.5× 47 363
Suzanna M. Crage United States 4 150 0.6× 88 0.8× 63 1.4× 39 0.9× 8 0.2× 6 250
Amy Mills United States 10 136 0.5× 22 0.2× 112 2.4× 14 0.3× 21 0.5× 21 307
Oskar Verkaaik Netherlands 10 213 0.8× 19 0.2× 192 4.2× 24 0.6× 23 0.6× 23 393

Countries citing papers authored by Sara McDowell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara McDowell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara McDowell

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fox, Justin P., et al.. (2025). Toward a public health leadership national training agenda: a review of conceptual frameworks and core competencies. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1630046–1630046. 1 indexed citations
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Beech, Suzanne E., et al.. (2023). Citizens apart? Representing post‐Brexit youth politics in the UK media. Geographical Journal. 190(3). 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Joanne & Sara McDowell. (2023). Making sense of segregation: Transitional thinking and contested space. Urban Studies. 60(14). 2835–2851. 5 indexed citations
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McDermott, Philip & Sara McDowell. (2021). Cultural Heritage Across European Borders. Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. 30(1). 96–103. 6 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara, et al.. (2018). Disaster depictions and geopolitical representations in Europe’s migration ‘Crisis’. Geoforum. 98. 153–160. 21 indexed citations
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Murphy, Joanne & Sara McDowell. (2018). Transitional optics: Exploring liminal spaces after conflict. Urban Studies. 56(12). 2499–2514. 14 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara, Máire Braniff, & Joanne Murphy. (2017). Zero-sum politics in contested spaces: The unintended consequences of legislative peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Political Geography. 61. 193–202. 12 indexed citations
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Murphy, Joanne, Sara McDowell, Máire Braniff, & David Denyer. (2017). Managing contested spaces: Public managers, obscured mechanisms and the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland. Environment and Planning C Politics and Space. 36(3). 443–459. 4 indexed citations
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Breen, Colin, et al.. (2016). Heritage and separatism in Barcelona: the case of El Born Cultural Centre. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 22(6). 434–445. 5 indexed citations
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Braniff, Máire, Sara McDowell, & Joanne Murphy. (2016). Editorial Introduction. Irish Political Studies. 31(1). 1–3.
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Murphy, Joanne, Sara McDowell, & Máire Braniff. (2016). Historical dialogue and memory in policing change: The case of the police in Northern Ireland. Memory Studies. 10(4). 406–422. 2 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara, Máire Braniff, & Joanne Murphy. (2015). Spacing commemorative-related violence in Northern Ireland: assessing the implications for a society in transition. Space and Polity. 19(3). 231–243. 7 indexed citations
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Braniff, Máire, et al.. (2012). Violence, Space and Memory in the New Northern Ireland. 2 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara, et al.. (2011). Violence and the Vernacular: Conflict, Commemoration, and Rebuilding in the Urban Context. 18(2). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara. (2009). 'Remembering': Victims, Survivors and Commemoration Who are the victims? Debates, concepts and contestation in 'post-conflict' Northern Ireland. 2 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara. (2008). Selling Conflict Heritage through Tourism in Peacetime Northern Ireland: Transforming Conflict or Exacerbating Difference?. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 14(5). 405–421. 51 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara. (2008). Commemorating dead ‘men’: gendering the past and present in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Gender Place & Culture. 15(4). 335–354. 57 indexed citations
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McDowell, Sara. (2007). Armalite, the ballot box and memorialization: Sinn Féin and the state in post-conflict Northern Ireland. The Round Table. 96(393). 725–738. 18 indexed citations
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Graham, Brian & Sara McDowell. (2007). Meaning in the Maze: the heritage of Long Kesh. Cultural Geographies. 14(3). 343–368. 22 indexed citations

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