Seán McGrail

835 total citations
73 papers, 442 citations indexed

About

Seán McGrail is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seán McGrail has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 442 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Archeology, 25 papers in Paleontology and 23 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Seán McGrail's work include Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (55 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (18 papers). Seán McGrail is often cited by papers focused on Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (55 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (18 papers). Seán McGrail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hungary. Seán McGrail's co-authors include Lucy Blue, Roy Switsur, Heinrich Härke, Nigel Nayling, Umakant Mishra, Colin Palmer, Boris Rankov, L. R. Holdridge, David T. Brown and John Coates and has published in prestigious journals such as Antiquity, World Archaeology and Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

In The Last Decade

Seán McGrail

60 papers receiving 313 citations

Peers

Seán McGrail
Christer Westerdahl Norway
Cemal Pulak United States
Jan Driessen Belgium
Keith Branigan United Kingdom
Roberta Tomber United Kingdom
Michael L. Galaty United States
James P. Delgado United States
Gabriel Cooney Ireland
John L. Caskey United States
Lucy Blue United Kingdom
Christer Westerdahl Norway
Seán McGrail
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Countries citing papers authored by Seán McGrail

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seán McGrail

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seán McGrail

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Seán McGrail. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Seán McGrail 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 Seán McGrail. Seán McGrail 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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McGrail, Seán. (2011). Boats, Ships and Wrecks: Maritime archaeology and The Mariner's Mirror. The Mariner s Mirror. 97(1). 37–62. 3 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (2007). The Re‐Assessment and Reconstruction of Excavated Boats. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 36(2). 254–264. 2 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (2007). EARLY SEAFARING IN NORTHWEST EUROPE: PLANK BOATS, LOGBOATS AND HIDE BOATS. The Mariner s Mirror. 93(4). 441–449. 3 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (2004). To Clench or to Rivet: That is the Question. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 33(1). 149–153. 5 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán, et al.. (1997). NOTES. The Mariner s Mirror. 83(1). 76–94. 4 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1995). Maritime Research in India. South Asian Studies. 11(1). 175–176. 1 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1995). Romano-Celtic boats and ships: characteristics features. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 24(2). 139–145. 9 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1995). Romano-Celtic boats and ships: characteristic features. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 24(2). 139–145. 8 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1993). The future of the Designated Wreck site in the R. Hamble. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 22(1). 45–51. 2 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1992). Replicas, reconstructions and floating hypotheses. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 21(4). 353–355. 13 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1992). Boats Of The World. 2 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán, et al.. (1990). The United Kingdom Advisory Committee on historic wreck sites. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 19(2). 93–99. 2 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1988). ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ANCIENT BOAT—THE HASHOLME LOGBOAT. Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 7(1). 35–46. 4 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán, et al.. (1985). Sewn plank boats : archaeological and ethnographic papers based on those presented to a conference at Greenwich in November, 1984. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 27 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán, et al.. (1979). Rowing: aspects of the ethnographic and iconographic evidence. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 8(2). 155–166. 4 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1977). McKee's ‘Timbers from old ships’‐A comment. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 6(3). 248–252. 1 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán. (1977). Axe, adze, hoe, or slice?. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 6(1). 62–64. 1 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán, et al.. (1977). The high speed capabilities of ancient boats. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 6(4). 352–353. 4 indexed citations
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McGrail, Seán & Roy Switsur. (1975). Early British boats and their chronology. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 4(2). 191–200. 12 indexed citations

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