W. K. C. Guthrie

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W. K. C. Guthrie is a scholar working on Philosophy, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. K. C. Guthrie has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Philosophy, 16 papers in Anthropology and 12 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in W. K. C. Guthrie's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (37 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (16 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (11 papers). W. K. C. Guthrie is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (37 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (16 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (11 papers). W. K. C. Guthrie collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. K. C. Guthrie's co-authors include Phillip de Lacy, Francis R. Walton, B C Plato, Michael C. Stokes, Rosamond Kent Sprague, Edwin L. Minar, Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, F. M. Cornford, Glenn R. Morrow and J. E. Raven and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The American Historical Review and The Philosophical Review.

In The Last Decade

W. K. C. Guthrie

47 papers receiving 788 citations

Hit Papers

A History of Greek Philosophy 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300
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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. A History of Greek Philosophy
    1978 389 citations W. K. C. Guthrie Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. K. C. Guthrie United States 16 702 423 355 134 87 58 1.2k
G. S. Kirk United States 14 524 0.7× 583 1.4× 437 1.2× 166 1.2× 64 0.7× 44 1.4k
Gregory Vlastos United States 19 953 1.4× 401 0.9× 246 0.7× 141 1.1× 156 1.8× 76 1.4k
Jonathan Barnes United States 20 715 1.0× 319 0.8× 250 0.7× 96 0.7× 96 1.1× 69 1.1k
E. R. Dodds United States 11 359 0.5× 371 0.9× 257 0.7× 194 1.4× 21 0.2× 24 952
Plato Plato 12 517 0.7× 255 0.6× 167 0.5× 126 0.9× 55 0.6× 106 898
David Sedley United Kingdom 20 1.0k 1.4× 644 1.5× 496 1.4× 116 0.9× 152 1.7× 73 1.3k
Charles H. Kahn United States 15 551 0.8× 297 0.7× 230 0.6× 63 0.5× 60 0.7× 70 784
Myles Burnyeat United Kingdom 16 653 0.9× 275 0.7× 218 0.6× 61 0.5× 150 1.7× 62 848
Brad Inwood Canada 15 528 0.8× 376 0.9× 279 0.8× 89 0.7× 37 0.4× 61 782
Glenn R. Morrow 13 317 0.5× 194 0.5× 117 0.3× 79 0.6× 79 0.9× 33 652

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1981). Aristotle an encounter. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Thayer, H. S. & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1979). A History of Greek Philosophy. Volume 5, The Later Plato and the Academy. The American Historical Review. 84(5). 1339–1339. 4 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1978). The later Plato and the Academy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1978). A History of Greek Philosophy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1976). A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume IV: Plato, the Man and His Dialogues: Earlier Period. Philosophy. 51(197). 7 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1975). Plato, the man and his dialogues : earlier period. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C., et al.. (1971). A History of Greek Philosophy. 3. The Fifth-Century Enlightenment. 2 indexed citations
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Woodbury, Leonard & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1970). A History of Greek Philosophy Vol. III: The Fifth-Century Enlightenment. Phoenix. 24(4). 348–348. 6 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1969). The fifth-century Enlightenment. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Stokes, Michael C. & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1967). A History of Greek Philosophy. Vol. II: The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 17(67). 164–164. 35 indexed citations
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Sprague, Rosamond Kent & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1963). A History of Greek Philosophy. Vol. I: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans. The Classical World. 56(6). 182–182. 28 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1962). A History of Greek Philosophy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1960). Protagoras and Meno, Plato. Philosophy. 35(135).
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Ostwald, Martín & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1959). In the Beginning: Some Greek Views on the Origins of Life and the Early State of Man. The American Journal of Philology. 80(4). 424–424. 1 indexed citations
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Plato, B C & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1956). Protagoras and, Meno. Penguin Books. 46 indexed citations
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Walton, Francis R. & W. K. C. Guthrie. (1952). The Greeks and Their Gods. Phoenix. 6(1). 22–22. 57 indexed citations
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Guthrie, W. K. C.. (1951). Books, Civilization, and Science. Science. 113(2938). 429–431.
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Grube, G. M. A., et al.. (1951). The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays. Phoenix. 5(3/4). 121–121. 5 indexed citations
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Cornford, F. M., et al.. (1951). The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays.. The Journal of Philosophy. 48(5). 162–162. 18 indexed citations
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