W. Patrick McCray

871 total citations
38 papers, 449 citations indexed

About

W. Patrick McCray is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, History and Philosophy of Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Patrick McCray has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 449 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 4 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in W. Patrick McCray's work include History and Developments in Astronomy (8 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (6 papers) and Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (5 papers). W. Patrick McCray is often cited by papers focused on History and Developments in Astronomy (8 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (6 papers) and Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (5 papers). W. Patrick McCray collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. W. Patrick McCray's co-authors include David Kaiser, W. D. Kingery, Barbara Herr Harthorn and Terre Satterfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

W. Patrick McCray

31 papers receiving 390 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Patrick McCray United States 13 79 65 57 57 46 38 449
Lillian Hoddeson United States 17 35 0.4× 183 2.8× 82 1.4× 61 1.1× 77 1.7× 53 719
Catherine Westfall United States 10 56 0.7× 127 2.0× 11 0.2× 26 0.5× 79 1.7× 32 379
Brian Martin Canada 15 78 1.0× 10 0.2× 15 0.3× 135 2.4× 29 0.6× 64 827
Sean F. Johnston United Kingdom 14 72 0.9× 38 0.6× 23 0.4× 82 1.4× 13 0.3× 73 605
Robert P Crease United States 10 84 1.1× 86 1.3× 5 0.1× 21 0.4× 28 0.6× 151 506
Jean‐Pierre Dupuy France 13 197 2.5× 38 0.6× 13 0.2× 31 0.5× 11 0.2× 70 543
Jan C. Schmidt Germany 10 83 1.1× 30 0.5× 5 0.1× 24 0.4× 95 2.1× 44 333
Jeroen de Ridder Netherlands 13 165 2.1× 54 0.8× 5 0.1× 59 1.0× 26 0.6× 50 627
Robert W. Seidel United States 12 37 0.5× 110 1.7× 20 0.4× 83 1.5× 28 0.6× 47 335
Mary Jo Nye United States 15 81 1.0× 297 4.6× 9 0.2× 30 0.5× 18 0.4× 61 675

Countries citing papers authored by W. Patrick McCray

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Patrick McCray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Patrick McCray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Patrick McCray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Patrick McCray 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 W. Patrick McCray. W. Patrick McCray 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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McCray, W. Patrick. (2021). Keep Watching the Skies!. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2020). Big in Japan: How art, tech, and pepsico collaborated, then clashed at the 1970 world's fair. IEEE Spectrum. 57(3). 40–47. 1 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2020). Making art work how Cold War engineers and artists forged a new creative culture. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2020). Making Art Work. The MIT Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2017). The Visioneers. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2017). The Biggest Data of All: Making and Sharing a Digital Universe. Osiris. 32(1). 243–263. 5 indexed citations
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Kaiser, David & W. Patrick McCray. (2016). Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture. 14 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2014). How Astronomers Digitized the Sky. Technology and Culture. 55(4). 908–944. 10 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2013). The visioneers: how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future. Choice Reviews Online. 50(11). 50–6146. 58 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2010). ‘Globalization with hardware’: ITER’s fusion of technology, policy, and politics. History and Technology. 26(4). 283–312. 13 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2009). “Beautiful and cantankerous instruments”: telescopes, technology, and astronomy’s changing practice. Experimental Astronomy. 25(1-3). 79–89. 1 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2009). How spintronics went from the lab to the iPod. Nature Nanotechnology. 4(1). 2–4. 19 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2007). MBE deserves a place in the history books. Nature Nanotechnology. 2(5). 259–261. 61 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2006). Amateur Scientists, the International Geophysical Year, and the Ambitions of Fred Whipple. Isis. 97(4). 634–658. 20 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2006). Giant Telescopes. Harvard University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2005). Will small be beautiful? Making policies for our nanotech future. History and Technology. 21(2). 177–203. 66 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (2004). Project Vista, Caltech, and the dilemmas of Lee DuBridge. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences. 34(2). 339–370. 6 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick. (1999). Creating Networks of Skill:Technology Transfer and the Glass Industry in Venice. Journal of European economic history. 28(2). 301–334. 5 indexed citations
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McCray, W. Patrick, et al.. (1995). The Technology of Venetian Girasole Glass. MRS Proceedings. 352. 2 indexed citations

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