William A. Koelsch

624 total citations
41 papers, 337 citations indexed

About

William A. Koelsch is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Koelsch has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 337 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 8 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William A. Koelsch's work include Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (16 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (8 papers) and Geography Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). William A. Koelsch is often cited by papers focused on Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (16 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (8 papers) and Geography Education and Pedagogy (5 papers). William A. Koelsch collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. William A. Koelsch's co-authors include Dorothy Ross, Andrew Hill Clark, John K. Wright, Gary S. Dunbar, Terry G. Jordan, Rand B. Evans, William Warntz, Robert Finn, H. C. Darby and Richard C. Wade and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Economic Geography.

In The Last Decade

William A. Koelsch

37 papers receiving 248 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Koelsch United States 11 90 70 40 36 30 41 337
Ronald C. Tobey United States 7 56 0.6× 20 0.3× 5 0.1× 50 1.4× 42 1.4× 22 256
Michael Shortland United Kingdom 11 60 0.7× 20 0.3× 4 0.1× 14 0.4× 47 1.6× 29 253
Martin S. Staum Canada 10 74 0.8× 29 0.4× 13 0.3× 9 0.3× 115 3.8× 29 419
Alan Bewell Canada 10 76 0.8× 67 1.0× 4 0.1× 10 0.3× 68 2.3× 34 492
Cynthia Russett United States 8 93 1.0× 7 0.1× 8 0.2× 17 0.5× 44 1.5× 20 285
Elisabeth Tooker United States 10 73 0.8× 37 0.5× 4 0.1× 22 0.6× 9 0.3× 41 346
Ernest Tuveson United States 8 149 1.7× 24 0.3× 4 0.1× 16 0.4× 36 1.2× 24 396
Edwin G. Burrows United States 6 89 1.0× 38 0.5× 4 0.1× 8 0.2× 8 0.3× 23 302
Gary Snyder 11 166 1.8× 52 0.7× 2 0.1× 57 1.6× 6 0.2× 46 502
Bernard Mergen United States 9 148 1.6× 12 0.2× 3 0.1× 20 0.6× 10 0.3× 34 358

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koelsch, William A.. (2014). Miss Semple meets the historians: the failed AHA 1907 conference on geography and history and what happened afterwards. Journal of Historical Geography. 45. 50–58. 6 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (2010). Henry Fanshawe Tozer: A “Missing Person” in Historical Geography?. Yearbook - Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. 72(1). 118–127. 1 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (2004). Franz Boas, geographer, and the problem of disciplinary identity. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 40(1). 1–22. 5 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (2002). G. Stanley Hall, Child Study, and the Teaching of Geography. Journal of Geography. 101(1). 3–9. 5 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (2001). East and Midwest in American Academic Geography: Two Prosopographic Notes. The Professional Geographer. 53(1). 97–105. 1 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (2001). Prince Henry ‘the Navigator’: A Life by Peter Russell (review). Yearbook - Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. 63(1). 145–151. 2 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & D. W. Meinig. (1995). The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History. Vol. 2: Continental America, 1800-1867. Economic Geography. 71(2). 219–219. 5 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & Stow Persons. (1991). The University of Iowa in the Twentieth Century: An Institutional History. History of Education Quarterly. 31(2). 271–271. 1 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (1990). The “Magic Decade” revisited: Clark psychology in the twenties and thirties. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 26(2). 151–175. 1 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A., et al.. (1989). Clark University, 1887-1987: A Narrative History. The New England Quarterly. 62(1). 151–151. 10 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A., et al.. (1989). Clark University, 1887-1987. A Narrative History. History of Education Quarterly. 29(2). 305–305. 17 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (1982). Antebellum Harvard students and the recreational exploration of the New England landscape. Journal of Historical Geography. 8(4). 362–372. 1 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (1981). “Better than thou”: The rating of geography departments in the United States, 1924-1980. Journal of Geography. 80(5). 164–169. 9 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A.. (1980). WALLACE ATWOOD'S “GREAT GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE”∗. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 70(4). 567–582. 6 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & Dorothy Ross. (1972). G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet. The New England Quarterly. 45(3). 436–436. 57 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & Andrew Hill Clark. (1970). Acadia: The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760. Economic Geography. 46(2). 201–201. 34 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A., H. C. Darby, & Robert Finn. (1969). The Domesday Geography of South-West England. Economic Geography. 45(2). 185–185. 16 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & Terry G. Jordan. (1968). German Seed in Texas Soil: Immigrant Farmers in Nineteenth-Century Texas. Economic Geography. 44(2). 179–179. 21 indexed citations
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Koelsch, William A. & William Warntz. (1965). Geography Now and Then. Economic Geography. 41(2). 187–187. 10 indexed citations
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Barrows, Harlan H. & William A. Koelsch. (1962). Lectures on the historical geography of the United States as given in 1933. 3 indexed citations

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