William E. Watson

595 total citations
18 papers, 214 citations indexed

About

William E. Watson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, History and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Watson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 214 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 5 papers in History and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William E. Watson's work include Medieval History and Crusades (4 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 papers) and Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (2 papers). William E. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Medieval History and Crusades (4 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 papers) and Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (2 papers). William E. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. William E. Watson's co-authors include Laurence C. Breaker, William W. Broenkow, Young‐Heon Jo, Paul E. Smith, René Funes‐Rodríguez, Daniel Lluch‐Belda and Sylvia P. A. Jiménez‐Rosenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Estuaries and Coasts, Scientia Marina and Canadian-American Slavic Studies.

In The Last Decade

William E. Watson

15 papers receiving 166 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 E. Watson United States 8 73 45 37 34 33 18 214
K. F. Drew United States 11 50 0.7× 121 2.7× 58 1.6× 95 2.8× 94 2.8× 37 415
Robin Butlin United Kingdom 9 88 1.2× 59 1.3× 41 1.1× 9 0.3× 18 0.5× 36 372
Wolfgang Behringer Germany 8 65 0.9× 71 1.6× 38 1.0× 20 0.6× 31 0.9× 36 249
Hermann L. Strack 7 156 2.1× 19 0.4× 29 0.8× 19 0.6× 16 0.5× 16 348
Ian Whyte United Kingdom 10 64 0.9× 123 2.7× 23 0.6× 13 0.4× 13 0.4× 54 345
C. H. Talbot United Kingdom 8 16 0.2× 56 1.2× 10 0.3× 59 1.7× 17 0.5× 30 230
Charles W. Arnade United States 7 43 0.6× 28 0.6× 51 1.4× 9 0.3× 31 0.9× 63 282
Adriaan Verhulst Belgium 9 25 0.3× 60 1.3× 53 1.4× 36 1.1× 13 0.4× 71 265
Heath W. Lowry United Kingdom 7 34 0.5× 22 0.5× 33 0.9× 11 0.3× 4 0.1× 17 135
Jean Baechler France 8 81 1.1× 15 0.3× 53 1.4× 3 0.1× 18 0.5× 42 236

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. Watson

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Watson, William E.. (2007). The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In. History Reviews of New Books. 36(1). 31–32. 24 indexed citations
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Breaker, Laurence C., William W. Broenkow, William E. Watson, & Young‐Heon Jo. (2007). Tidal and Nontidal Oscillations in Elkhorn Slough, CA. Estuaries and Coasts. 31(2). 239–257. 22 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (2006). Islamic Imperialism: A History. History Reviews of New Books. 34(4). 135–135. 15 indexed citations
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Watson, William E., et al.. (2006). The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad.
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Watson, William E.. (2005). Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis. History Reviews of New Books. 33(3). 117–117.
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Watson, William E.. (2004). IBN RUSTAH'S BOOK OF PRECIOUS THINGS: A REEXAMINATION AND TRANSLATION OF AN EARLY SOURCE ON THE RŪS. Canadian-American Slavic Studies. 38(3). 289–299. 1 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Rosenberg, Sylvia P. A., et al.. (2003). Fish larvae from the Gulf of California. Scientia Marina. 67(1). 1–11. 38 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (2003). The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944–1945. History Reviews of New Books. 32(1). 6–6. 4 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (2002). Saracens: Islam in the Medieval European Imagination. History Reviews of New Books. 31(1). 34–35. 53 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (2001). Islam in the Soviet Union: From World War II to Perestroika. History Reviews of New Books. 29(2). 80–81. 3 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (2000). The Role of Migration in the History of the Eurasian Steppe: Sedentary Civilization vs. “Barbarian” and Nomad. History Reviews of New Books. 29(1). 42–42. 4 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1999). Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000–1300. History Reviews of New Books. 27(4). 177–177. 16 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1999). Frontiers in Question: Eurasian Borderlands, 700–1700. History Reviews of New Books. 28(1). 41–42. 21 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1998). The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. Greenwood eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1997). Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience. History Reviews of New Books. 25(2). 71–72. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1997). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus. History Reviews of New Books. 26(1). 28–28. 2 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1996). The Medieval Military Revolution: State, Society, and Military Change in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. History Reviews of New Books. 24(3). 121–122. 7 indexed citations
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Watson, William E.. (1990). The hammer and the crescent: Contacts between Andalusi Muslims, Franks, and their successors in three waves of Muslim expansion into Francia. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania).

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