William H. McNeill

10.0k citations

197 papers · 4.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 29

Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
Political Science and International Relations top 0.5%
Economics and Econometrics top 2%
Anthropology top 1%
Demography top 1%

Co-authors: John Mueller L. S. Stavrianos Eric R. Wolf Theda Skocpol Richard N. Frye John McNeill Nathan Keyfitz Doyne Dawson
Topics: Migration and Labor Dynamics (7 papers)Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 papers)Diversity and Impact of Dance (5 papers)
Cited by: Anthropology Political Science and International Relations Sociology and Political Science
Journals: Nature JAMA Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

William H. McNeill

153 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plagues and Peoples

1976 805 citations William H. McNeill Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California) profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Keeping Together in Time 2009 ·Harvard University Press eBooks ·William H. McNeill	8
2	Globalization: Long Term Process or New Era in Human Affairs? 2008 ·New Global Studies ·William H. McNeill	4
3	Secrets of the Cave Paintings 2006 ·New York review of books/The New York review of books ·William H. McNeill	2
4	The Man Who Changed History 2006 ·New York review of books/The New York review of books ·William H. McNeill	1
5	The Poverty of the Regent 2004 ·Epoché A Journal for the History of Philosophy ·William H. McNeill	1
6	The disruption of traditional forms of nurture 1998 ·William H. McNeill	1
7	Continental philosophy : an anthology 1998 ·Blackwell eBooks ·William H. McNeill,(unknown)	15
8	The rise of the West : a history of the human community : with a retrospective essay 1991 ·University of Chicago Press eBooks ·William H. McNeill,(unknown)	12
9	The age of gunpowder empires, 1450-1800 1989 ·Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California) ·William H. McNeill	8
10	La búsqueda del poder: tecnología, fuerzas armadas y sociedad desde el 1000 d.C. 1988 ·Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) ·William H. McNeill	5
11	Le temps de la peste : essai sur les épidémies dans l'histoire 1978 ·Hachette eBooks ·William H. McNeill,(unknown)	0
12	The Islâmic world 1973 ·University of Chicago Press eBooks ·William H. McNeill,Marilyn Waldman	0
13	Modern Europe and America 1973 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·William H. McNeill,(unknown)	0
14	Ancient Indian art and the West : a study of parallels, continuity and symbolism from proto-historic to early Buddhist times 1971 ·(unknown),William H. McNeill	1
15	The Historian and Historical Films. 1969 ·Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review ·William H. McNeill	1
16	Essays in the liberal interpretation of history : selected papers 1967 ·University of Chicago Press eBooks ·John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton,William H. McNeill	1
17	Dilemmas of modernization in Greece 1967 ·Balkan studies ·William H. McNeill	1
18	The intent of Toynbee's History : a cooperative appraisal 1961 ·William H. McNeill,Arnold J. Toynbee,Edward T. Gargan	2
19	Past and future 1954 ·University of Chicago Press eBooks ·William H. McNeill	1
20	History handbook of Western civilization 1953 ·Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) ·William H. McNeill	1

About William H. McNeill

William H. McNeill is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Archeology and Anthropology, having authored 197 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (7 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 papers) and Diversity and Impact of Dance (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (520 citations), Political Science and International Relations (969 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (1.7k citations). William H. McNeill has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include John Mueller, L. S. Stavrianos, Eric R. Wolf, Theda Skocpol, Richard N. Frye, John McNeill, Nathan Keyfitz, Doyne Dawson, G. John Ikenberry and Stephen J. Pyne. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, JAMA and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

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