William Issel

720 total citations
32 papers, 406 citations indexed

About

William Issel is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, William Issel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 406 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Cultural Studies and 5 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in William Issel's work include Latin American and Latino Studies (7 papers), Race, History, and American Society (6 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (5 papers). William Issel is often cited by papers focused on Latin American and Latino Studies (7 papers), Race, History, and American Society (6 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (5 papers). William Issel collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Issel's co-authors include Harvey J. Graff, Robert M. Fogelson, Robert W. Cherny, William A. Bullough, David M. Ward, Olivier Zunz, Mark S. Foster, William H. Goetzmann, Roger W. Lotchin and Margit Mayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

William Issel

24 papers receiving 266 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 Issel United States 9 138 74 63 60 44 32 406
Bernard Miège France 10 196 1.4× 24 0.3× 36 0.6× 16 0.3× 40 0.9× 65 471
Nicola Matteucci Italy 11 110 0.8× 13 0.2× 172 2.7× 6 0.1× 88 2.0× 55 414
Christina Spurgeon Australia 9 170 1.2× 19 0.3× 20 0.3× 34 0.6× 13 0.3× 42 408
Glen E. Holt United States 10 66 0.5× 21 0.3× 28 0.4× 6 0.1× 39 0.9× 54 339
Jerômé Bindé France 8 67 0.5× 73 1.0× 37 0.6× 6 0.1× 18 0.4× 14 279
Hamid Mowlana United States 13 220 1.6× 65 0.9× 106 1.7× 23 0.4× 16 0.4× 50 534
Bruce Garrison United States 12 267 1.9× 21 0.3× 18 0.3× 37 0.6× 22 0.5× 53 588
Pradip Ninan Thomas Australia 13 175 1.3× 34 0.5× 75 1.2× 18 0.3× 46 1.0× 65 412
Yoneji Masuda Japan 5 90 0.7× 39 0.5× 66 1.0× 6 0.1× 43 1.0× 7 363
Kees Brants Netherlands 15 378 2.7× 27 0.4× 338 5.4× 63 1.1× 20 0.5× 42 947

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Issel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Issel, William. (2009). For Both Cross and Flag: Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 5 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (2008). Faith-Based Activism in American Cities: The Case of the San Francisco Catholic Action Cadre. Journal of Church and State. 50(3). 519–540. 1 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (2006). "Still Potentially Dangerous in Some Quarters". Pacific Historical Review. 75(2). 231–270.
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Cherny, Robert W., et al.. (2004). American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Issel, William & Roger W. Lotchin. (1994). Fortress California, 1910-1961: From Warfare to Welfare. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 24(3). 567–567. 1 indexed citations
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Issel, William, et al.. (1994). Black San Francisco: The Struggle for Racial Equality in the West, 1900-1954.. The American Historical Review. 99(4). 1404–1404.
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Issel, William, David M. Ward, & Olivier Zunz. (1993). The Landscape of Modernity: Essays on New York City, 1900-1940.. Journal of American History. 80(2). 712–712. 18 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1991). Liberalism and Urban Policy in San Francisco from the 1930s to the 1960s. Western Historical Quarterly. 22(4). 431–431. 5 indexed citations
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Issel, William, Mark S. Foster, & William H. Goetzmann. (1991). Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West.. The American Historical Review. 96(2). 613–613. 13 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1988). "Citizens outside the Government": Business and Urban Policy in San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1890-1932. Pacific Historical Review. 57(2). 117–145. 4 indexed citations
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Issel, William, et al.. (1988). The Great San Francisco Earthquake. Journal of American History. 75(3). 1046–1046. 1 indexed citations
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Issel, William, et al.. (1987). San Francisco 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development. Geographical Review. 77(4). 497–497. 7 indexed citations
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Mayer, Margit & William Issel. (1987). Social Change in the United States 1945-1983.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(5). 636–636. 2 indexed citations
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Issel, William & Harvey J. Graff. (1980). The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth-Century City. The American Historical Review. 85(5). 1280–1280. 170 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1979). Wirth, N., Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen. Stuttgart. B. G. Teubner. 1975. 376 S., 93 Fig., 30 Tab., Kart. DM 26,80 (Teubner Studienbücher, LAMM 31). ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 59(2). 142–142. 1 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1976). The Public and the Schools: Shaping the St. Louis System, 1838–1920. History Reviews of New Books. 4(4). 78–79. 12 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1973). Between Harvard and America: The Educational Leadership of Charles W. Eliot. History Reviews of New Books. 1(5). 98–98. 5 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1970). Modernization in Philadelphia School Reform, 1882-1905. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 94(3). 358–383. 5 indexed citations
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Issel, William. (1967). Teachers and Educational Reform during the Progressive Era: A Case Study of the Pittsburgh Teachers Association. History of Education Quarterly. 7(2). 220–220. 3 indexed citations

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