William Nelson

690 total citations
30 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

William Nelson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Literature and Literary Theory and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, William Nelson has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in William Nelson's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (4 papers) and Literature and Cultural Memory (3 papers). William Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (4 papers) and Literature and Cultural Memory (3 papers). William Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Nelson's co-authors include David A. Galbraith, Edmund Spenser, Rosalie L. Colie, Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Joan Grundy, William E. Nelson, Andrew Reed and A. Neil Barclay and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Ethics.

In The Last Decade

William Nelson

24 papers receiving 112 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 Nelson United States 9 50 35 29 29 24 30 217
Stephen Pender Canada 10 29 0.6× 12 0.3× 23 0.8× 24 0.8× 26 1.1× 24 200
Kevin Gilmartin United States 8 64 1.3× 19 0.5× 5 0.2× 38 1.3× 13 0.5× 25 208
Richard T. Hughes United Kingdom 10 8 0.2× 30 0.9× 8 0.3× 34 1.2× 10 0.4× 37 223
Friedrich Meinecke Germany 9 17 0.3× 141 4.0× 48 1.7× 121 4.2× 49 2.0× 35 370
John Ball United States 5 33 0.7× 8 0.2× 13 0.4× 36 1.2× 13 0.5× 13 287
Virginia Cox United States 9 34 0.7× 41 1.2× 2 0.1× 40 1.4× 43 1.8× 31 356
Eva Ulrike Pirker Austria 7 27 0.5× 11 0.3× 7 0.2× 39 1.3× 5 0.2× 27 146
Elizabeth Kraft United States 7 30 0.6× 7 0.2× 17 0.6× 12 0.4× 10 0.4× 29 144
Ugo Bianchi Italy 7 9 0.2× 5 0.1× 46 1.6× 63 2.2× 40 1.7× 43 242
Michael Warren United States 7 44 0.9× 11 0.3× 2 0.1× 42 1.4× 6 0.3× 40 198

Countries citing papers authored by William Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Nelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nelson, William. (2013). On Justifying Democracy.
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Nelson, William. (2010). Notes Toward a History of the American Newspaper .... Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Nelson, William, et al.. (2009). Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 5 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (2008). Kant's Formula of Humanity. Mind. 117(465). 85–106. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, William, et al.. (2000). Utilitarianism, Institutions, and Justice. The Philosophical Review. 109(1). 135–135. 9 indexed citations
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Nelson, William, et al.. (1998). Enlarging tongue mass. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 56(2). 224–227. 46 indexed citations
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Nelson, William E. & William Nelson. (1988). The Fourteenth Amendment. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1984). Equal Opportunity. Social Theory and Practice. 10(2). 157–184. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1982). The Grotesque in Darkness Visible and Rites of Passage. Twentieth Century Literature. 28(2). 181–181. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1980). The Very Idea of Pure Procedural Justice. Ethics. 90(4). 502–511. 11 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1977). The Secular Scripture, A Study of the Structure of Romance by Northrop Frye (review). University of Toronto Quarterly. 46(4). 415–418. 13 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1977). From 'Listen, Lordings' to 'Dear Reader'. University of Toronto Quarterly. 46(2). 110–124. 10 indexed citations
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Nelson, William, et al.. (1975). Fact or Fiction: The Dilemma of the Renaissance Storyteller. Comparative Literature. 27(1). 87–87. 19 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1969). The Boundaries of Fiction in the Renaissance: A Treaty Between Truth and Falsehood. ELH. 36(1). 30–30. 4 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1968). Twentieth century interpretations of Utopia. : a collection of critical essays.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1961). Form and convention in the poetry of Edmund Spenser : selected papers from the English Institute. Columbia University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1961). : Neoplatonism in the Poetry of Spenser.. 14(4). 277–279. 1 indexed citations
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Barclay, A. Neil, et al.. (1956). The Life of St George. The Modern Language Review. 51(4). 582–582. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, William. (1953). A Source for Spenser's Malbecco. Modern Language Notes. 68(4). 226–226.

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