William Sayers

633 total citations
125 papers, 223 citations indexed

About

William Sayers is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, History and Classics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Sayers has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 223 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Language and Linguistics, 43 papers in History and 41 papers in Classics. Recurrent topics in William Sayers's work include Linguistics and language evolution (45 papers), Medieval Literature and History (35 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (21 papers). William Sayers is often cited by papers focused on Linguistics and language evolution (45 papers), Medieval Literature and History (35 papers) and Historical and Archaeological Studies (21 papers). William Sayers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ireland. William Sayers's co-authors include Tom Shippey, John D. Niles, Tom Christensen, James D. Stewart, Carole E. Newlands, Michael Livingston and Kelly Devries and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Modern Language Review and American Speech.

In The Last Decade

William Sayers

62 papers receiving 141 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 Sayers United States 6 69 54 48 28 28 125 223
Jane Stevenson United Kingdom 6 14 0.2× 64 1.2× 64 1.3× 14 0.5× 19 0.7× 42 143
David Greetham United States 7 43 0.6× 52 1.0× 41 0.9× 14 0.5× 146 5.2× 18 256
Gordon Campbell United Kingdom 10 20 0.3× 28 0.5× 56 1.2× 8 0.3× 58 2.1× 46 252
Michael F. Suarez United States 7 22 0.3× 19 0.4× 39 0.8× 8 0.3× 75 2.7× 17 184
James Clackson United Kingdom 8 187 2.7× 19 0.4× 9 0.2× 7 0.3× 8 0.3× 24 297
R. A. SAYCE United Kingdom 5 16 0.2× 48 0.9× 60 1.3× 12 0.4× 95 3.4× 14 237
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados Spain 7 49 0.7× 15 0.3× 13 0.3× 3 0.1× 59 2.1× 133 214
Armando Petrucci Italy 8 23 0.3× 58 1.1× 95 2.0× 4 0.1× 68 2.4× 38 241
Hans Walter Gabler Germany 9 21 0.3× 17 0.3× 17 0.4× 20 0.7× 204 7.3× 36 299
Neil Rhodes United Kingdom 6 15 0.2× 23 0.4× 31 0.6× 6 0.2× 48 1.7× 24 132

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Sayers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Sayers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sayers, William. (2024). Rigging Norse Ships in Vinland, ca. 1000 AD: The Halyard Block. The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord. 33(3-4). 369–382.
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Sayers, William. (2020). Guilt, Grief, Grievance, and the Encrypted Name in Egill Skallagrímsson’sSonatorrek. Scandinavian Studies. 92(2). 229–246.
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Sayers, William. (2017). ENGLISH ETYMOLOGIES FROM THE POPULAR REGISTER (II). 2016(1). 259–267. 3 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2015). Generational Models for the Friendship of Egill and Arinbjǫrn : (Egils saga Skallagrímssonar). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2013). The cult of the sacred centre *. 39. 155–170. 2 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2008). The Etymologies of English dog and cur. 36(3). 401–410.
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Sayers, William. (2007). Grendel's Mother (Beowulf) and the Celtic Sovereignty Goddes. 35(1). 31–52. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2007). Ethics or Pragmatics; Fate or Chance; Heathen, Christian, or Godless World? (Hrafnkels saga). Scandinavian Studies. 79(4). 385.
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Sayers, William. (2006). Death Abroad in the Skalds' Sagas Kormák and the Scottish blótrisi. 121. 161–172. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2006). Arthur's Embarkation for Gaul in a Fresh Translation of Wace's "Roman de Brut". Romance notes. 46(2). 143–156. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2004). Swagger and Sashay: An Etymology for Spanish "Majo/Maja". Romance notes. 44(3). 293–298. 2 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (2003). THE LEXICON OF NAVAL TACTICS IN RAMON MUNTANER’S CRÒNICA. Catalan Review. 17(2). 177–192. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (1998). C.S. Lewis and the Toponym Narnia. 22(2). 8.
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Sayers, William. (1997). Norse Nautical Terminology in Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Verse. Romanische Forschungen. 109(3). 383–426. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (1996). The Etymology and Semantics of Old Norse knörr ‘cargo ship’. Scandinavian Studies. 68(3). 279. 2 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (1994). Management of the Celtic Fact in 'Landnamabok.'. Scandinavian Studies. 66(2). 129. 5 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (1994). Diet and fantasy in eleventh‐century Ireland: The vision of Mac Con Glinne. Food and Foodways. 6(1). 1–17. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William. (1992). Sexual Identity, Cultural Integrity, Verbal and Other Magic in Episodes from Laxdœla saga and Kórmaks saga. 107. 131–155. 1 indexed citations
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Sayers, William, et al.. (1975). Sayer's manual of classification for librarians. 37 indexed citations
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Sayers, William, et al.. (1967). A manual of classification for librarians. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 12 indexed citations

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