Classics

88.3k papers and 219.8k indexed citations i.

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88.3k papers covering Classics have received a total of 219.8k indexed citations since 1950. Papers on subfields are most often about the specific topic of Medieval Literature and History, Byzantine Studies and History and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and also cover the fields of History, Archeology and Anthropology. Papers citing papers on subfields are usually about History, Anthropology and Archeology. Some of the most active scholars covering Classics are Caroline Walker Bynum, Christopher Dyer, Peter Burke, Mary Carruthers, Peter Brown, James A. Brundage, Lee Patterson, Ernst Robert Curtius, Derek Pearsall and Michael Lapidge.

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Fields of papers citing papers about Classics

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers covering Classics. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers covering Classics.

Countries where authors publish papers about Classics

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