Nancy Leys Stepan

3.9k citations
38 papers · 2.1k · 3 hit papers · h-index 14

Impact in

  • History top 0.2%
    • History of Medicine and Tropical Health
    • Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
    • Medical History and Research
    • Anthropological Studies and Insights

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Nancy Leys Stepan

36 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Nancy Leys Stepan's Hit Papers

"The Hour of Eugenics": Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America. 1993 · 435 citations
4350+14+29Years since publication100200300400

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  • History 451
  • Anthropology 345
  • History and Philosophy of Science 155
  • Cultural Studies 261
  • Geography, Planning and Development 149
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All Works

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The Idea of Race in Science: Great Britain 1800–1960
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1982478
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"The Hour of Eugenics": Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America.
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1993435
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'The Hour of Eugenics': Race, Gender, and Nation in Latin America
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1992339
4 1986176
5 2001144
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The idea of race in science
1982132
7 199842
8 197842
9 197839
10 198539
11 197731
12 201823
13
Beginnings of Brazilian Science
198118
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A Hora da Eugenia: raça, gênero e nação na América Latina
200514
15 199613
16 200011
17 200311
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Gênese e evolução da ciência brasileira: Oswaldo Cruz e a política de investigação científica e médica
19768
19 19937
20 19906

About Nancy Leys Stepan

Nancy Leys Stepan is a scholar working on History, Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Genetics, having authored 38 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include History of Medicine and Tropical Health (11 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (5 papers), Science and Science Education (5 papers), Race, Genetics, and Society (5 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (2 papers), Cuban History and Society (2 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers) and Medical History and Research (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in History (451 citations), Anthropology (345 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (155 citations), Cultural Studies (261 citations) and Geography, Planning and Development (149 citations). Nancy Leys Stepan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth F. Kiple, Peter Wade, Kenneth Maxwell, Donald Cooper, Aline Helg, Sander L. Gilman and William E. French. Their work appears in journals such as Hispanic American Historical Review, Gender & History, The American Historical Review, Western Historical Quarterly and Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.

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