Roy Porter
Impact in
- History top 0.01%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- History of Medicine Studies
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.2%
- History of Science and Natural History
Papers in
- History 24
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes 15
- Medical History and Innovations 9
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- History of Science and Natural History 13
- History of Science and Medicine 5
- Co-authors
- Mikuláš Teich (8 shared papers)W. F. Bynum (6 shared papers)Peter Burke (4 shared papers)Christopher Fox (3 shared papers)Robert Wokler (3 shared papers)G. S. Rousseau (4 shared papers)Dorothy Porter (5 shared papers)Ludmilla Jordanova (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Medical History (16 papers)Nature (9 papers)The American Historical Review (7 papers)The British Journal for the History of Science (5 papers)The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
Roy Porter
153 papers receiving 2.4k citations
Roy Porter's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 190
- History 1.3k
- History and Philosophy of Science 560
- Anthropology 451
- Philosophy 454
- General Psychology 48
Countries citing papers authored by Roy Porter
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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Porter
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Roy Porter, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 190 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | 320 | |
| 2 | Wonders and the order of nature Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 316 |
| 3 | 1985 | 277 | |
| 4 | Madness: A Brief History | 2002 | 155 |
| 5 | 1987 | 109 | |
| 6 | 1995 | 109 | |
| 7 | A social history of madness: Stories of the insane | 1987 | 103 |
| 8 | 1987 | 98 | |
| 9 | Edward Gibbon: Making History | 1988 | 94 |
| 10 | Companion Encyclopaedia of the History of Medicine | 1994 | 91 |
| 11 | 1988 | 89 | |
| 12 | 1989 | 84 | |
| 13 | 1985 | 82 | |
| 14 | 1994 | 77 | |
| 15 | 1978 | 74 | |
| 16 | Images of the Earth Essays in the History of the Environmental Sciences | 1979 | 69 |
| 17 | 1985 | 64 | |
| 18 | Medicine and the Five Senses | 2005 | 57 |
| 19 | 1993 | 54 | |
| 20 | 1995 | 53 |
About Roy Porter
Roy Porter is a scholar working on History, History and Philosophy of Science, Clinical Psychology, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions, having authored 190 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (16 papers), Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (15 papers), History of Science and Natural History (13 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (12 papers), Medical History and Innovations (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (6 papers), History of Science and Medicine (5 papers) and Australian Indigenous Culture and History (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History (1.3k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (560 citations), Anthropology (451 citations), Philosophy (454 citations) and General Psychology (48 citations). Roy Porter has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Mikuláš Teich, W. F. Bynum, Peter Burke, Christopher Fox, Robert Wokler, G. S. Rousseau, Dorothy Porter, Ludmilla Jordanova, William Bynum and Thomas Laqueur. Their work appears in journals such as Medical History, Nature, The American Historical Review, The British Journal for the History of Science and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.
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