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Western History Association

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Research works
18
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
61
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
2%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Western History Association

Not ranked overall: Western History Association is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Western History Association work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Western History Association is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (68%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 86.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 67.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 40.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 11.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 13.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern HistoryAssociation18fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences14%Social Sciences86%

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Its 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1267.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting213.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities15.2%
    1. Environmental Science28.3%
    2. Computer Science15.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Western History Association?

The most cited paper from Western History Association is "The Current Weirdness in the West" (Richard White, 1997), with 30 citations. Next come "Farmers, Ranchers, and Stockmen of the Flint Hills" (10) and "The Significance of the Spanish Borderlands to the United States" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Current Weirdness in the West Richard White · Western Historical Quarterly 1997 30
2 Farmers, Ranchers, and Stockmen of the Flint Hills Thomas D. Isern · Western Historical Quarterly Jul 1985 10
3 The Significance of the Spanish Borderlands to the United States Donald E. Worcester · Western Historical Quarterly 1976 7
4 The Twentieth-Century West Gerald D. Nash · Western Historical Quarterly Apr 1982 6
5 The Insignificance of the Frontier in American History or "Once upon a Time There Was an American West" John Walton Caughey · Western Historical Quarterly 1974 5
All 21 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Western History Association publish most on?

By volume: Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, American History and Culture, Race, History, and American Society and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksAmerican History and Culture: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…2Race, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 2 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 1 fractional worksAsian American and Pacif…1Asian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional worksICT in Developing Communities: 1 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 1 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMarketingPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 American History and Culture Marketing 2 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 works
  8. 8 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available1.8%not open98.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.8%domestic only97.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western History Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Western History Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000073% in 2019.

0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Western History Association0.000019% in 202119801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western History Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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