Subfield · Classics
Most cited papers in Classics
What are the most cited papers in Classics?
The most cited paper in Classics is "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity" (Peter Brown, 1971), with 906 citations. Next come "From memory to written record: England 1066–1307" (870) and "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" (726).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 167 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity Peter Brown · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1971 | 906 |
| 2 | From memory to written record: England 1066–1307 Robert N. Swanson · History of European Ideas | Sep 1994 | 870 |
| 3 | The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Ruth Fulton Benedict · Psychologists in Word and Image | 27 Mar 1995 | 726 |
| 4 | Early Greek elegy, symposium and public festival E. L. Bowie · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1986 | 556 |
| 5 | The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition William S. Anderson, Philip Russell Hardie · The Classical World | 1995 | 528 |
| 6 | PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY RICHARD M. HOGG · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 31 Jul 1992 | 505 |
| 7 | The Faiss Library Matthijs Douze, Alexandr Guzhva, Chengqi Deng et al. · IEEE Transactions on Big Data | 13 Oct 2025 | 424 |
| 8 | Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance G. W. Pigman · Renaissance Quarterly | Apr 1980 | 376 |
| 9 | FROM POLIS TO MADINA: URBAN CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY ISLAMIC SYRIA Hugh N. Kennedy · Past & Present | 1985 | 354 |
| 10 | The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages Joyce E. Salisbury | 5 May 1994 | 353 |
| 11 | Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization Simon J. Keay, Nicola Terrenato | 31 Jul 2009 | 335 |
| 12 | Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network Anna Kornbluh · Nineteenth Century Contexts | 21 Nov 2016 | 328 |
| 13 | IMAGES OF AUTHORITY: ELITES AND ICONS IN LATE SIXTH-CENTURY BYZANTIUM Averil Cameron · Past & Present | 1979 | 324 |
| 14 | Varieties and Consequences of Medieval Literacy and Illiteracy Franz H. Bäuml · Speculum | Apr 1980 | 323 |
| 15 | β-Catenin stabilization dysregulates mesenchymal cell proliferation, motility, and invasiveness and causes aggressive fibromatosis and hyperplastic cutaneous wounds Sophia S. Cheon, Alexander Y. L. Cheah, Stefanie Turley et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 30 Apr 2002 | 314 |
| 16 | Demosthenes on Liturgies: a Note Jon Davies · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1967 | 313 |
| 17 | The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe Kelly McFall · History Reviews of New Books | 2002 | 313 |
| 18 | Emperors, Frontiers and Foreign Relations, 31 B. C. to A. D. 378 Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar · Britannia | 1982 | 298 |
| 19 | RITUAL, DRAMA AND SOCIAL BODY IN THE LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH TOWN Mervyn Evans James · Past & Present | 1983 | 291 |
| 20 | Livia and the womanhood of Rome Nicholas Purcell · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society | 1986 | 289 |
| 21 | The hermeneutic style in tenth-century Anglo-Latin literature Michael Lapidge · Anglo-Saxon England | Dec 1975 | 287 |
| 22 | Monarchies and monarchic Ideas F. W. Walbank · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 6 Sep 1984 | 285 |
| 23 | Empire and City, Augustus to Julian: Obligations, Excuses and Status Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1983 | 278 |
| 24 | The Age of Reform 1250-1550. An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe Gert H. Mueller, Steven Ozment · Sociological Analysis | 1981 | 275 |
| 25 | Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy, c. 300-1450 Angeliki E. Laiou, Michael F. Hendy · The American Historical Review | Feb 1989 | 275 |
| 26 | Imago mundi: cosmological and ideological aspects of the shield of Achilles Philip Russell Hardie · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1985 | 264 |
| 27 | Cultures of translation in early modern Europe Peter Burke · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 29 Mar 2007 | 262 |
| 28 | THE GOLDEN AGE AND SIN IN AUGUSTAN IDEOLOGY Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · Past & Present | 1982 | 254 |
| 29 | The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae Michael Squire | 2011 | 251 |
| 30 | The Concept of ‘Christus Medicus' in St. Augustine Rudolph Arbesmann · Traditio | 1954 | 245 |
| 31 | Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages Olivia Remie Constable | 27 Aug 2009 | 244 |
| 32 | State and Coinage in the Late Republic and Early Empire Elio Lo Cascio · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1981 | 243 |
| 33 | Renaissance eloquence. Studies in the theory and practice of renaissance rhetoric Edmund J. Campion · History of European Ideas | 1986 | 241 |
| 34 | Roman arches and Greek honours: the language of power at Rome Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society | 1990 | 239 |
| 35 | BALLADS, LIBELS AND POPULAR RIDICULE IN JACOBEAN ENGLAND Adam Fox · Past & Present | 1994 | 239 |
| 36 | The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe P. HEATHER · The English Historical Review | 1995 | 238 |
| 37 | ENLIGHTENMENT AND REPRESSION IN BYZANTIUM IN THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES Robert Browning · Past & Present | 1975 | 234 |
| 38 | THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF IRAN UNDER THE SASANIANS Richard Nelson Frye · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 14 Apr 1983 | 233 |
| 39 | Coin circulation and the integration of the Roman economy Christopher Howgego · Journal of Roman Archaeology | 1994 | 233 |
| 40 | The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies Jean E. Howard · English Literary Renaissance | 1986 | 232 |
| 41 | A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century Éric Palazzo, Madeleine Beaumont · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) | 1998 | 231 |
| 42 | The Library of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Rodney M. Thomson · Speculum | Oct 1972 | 230 |
| 43 | Christians in the Sasanian empire: a case of divided loyalties S. P. Brock · Studies in Church History | 1982 | 226 |
| 44 | Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium William Peter Kaldis · History Reviews of New Books | 2003 | 224 |
| 45 | Literacy in the Byzantine World Robert Browning · Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | 1978 | 222 |
| 46 | Peer Polity Interaction in the Hellenistic Age John Ma · Past & Present | Aug 2003 | 216 |
| 47 | The Barbarians in Justinian's Armies John L. Teall · Speculum | Apr 1965 | 208 |
| 48 | Medieval monastic education George Ferzoco, Carolyn A. Muessig | 1999 | 208 |
| 49 | Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330 Michael Angold · The English Historical Review | 10 Nov 2008 | 207 |
| 50 | The empress and the poet: paganism and politics at the court of Theodosius II Alan Cameron · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 31 May 1982 | 207 |
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