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Archival Research

Archival Research is a methodological practice within historical inquiry that involves the systematic examination of primary source materials preserved in archives to reconstruct, interpret, and analyze past events, distinguishing it from other forms of historical investigation by its reliance on authentic, non-replicated documentary evidence situated within its original institutional and custodial context.

1.8K

Publications

74.7K

Citations

2.7K

Authors

809

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

326

Variants

Archival Studies

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Publications

1.8K

Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense

Christine Bichsel · Journal of Historical Geography · 2012 · 2K citations

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Conducting Video Research in the Learning Sciences: Guidance on Selection, Analysis, Technology, and Ethics

Sharon J. Derry, Roy Pea, Brigid Barron et al. · Journal of the Learning Sciences · 2010 · 1K citations

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Archives, records, and power: The making of modern memory

Joan M. Schwartz, Terry Cook · Archives and Museum Informatics · 2002 · 872 citations

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The Body and the Archive

Allan Sekula · October · 1986 · 819 citations

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Some Methodological Issues in Cohort Analysis of Archival Data

Karen Oppenheim Mason, William M. Mason, Halliman H. Winsborough et al. · American Sociological Review · 1973 · 710 citations

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Authors

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  1. EY
    Elizabeth Yakel

    University of Michigan, United States

    28 publications · 934 citations

    20

    h-index

  2. WD
    Wendy Duff

    University of Toronto, Canada

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. MC
    Michelle Caswell

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. SH
    Stevan Harnad

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 1.5K citations

    15

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  5. RC
    Richard Cox

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    16 publications · 347 citations

    13

    h-index

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Institutions

809

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    24 h-index

    52 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    20 h-index

    41 publications

    3.1K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    45 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    914 citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    621 citations

  7. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    429 citations

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Venues

  1. The American Archivist

    226 publications · 7K citations

    41

    h-index

  2. Archives and Museum Informatics

    109 publications · 6.9K citations

    40

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  3. Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists)

    Repository · 53 publications · 2.2K citations

    24

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  4. Archivaria

    23 publications · 909 citations

    17

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  5. Journal of the Society of Archivists

    31 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

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