Alice Echols

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 817 citations indexed

About

Alice Echols is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice Echols has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 817 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in History and 2 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in Alice Echols's work include American Political and Social Dynamics (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (4 papers) and Music History and Culture (2 papers). Alice Echols is often cited by papers focused on American Political and Social Dynamics (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (4 papers) and Music History and Culture (2 papers). Alice Echols collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alice Echols's co-authors include Jo Freeman, Martha Vicinus, George Chauncey, Martin Duberman, Rosalind Rosenberg, Suzanne Staggenborg, Suzanne Smith and Ellen Willis and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Historical Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Alice Echols

14 papers receiving 463 citations

Hit Papers

Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975. 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975.
    1991 331 citations Jo Freeman, Alice Echols Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alice Echols United States 8 442 239 219 135 116 15 817
E. Anthony Rotundo United States 10 358 0.8× 169 0.7× 202 0.9× 65 0.5× 99 0.9× 14 718
Martin Duberman United States 10 363 0.8× 165 0.7× 139 0.6× 192 1.4× 119 1.0× 43 756
Christina Simmons Canada 7 364 0.8× 168 0.7× 185 0.8× 171 1.3× 94 0.8× 15 643
Frank Mort United Kingdom 16 421 1.0× 240 1.0× 248 1.1× 50 0.4× 156 1.3× 46 927
D. L. LeMahieu United States 8 308 0.7× 175 0.7× 116 0.5× 58 0.4× 124 1.1× 31 628
Lillian Faderman United States 12 597 1.4× 322 1.3× 310 1.4× 393 2.9× 134 1.2× 30 1.3k
Joanne Meyerowitz United States 13 411 0.9× 133 0.6× 191 0.9× 52 0.4× 113 1.0× 27 731
Beverly Guy‐Sheftall United States 9 443 1.0× 55 0.2× 226 1.0× 139 1.0× 61 0.5× 24 733
Marjorie Garber United States 11 472 1.1× 169 0.7× 285 1.3× 173 1.3× 90 0.8× 59 1.3k
Peter G. Filene United States 10 416 0.9× 156 0.7× 153 0.7× 204 1.5× 186 1.6× 24 804

Countries citing papers authored by Alice Echols

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alice Echols

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alice Echols

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alice Echols. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alice Echols based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alice Echols. Alice Echols is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
1.
Echols, Alice. (2019). Daring to Be Bad. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
2.
Echols, Alice. (2017). Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Banking. 1 indexed citations
3.
Echols, Alice. (2016). Retrospective: Tangled Up in Pleasure and Danger. Signs. 42(1). 11–22. 8 indexed citations
4.
Echols, Alice. (2008). The Land of Somewhere Else: Refiguring James Brown in Seventies Disco. Criticism. 50(1). 19–41. 2 indexed citations
5.
Echols, Alice. (2008). Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. Historically speaking. 9(3). 12–14. 1 indexed citations
6.
Echols, Alice. (2002). Shaky ground : the '60s and its aftershocks. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
7.
Smith, Suzanne & Alice Echols. (2001). Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin. Journal of American History. 88(3). 1172–1172. 7 indexed citations
8.
Echols, Alice. (1994). What's Lust Got to Do with It?. Radical History Review. 1994(58). 196–200.
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Echols, Alice & Suzanne Staggenborg. (1992). The Pro-Choice Movement: Organization and Activism in the Abortion Conflict.. Journal of American History. 79(2). 744–744. 9 indexed citations
10.
Freeman, Jo & Alice Echols. (1991). Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(2). 186–186. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Echols, Alice, et al.. (1991). Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975.. The American Historical Review. 96(2). 638–638. 10 indexed citations
12.
Rosenberg, Rosalind & Alice Echols. (1991). Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975.. Journal of American History. 77(4). 1426–1426. 11 indexed citations
13.
Echols, Alice, Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, & George Chauncey. (1991). Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past.. Journal of American History. 78(1). 285–285. 412 indexed citations
14.
Echols, Alice. (1989). Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. 2 indexed citations
15.
Echols, Alice. (1983). Cultural Feminism: Feminist Capitalism and the Anti-Pornography Movement. Social Text. 34–34. 8 indexed citations

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