Anna De Fina

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Anna De Fina is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna De Fina has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Language and Linguistics, 28 papers in Linguistics and Language and 18 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Anna De Fina's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (27 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (24 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (14 papers). Anna De Fina is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (27 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (24 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (14 papers). Anna De Fina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Anna De Fina's co-authors include Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Sabina Perrino, Mike Baynham, Jan Blommaert, Kendall A. King, Deborah Schiffrin, Michael Bamberg, Mary Annette Rose, Heidi E. Hamilton and Judith Benkendorf and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Applied Linguistics and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

Anna De Fina

61 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Analyzing Narrative: Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives
    2011 283 citations Anna De Fina et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna De Fina United States 26 1.1k 874 854 763 306 64 2.6k
Alexandra Georgakopoulou United Kingdom 25 1.4k 1.2× 718 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 448 1.5× 71 3.5k
Ingrid Piller Australia 23 1.7k 1.5× 1.7k 1.9× 1.5k 1.7× 533 0.7× 587 1.9× 95 3.3k
Kira Hall United States 18 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 889 1.0× 547 0.7× 188 0.6× 39 2.7k
Stanton Wortham United States 27 842 0.8× 933 1.1× 775 0.9× 693 0.9× 992 3.2× 108 2.6k
Crispin Thurlow Switzerland 22 717 0.6× 716 0.8× 540 0.6× 650 0.9× 147 0.5× 62 2.2k
Bambi B. Schieffelin United States 22 2.4k 2.2× 2.0k 2.3× 1.2k 1.4× 711 0.9× 841 2.7× 50 4.8k
Nancy C. Dorian United States 20 1.5k 1.4× 2.0k 2.3× 1.1k 1.3× 443 0.6× 589 1.9× 60 3.5k
Michael Silverstein United States 22 2.5k 2.2× 2.5k 2.8× 1.3k 1.5× 923 1.2× 190 0.6× 77 5.1k
David Block Spain 28 1.7k 1.6× 1.5k 1.7× 1.8k 2.1× 354 0.5× 571 1.9× 85 3.1k
Sara Mills United Kingdom 24 888 0.8× 237 0.3× 645 0.8× 589 0.8× 124 0.4× 73 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna De Fina

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna De Fina

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All Works

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Fina, Anna De, et al.. (2024). Vlogger, storyteller or character? Chronotopic identity shifts and multimodal resources in COVID-19 vlogs. Discourse Context & Media. 59. 100788–100788. 2 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2024). Bonding with followers: Chronotopes and scales in political communication on Instagram. Discourse Studies. 27(2). 192–213. 1 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De, et al.. (2023). Problematizing cultural difference: YouTube narratives about COVID-19 by South Korean and American Vloggers. Language and Intercultural Communication. 24(3). 222–240. 1 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De, et al.. (2023). Sketches Toward a Decolonial Applied Linguistics. Applied Linguistics. 44(5). 819–832. 10 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De & Sabina Perrino. (2022). Chronotopes and the COVID-19 pandemic. 4(2). 98–109. 2 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2022). Stance-taking towards chronotopes as a window into people’s reactions to societal crises. 4(2). 218–241. 3 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2020). Doing narrative analysis from a narratives-as-practices perspective. Narrative Inquiry. 31(1). 49–71. 43 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2020). MIGRANT YOUTH PUSH BACK. VIRTUAL FRIENDSHIPS AND EVERYDAY RESISTANCE IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada. 59(3). 1833–1861. 1 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De, et al.. (2020). Learning How to Tell, Learning How to Ask: Reciprocity and Storytelling as a Community Process. Applied Linguistics. 41(3). 352–369. 10 indexed citations
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Blommaert, Jan & Anna De Fina. (2016). Chronotopic identities : On the timespace organization of who we are. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 62 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2009). Language and subjectivity. Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada. 27(7). 53–75. 1 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2007). Cruzando fronteras: tiempo, espacio y desorientación en la narrativa. Discurso & sociedad. 1(2). 270–294.
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Baynham, Mike & Anna De Fina. (2005). Dislocations/ Relocations: Narratives of Displacement. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 97 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De, et al.. (2003). Italiano e italiani fuori d'Italia. 2 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (2003). Identity in Narrative. 204 indexed citations
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Benkendorf, Judith, et al.. (2001). Does indirect speech promote nondirective genetic counseling? Results of a sociolinguistic investigation. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 106(3). 199–207. 56 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (1991). The Classroom and the Language Learner. Por L. Van Lier. Londres: Longman; 1988. Estudios de Lingüística Aplicada. 103–104. 1 indexed citations
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Fina, Anna De. (1989). Code-Switching: Grammatical and Functional Explanations.. 21(3). 107–140. 7 indexed citations

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