Audre Lorde

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Audre Lorde is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Audre Lorde has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Audre Lorde's work include Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers), Sociology and Education Studies (1 paper) and Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 paper). Audre Lorde is often cited by papers focused on Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers), Sociology and Education Studies (1 paper) and Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 paper). Audre Lorde collaborates with scholars based in Jordan, United Kingdom and United States. Audre Lorde's co-authors include Michèle Aina Barale, Adrienne Rich, Charles H Rowell, Andrea Shaw, Regenia Gagnier, Gloria Anzaldúa, Kim Chernin, Joan Nestle, Carolyn Steedman and Silvia Valero and has published in prestigious journals such as Signs, Feminist Studies and World Literature Today.

In The Last Decade

Audre Lorde

32 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
    1984 2.7k citations Audre Lorde Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Audre Lorde Jordan 13 1.7k 763 544 454 333 38 3.2k
Gloria Anzaldúa Bangladesh 17 2.0k 1.2× 701 0.9× 842 1.5× 383 0.8× 766 2.3× 36 3.6k
Merl Storr United Kingdom 13 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 235 0.4× 423 0.9× 309 0.9× 20 3.6k
Avtar Brah United Kingdom 15 2.3k 1.4× 863 1.1× 310 0.6× 235 0.5× 229 0.7× 33 3.4k
Angela Y. Davis United States 21 1.8k 1.1× 720 0.9× 337 0.6× 220 0.5× 225 0.7× 46 2.7k
María Lugones United States 14 2.1k 1.3× 979 1.3× 437 0.8× 303 0.7× 608 1.8× 33 3.8k
Couze Venn United Kingdom 14 1.1k 0.7× 381 0.5× 392 0.7× 272 0.6× 227 0.7× 48 2.4k
Michaël Gilsenan United States 17 2.3k 1.3× 309 0.4× 370 0.7× 409 0.9× 283 0.8× 36 4.5k
Uma Narayan United States 15 1.6k 1.0× 851 1.1× 316 0.6× 190 0.4× 138 0.4× 29 2.9k
Michael Omi United States 10 3.7k 2.2× 541 0.7× 1.0k 1.8× 302 0.7× 443 1.3× 25 5.0k
Joshua Gamson United States 17 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.8× 198 0.4× 863 1.9× 214 0.6× 38 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Audre Lorde

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Fields of papers citing papers by Audre Lorde

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Audre Lorde

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Audre Lorde. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Audre Lorde 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 Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lorde, Audre. (2022). Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving (1978). Women's studies quarterly. 50(1-2). 311–317. 1 indexed citations
2.
Lorde, Audre. (2020). The selected works of Audre Lorde. 15 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (2019). From Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1–8. 68 indexed citations
4.
Quijano, Aníbal, Rita Laura Segato, Audre Lorde, et al.. (2017). Más allá del decenio de los pueblos afrodescendientes. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 1 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (2017). Your Silence Will Not Protect You. 7 indexed citations
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Shaw, Andrea, et al.. (2006). Conversations with Audre Lorde. World Literature Today. 80(1). 60–60. 13 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1998). The collected poems of Audre Lorde. Choice Reviews Online. 35(6). 35–3173. 84 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1991). Of Generators and Survival-Hugo Letter. Callaloo. 14(1). 72–72. 2 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1991). Showing Our True Colors. Callaloo. 14(1). 67–67. 7 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1991). To The Poet Who Happens to Be Black and The Black Poet Who Happens to Be a Woman. Callaloo. 14(1). 39–39. 2 indexed citations
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Allen, Paula Gunn, et al.. (1989). What I Do When I Write.... The Women s Review of Books. 6(10/11). 23–23. 1 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1988). Equal Opportunity. Feminist Studies. 14(3). 440–440. 1 indexed citations
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Lorde, Audre. (1986). Conference Keynote Address: Sisterhood and Survival. The Black Scholar. 17(2). 5–7. 2 indexed citations
14.
Lorde, Audre. (1986). Apartheid U.S.A. 1 indexed citations
15.
Barale, Michèle Aina & Audre Lorde. (1984). Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies. 8(1). 71–71. 36 indexed citations
16.
Lorde, Audre. (1984). Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2713 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Lorde, Audre. (1982). Chosen poems, old and new. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
18.
Lorde, Audre. (1981). A Poem for Women in Rage. The Iowa Review. 12(2-3). 220–222. 1 indexed citations
19.
Lorde, Audre. (1975). Power. The Iowa Review. 6(2). 16–17.
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Lorde, Audre. (1968). The first cities. 1 indexed citations

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