Barbara Obrist

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 234 citations indexed

About

Barbara Obrist is a scholar working on Archeology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Obrist has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 234 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Archeology, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Barbara Obrist's work include Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (8 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (7 papers) and Historical and Architectural Studies (5 papers). Barbara Obrist is often cited by papers focused on Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (8 papers), Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (7 papers) and Historical and Architectural Studies (5 papers). Barbara Obrist collaborates with scholars based in France. Barbara Obrist's co-authors include Mary Carruthers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Classical World, The Art Bulletin and Speculum.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Obrist

10 papers receiving 150 citations

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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.

The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200

2002 196 citations Barbara Obrist, Mary Carruthers The Classical World profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Obrist France	4	81	73	33	32	30	17	234
Larry Silver United States	11	57 0.7×	128 1.8×	46 1.4×	24 0.8×	81 2.7×	78	349
Christiane L. Joost‐Gaugier United States	7	57 0.7×	124 1.7×	52 1.6×	34 1.1×	62 2.1×	63	318
Michael Camille United States	8	137 1.7×	132 1.8×	45 1.4×	27 0.8×	58 1.9×	30	316
Armando Petrucci Italy	8	58 0.7×	95 1.3×	40 1.2×	24 0.8×	14 0.5×	38	241
John Block Friedman United States	8	159 2.0×	105 1.4×	49 1.5×	36 1.1×	13 0.4×	39	327
Edward A. Gosselin United States	9	62 0.8×	152 2.1×	73 2.2×	18 0.6×	30 1.0×	25	337
Margaret Aston United Kingdom	10	95 1.2×	164 2.2×	38 1.2×	25 0.8×	9 0.3×	27	299
Terence Cave United Kingdom	9	106 1.3×	83 1.1×	47 1.4×	14 0.4×	23 0.8×	38	357
Raymond B. Waddington United States	9	65 0.8×	121 1.7×	46 1.4×	7 0.2×	26 0.9×	50	290
Karl F. Morrison United States	10	137 1.7×	129 1.8×	50 1.5×	18 0.6×	9 0.3×	37	306

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Obrist

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Obrist, Barbara. (2019). Book Review: Making Christian the Images of Ancient Constellations in Carolingian Europe. Journal for the History of Astronomy. 50(4). 495–497.

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Obrist, Barbara. (2015). The physical and the spiritual universe: "Infernus" and Paradise in medieval cosmography and its visual representations (seventh-fourteenth century). 41–78.

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Obrist, Barbara. (2014). Constellations in the Middle Ages. Journal for the History of Astronomy. 45(2). 253–256.

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Obrist, Barbara. (2012). Twelfth-century Cosmography, theDe secretis philosophie, and Māshā'allāh (Attr. to),Liber de Orbe. Traditio. 67. 235–276.

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Obrist, Barbara. (2012). Twelfth-century Cosmography, the De secretis philosophie, and Māshā’allāh (Attr. to), Liber de Orbe. Traditio. 67(1). 235–276. 1 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara, et al.. (2011). Guillaume de Conches: Philosophie Et Science au Xiie Siècle. 105(3). 363–5. 2 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (2009). Views on History in Medieval Alchemical Writings. Ambix. 56(3). 226–238.

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Obrist, Barbara. (2009). William of Conches, Māshā'Allāh, and Twelfth-Century Cosmology. Cairn.info. Tome 76(1). 29–87. 3 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (2003). Visualization in Medieval Alchemy. 9(2). 6 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara & Mary Carruthers. (2002). The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200. The Classical World. 96(1). 102–102. 196 indexed citations breakdown →

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Obrist, Barbara. (2001). La représentation carolingienne du zodiaque. A propos du manuscrit de Bâle, Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15a. Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. 44(173). 3–33.

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Obrist, Barbara. (1997). Wind Diagrams and Medieval Cosmology. Speculum. 72(1). 33–84. 11 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (1996). Art et nature dans l'alchimie médiévale/Art and nature in medieval alchemy. Revue d histoire des sciences. 49(2). 215–286. 7 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (1996). Le diagramme isidorien des saisons, son contenu physique et les représentations figuratives. Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Moyen Age. 108(1). 95–164. 2 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (1994). Michel Lemoine, introd. trad. — Hugues de Saint- Victor. L'art de lire. « Didascalicon ». Paris, Cerf, 1991.. Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. 37(145). 143–144. 3 indexed citations

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Obrist, Barbara. (1986). Image et prophétie au XIIe siècle : Hugues de Saint-Victor et Joachim de Flore. Mélanges de l Ecole française de Rome Moyen-Age Temps modernes. 98(1). 35–63.

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Obrist, Barbara, et al.. (1984). Les debuts de l'imagerie alchimique (XIV-XV siecles). The Art Bulletin. 66(4). 692–692. 3 indexed citations

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