Ben Ware

630 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 403 citations indexed

About

Ben Ware is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Ware has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 403 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Philosophy, 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ben Ware's work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (6 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (5 papers) and Samuel Beckett and Modernism (2 papers). Ben Ware is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (6 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (5 papers) and Samuel Beckett and Modernism (2 papers). Ben Ware collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Latvia. Ben Ware's co-authors include Wil A. Linkugel and has published in prestigious journals such as Communication Monographs, Quarterly Journal of Speech and Journal of the History of Ideas.

In The Last Decade

Ben Ware

7 papers receiving 328 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. They spoke in defense of themselves: On the generic criticism of apologia
    1973 342 citations Ben Ware, Wil A. Linkugel Quarterly Journal of Speech profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Ware United States 4 211 210 143 122 70 11 403
J. Michael Sproule United States 10 128 0.6× 160 0.8× 107 0.7× 62 0.5× 35 0.5× 23 351
Wil A. Linkugel United States 6 248 1.2× 239 1.1× 153 1.1× 153 1.3× 75 1.1× 16 474
Joseph R. Blaney United States 6 98 0.5× 210 1.0× 83 0.6× 43 0.4× 34 0.5× 10 312
James E. Combs United States 8 111 0.5× 175 0.8× 120 0.8× 76 0.6× 22 0.3× 15 328
James Jasinski United States 10 212 1.0× 100 0.5× 82 0.6× 122 1.0× 15 0.2× 27 328
Fred Fedler United States 9 34 0.2× 175 0.8× 83 0.6× 45 0.4× 46 0.7× 44 318
James L. Golden United States 8 121 0.6× 76 0.4× 47 0.3× 83 0.7× 19 0.3× 30 273
Steven R. Goldzwig United States 10 133 0.6× 85 0.4× 107 0.7× 57 0.5× 32 0.5× 38 288
Keith V. Erickson United States 10 100 0.5× 88 0.4× 51 0.4× 55 0.5× 58 0.8× 29 245
Richard M. Weaver 8 156 0.7× 65 0.3× 87 0.6× 74 0.6× 16 0.2× 17 312

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Ware

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Ware

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Ware

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Ware, Ben. (2018). Excremental Happiness: From Neurotic Hedonism to Dialectical Pessimism. College literature. 45(2). 198–221. 1 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben. (2015). Tragic-Dialectical-Perfectionism: On the Ethics of Beckett’s Endgame. College literature. 42(1). 3–21.
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Ware, Ben. (2015). Dialectic of the Ladder: Wittgenstein, the 'Tractatus' and Modernism. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique).
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Ware, Ben. (2014). Seeing the everyday otherwise: vision, ethics and utopia in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. Critical Quarterly. 56(1). 23–39. 1 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben. (2012). Wittgenstein, modernity and the critique of modernism. Textual Practice. 27(2). 187–205. 3 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben. (2011). Ethics and the Literary in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Journal of the History of Ideas. 72(4). 595–611. 6 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben. (2011). ?Williams and Wittgenstein: Language, Politics and Structure of Feeling?. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 9. 41–57. 1 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben & Wil A. Linkugel. (1982). The rhetoricalpersona: Marcus Garvey as black moses. Communication Monographs. 49(1). 50–62. 19 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben, et al.. (1975). Failure of apology in American politics: Nixon on Watergate. Speech Monographs. 42(4). 245–261. 30 indexed citations
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Ware, Ben & Wil A. Linkugel. (1973). They spoke in defense of themselves: On the generic criticism of apologia. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 59(3). 273–283. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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