Bertolt Brecht

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 932 citations indexed

About

Bertolt Brecht is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertolt Brecht has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 932 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 29 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Bertolt Brecht's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (26 papers), German Literature and Culture Studies (21 papers) and Literature and Cultural Memory (13 papers). Bertolt Brecht is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (26 papers), German Literature and Culture Studies (21 papers) and Literature and Cultural Memory (13 papers). Bertolt Brecht collaborates with scholars based in . Bertolt Brecht's co-authors include John Willett, Ralph Manheim, Werner Hecht, John B. Willett, Reinhold Grimm, Tony Kushner, Eric Bentley, Marc Silberman, S Anuradha and Bernard F. Dukore and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, The Modern Language Review and World Literature Today.

In The Last Decade

Bertolt Brecht

80 papers receiving 531 citations

Hit Papers

Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300 400
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. Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
    1964 468 citations Bertolt Brecht, John Willett profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bertolt Brecht 11 332 296 193 159 98 169 932
John Willett 10 386 1.2× 250 0.8× 210 1.1× 143 0.9× 74 0.8× 38 891
Marvin Carlson United States 14 299 0.9× 210 0.7× 181 0.9× 89 0.6× 63 0.6× 107 777
Erika Fischer‐Lichte Germany 14 440 1.3× 262 0.9× 173 0.9× 96 0.6× 98 1.0× 89 997
Kaja Silverman 11 142 0.4× 249 0.8× 272 1.4× 126 0.8× 110 1.1× 31 938
Miriam Hansen Germany 18 279 0.8× 381 1.3× 213 1.1× 209 1.3× 124 1.3× 64 1.2k
Bill Nichols United States 17 214 0.6× 349 1.2× 181 0.9× 92 0.6× 72 0.7× 63 954
Robert Stam United States 15 226 0.7× 637 2.2× 320 1.7× 130 0.8× 229 2.3× 73 1.4k
Janet Staiger United States 12 243 0.7× 315 1.1× 323 1.7× 73 0.5× 69 0.7× 39 1.1k
M. H. Abrams United States 17 99 0.3× 232 0.8× 465 2.4× 220 1.4× 43 0.4× 33 1.2k
T. S. Eliot 18 123 0.4× 389 1.3× 1.0k 5.4× 230 1.4× 68 0.7× 86 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bertolt Brecht

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bertolt Brecht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertolt Brecht

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bertolt Brecht. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bertolt Brecht 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 Bertolt Brecht. Bertolt Brecht 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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Brecht, Bertolt & Heiner Müller. (1994). Der Untergang des Egoisten Johann Fatzer. Suhrkamp eBooks.
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Brecht, Bertolt & Werner Hecht. (1988). Brechts Antigone des Sophokles. Suhrkamp eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1986). Bertolt Brechts Buckower Elegien. Suhrkamp eBooks.
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1983). Le cercle de craie caucasien.
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Brecht, Bertolt, John Willett, & Ralph Manheim. (1983). Short stories, 1921-1946. Methuen eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt & Werner Hecht. (1981). Brechts "Leben des Galilei". Suhrkamp eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1978). Estudos sobre teatro. 8 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1975). Brecht in Augsburg : Erinnerungen, Dokumente, Texte, Fotos.
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1975). Les fusils de la mére carrar ; La vie de Galilée ; Mére courage et ses enfants ; La Bonne âme du se-Tchouan. 1 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt & Dieter Schmidt. (1969). Baal ; Der böse Baal der asoziale : Texte, Varianten, Materialien.
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1967). Schriften zur Politik und Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Bentley, Eric, et al.. (1967). Songs of Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler. 1 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1966). Baal : drei Fassungen. Suhrkamp eBooks.
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Büchner, Georg, et al.. (1963). Three German plays. Penguin eBooks.
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1963). Écrits sur le théâtre. 4 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1959). Geschichten vom Herrn Keuner. Suhrkamp eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1957). Schriften zum Theater : Über eine nicht-aristotelische Dramatik. 9 indexed citations
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1957). "Matka Courage" Bertolta Brechta.. 2(8).
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Brecht, Bertolt, et al.. (1956). Die Dreigroschenoper = The beggar's opera : ein Stück mit Musik in einem Vorspiel und acht Bildern nach dem Englischen des John Gay, übersetzt von Elisabeth Hauptmann ; deutsche Bearbeitung von Bert Brecht ; Klavierauszug, Norbert Gingold.
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Brecht, Bertolt. (1955). Leben des Galilei : Schauspiel. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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