Bill Ashcroft

12.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Bill Ashcroft is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Ashcroft has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Bill Ashcroft's work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (11 papers), South Asian Studies and Diaspora (3 papers) and Globalization and Cultural Identity (3 papers). Bill Ashcroft is often cited by papers focused on Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (11 papers), South Asian Studies and Diaspora (3 papers) and Globalization and Cultural Identity (3 papers). Bill Ashcroft collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Hong Kong and United States. Bill Ashcroft's co-authors include Helen Tiffin, Gareth Griffiths, Brinda Bose, Gareth Griffiths, Laura Chrisman, David Chioni Moore, Patrick Williams, HM Tiffin, Florence Martin and Paul Sharrad and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Modern Language Review and African Studies Review.

In The Last Decade

Bill Ashcroft

51 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1996 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Ashcroft Australia 18 2.0k 1.1k 678 624 527 63 4.2k
Helen Tiffin Australia 16 1.6k 0.8× 978 0.9× 548 0.8× 495 0.8× 423 0.8× 48 3.5k
Robert Young United Kingdom 22 2.0k 1.0× 737 0.6× 538 0.8× 815 1.3× 389 0.7× 105 4.2k
Frantz Fanon Brazil 13 2.8k 1.4× 774 0.7× 971 1.4× 908 1.5× 733 1.4× 44 5.0k
Kwame Anthony Appiah United States 24 2.2k 1.1× 623 0.5× 441 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 991 1.9× 69 4.3k
Mary Louise Pratt United States 17 1.4k 0.7× 964 0.8× 867 1.3× 376 0.6× 198 0.4× 74 3.8k
Homi Κ. Bhabha United States 20 3.4k 1.7× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 1.1k 1.7× 967 1.8× 69 7.1k
Peter Erickson United States 11 1.8k 0.9× 940 0.8× 652 1.0× 316 0.5× 162 0.3× 61 3.6k
Laurie J. Sears United States 6 3.7k 1.9× 482 0.4× 721 1.1× 1.7k 2.7× 543 1.0× 20 6.5k
Richard Bauman United States 28 1.7k 0.9× 2.6k 2.3× 966 1.4× 514 0.8× 377 0.7× 83 8.4k
Gareth Griffiths United States 4 1.1k 0.6× 593 0.5× 384 0.6× 342 0.5× 287 0.5× 6 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Ashcroft

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Ashcroft

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Ashcroft. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Ashcroft 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 Bill Ashcroft. Bill Ashcroft 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
1.
Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, & Helen Tiffin. (2024). The Postcolonial Studies Reader. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 17 indexed citations
2.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2020). Australia: Transnational or Transnation?. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 20(2). 1–14.
3.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2017). A climate of Hope. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19–34.
4.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2015). Constitution Hill: Memory, ideology and utopia. Tydskrif vir letterkunde. 51(2). 94–113. 3 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill. (2014). Beyond the Nation: the Mobility of Indian Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 5–5. 1 indexed citations
6.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2013). Hybridity and Transformation: The Art of Lin Onus. Postcolonial text. 8(1). 2 indexed citations
7.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2012). Introduction: A Convivial Critical Democracy - Post-Colonial Studies in the Twenty-First Century. 3 indexed citations
8.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2012). Colonisation and Speciesism: Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island. Figshare. 34(2). 17.
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Ashcroft, Bill, et al.. (2012). Intimate Horizons: The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 17 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill. (2009). The Ambiguous Necessity of Utopia: Post-Colonial Literatures and the Persistence of Hope. Social alternatives. 28(3). 8. 8 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill. (2009). Caliban's Voice. 18 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill. (2009). Caliban's Voice: The Transformation of English in Post-Colonial Literatures. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill, et al.. (2002). Turning Points: Learning from online discussions in an off-campus course. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2002(1). 1251–1257. 3 indexed citations
14.
Ashcroft, Bill, et al.. (2001). Edward Said and the post-colonial. Nova Science Publishers eBooks. 4 indexed citations
15.
Ashcroft, Bill. (2001). On post-colonial futures : transformations of colonial culture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56 indexed citations
16.
Tiffin, HM, et al.. (1998). Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 389 indexed citations
17.
Ashcroft, Bill. (1994). Africa and Australia: the post-colonial connection. Research in African Literatures. 25(3). 161–170. 4 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Bill, et al.. (1994). Identifying Australia in postmodern times. 5 indexed citations
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Taylor, Richard A., et al.. (1992). The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures. The Modern Language Review. 87(4). 961–961. 26 indexed citations
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Tiffin, HM, et al.. (1989). The Empire Writes Back: Post-Colonial Literatures, Theory and Practice. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 5 indexed citations

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