Bruce Wilshire

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bruce Wilshire is a scholar working on Philosophy, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Wilshire has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Philosophy, 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Bruce Wilshire's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers), Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (4 papers) and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 papers). Bruce Wilshire is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (5 papers), Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (4 papers) and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (2 papers). Bruce Wilshire collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Bruce Wilshire's co-authors include Victor Turner, Jonas A. Barish, Charles Edgley, John Martin, William D. James, Marvin Carlson, Bonnie Marranca, James R. Hamilton, Edward S. Casey and Philip Weinstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Journal of Higher Education and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Wilshire

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

From Ritual to Theatre: T... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1983 250 500 750
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. From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play
    1983 976 citations Victor Turner, Bruce Wilshire et al. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →
  2. Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor.
    1983 91 citations Charles Edgley, Bruce Wilshire Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Wilshire United States 11 543 245 171 167 138 37 1.4k
Wimal Dissanayake United States 17 567 1.0× 129 0.5× 168 1.0× 304 1.8× 117 0.8× 57 1.5k
Dwight Conquergood United States 11 730 1.3× 467 1.9× 285 1.7× 162 1.0× 211 1.5× 18 1.6k
Alice Jardine 6 472 0.9× 128 0.5× 209 1.2× 88 0.5× 168 1.2× 10 1.6k
Roland A. Champagne United States 13 568 1.0× 115 0.5× 271 1.6× 94 0.6× 103 0.7× 61 1.7k
David William Foster United States 8 557 1.0× 133 0.5× 252 1.5× 107 0.6× 197 1.4× 49 1.9k
Stephen Heath South Korea 9 610 1.1× 376 1.5× 303 1.8× 108 0.6× 116 0.8× 35 2.3k
John Frow Australia 20 568 1.0× 93 0.4× 112 0.7× 89 0.5× 101 0.7× 81 1.2k
Janet Wolff United Kingdom 17 746 1.4× 188 0.8× 108 0.6× 47 0.3× 51 0.4× 52 1.6k
Hazel E. Barnes South Africa 9 522 1.0× 70 0.3× 461 2.7× 295 1.8× 124 0.9× 45 1.7k
Rachel Bowlby United Kingdom 13 593 1.1× 87 0.4× 246 1.4× 61 0.4× 129 0.9× 54 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Wilshire

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Wilshire

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilshire, Bruce. (2021). ROLE PLAYING AND IDENTITY. Indiana University Press eBooks.
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Wilshire, Bruce. (2016). The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body. 1 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1995). The Resources of Rationality. International Studies in Philosophy. 27(1). 145–147. 5 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce, et al.. (1991). The Moral Collapse of the University: Professionalism, Purity and Alienation.. The Journal of Higher Education. 62(4). 473–473. 36 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1990). Professionalism as Purification Ritual. The Journal of Higher Education. 61(3). 280–293. 4 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce, et al.. (1990). The Ends of Philosophy: An Essay in the Sociology of Philosophy and Rationality.. Noûs. 24(1). 188–188. 4 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1990). The Concept of the Paratheatrical. TDR/The Drama Review. 34(4). 169–169. 8 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce, et al.. (1989). Theatre and the Retrieval of the Pregnant Goddess as a Paradigm of What Is Human or Ultimate Interculturalism. Performing Arts Journal. 11(3). 22–22. 1 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1987). Can the University Defend the Values upon Which it Stands?. The Journal of Higher Education. 58(3). 249–260. 2 indexed citations
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Marranca, Bonnie & Bruce Wilshire. (1984). Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatrical Metaphor. Performing Arts Journal. 8(3). 113–113. 1 indexed citations
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Turner, Victor, et al.. (1983). From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 22(4). 386–386. 976 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edgley, Charles & Bruce Wilshire. (1983). Role Playing and Identity: The Limits of Theatre as Metaphor.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 12(4). 455–455. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilshire, Bruce, et al.. (1982). Phenomenology : dialogues and bridges. State University of New York Press eBooks. Suppl Web Exclusives. W4–76. 20 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1982). Role Playing and Identity. Indiana University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce & Jonas A. Barish. (1982). The Anti-Theatrical Prejudice. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 41(1). 101–101. 94 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1981). Theatre as Phenomenology. 8(2). 145–153. 3 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1978). Enactment, Transformation and Identity of Self. 5(1). 47–57. 1 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1977). James and Heidegger on truth and reality. Continental Philosophy Review. 10(1). 79–94. 1 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce, et al.. (1969). William James and Phenomenology: A Study of the "Principles of Psychology.". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 30(1). 142–142. 27 indexed citations
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Wilshire, Bruce. (1968). Romanticism and evolution : the nineteenth century. 2 indexed citations

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