Dan Ben‐Amos

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 602 citations indexed

About

Dan Ben‐Amos is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Religious studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Ben‐Amos has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 602 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 12 papers in Religious studies and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dan Ben‐Amos's work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (30 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (9 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (7 papers). Dan Ben‐Amos is often cited by papers focused on Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (30 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (9 papers) and Themes in Literature Analysis (7 papers). Dan Ben‐Amos collaborates with scholars based in United States. Dan Ben‐Amos's co-authors include Liliane Weissberg, Joseph C. Miller, Deniz Zeyrek, Jody L. Jensen, Philip D. Curtin, Daniel J. Crowley, Wolfgang Mieder, Joseph Mali, James R. Dow and Bárbara Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Language in Society and Africa.

In The Last Decade

Dan Ben‐Amos

43 papers receiving 322 citations

Hit Papers

Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 50 100 150
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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. Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context
    1971 173 citations Dan Ben‐Amos Journal of American Folklore profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan Ben‐Amos United States 10 216 171 104 79 79 64 602
Lee Haring United States 8 133 0.6× 157 0.9× 85 0.8× 54 0.7× 30 0.4× 58 480
Isidore Okpewho United States 13 240 1.1× 218 1.3× 155 1.5× 53 0.7× 33 0.4× 52 570
Richard M. Dorson United States 12 297 1.4× 197 1.2× 173 1.7× 35 0.4× 73 0.9× 128 786
Werner Sollors United States 13 338 1.6× 669 3.9× 137 1.3× 29 0.4× 64 0.8× 86 1.2k
Patricia Meyer Spacks United States 14 321 1.5× 180 1.1× 60 0.6× 27 0.3× 74 0.9× 76 712
Deborah A. Kapchan United States 12 55 0.3× 191 1.1× 179 1.7× 50 0.6× 28 0.4× 38 549
Ansgar Nünning Germany 9 151 0.7× 202 1.2× 63 0.6× 43 0.5× 70 0.9× 48 574
Tom Conley United States 5 133 0.6× 226 1.3× 98 0.9× 21 0.3× 71 0.9× 24 573
B. McH. 10 307 1.4× 151 0.9× 52 0.5× 26 0.3× 59 0.7× 33 621
Catherine Belsey United Kingdom 10 274 1.3× 168 1.0× 47 0.5× 29 0.4× 61 0.8× 64 621

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Ben‐Amos

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (2021). Introduction to the Special Issue “The Challenge of Folklore to the Humanities”. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 18–18. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (2018). Grand Theory in Folkloristics. Folklore. 129(2). 203–207. 2 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (2016). A Portrait of a Folklorist as a Young Man: A Chapter in the Urban Biography of Roger D. Abrahams. Western Folklore. 75. 435.
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (2014). A Definition of Folklore: A Personal Narrative. 9–28. 2 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (2000). Review of Galit Hasan-Rokem (Guest Editor), Folk Culture and Popular Culture. Theory and Criticism: An Israeli Forum. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 20. 180. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1999). Jewish Folk Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1998). The Name Is the Thing. Journal of American Folklore. 111(441). 257–257. 12 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1997). Obituary: Raphael Patai (1910-1996). Journal of American Folklore. 110(437). 314. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1990). Jewish Studies and Jewish Folklore. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 2 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan & Wolfgang Mieder. (1989). International Proverb Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography. Journal of American Folklore. 102(405). 353–353. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1987). Animals in Èdó visual and verbal arts. Word & Image. 3(3). 296–303. 2 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan, et al.. (1982). Mytharion. The Comparison of Tales from the Old Testament and the Ancient near East. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102(1). 188–188. 3 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan & Joseph C. Miller. (1981). The African Past Speaks: Essays on Oral Tradition and History. African Arts. 14(3). 28–28. 6 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1976). Solutions to Riddles. Journal of American Folklore. 89(352). 249–249. 9 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1975). Folklore in African society. Research in African Literatures. 6(2). 165–198. 4 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan. (1970). The University of Pennsylvania Folklore Archives: A Progress Report. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 15(3). 148. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan & Philip D. Curtin. (1970). Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of Slave Trade. Western Folklore. 29(3). 215–215. 1 indexed citations
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Ben‐Amos, Dan, et al.. (1969). The Exempla of the Rabbis; Being a Collection of Exempla, Apologues and Tales Culled from Hebrew Manuscripts and Rare Hebrew Books. Journal of American Folklore. 82(325). 280–280. 3 indexed citations

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