David Foster Wallace

1.4k total citations
25 papers, 478 citations indexed

About

David Foster Wallace is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Foster Wallace has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 478 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Foster Wallace's work include Contemporary Literature and Criticism (5 papers), Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (2 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (2 papers). David Foster Wallace is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Literature and Criticism (5 papers), Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (2 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (2 papers). David Foster Wallace collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. David Foster Wallace's co-authors include John J. Sullivan, Mark J. Costello and Bonnie L. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Academic Medicine and Public Opinion Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

David Foster Wallace

18 papers receiving 342 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Foster Wallace United States 11 260 91 85 32 31 25 478
Jeffrey T. Nealon United States 8 104 0.4× 88 1.0× 73 0.9× 21 0.7× 18 0.6× 33 305
Jewel Spears Brooker United States 7 142 0.5× 125 1.4× 64 0.8× 15 0.5× 75 2.4× 25 464
Jean‐Jacques Lecercle France 10 129 0.5× 119 1.3× 113 1.3× 17 0.5× 18 0.6× 50 447
Betty R. McGraw United States 4 141 0.5× 140 1.5× 66 0.8× 50 1.6× 21 0.7× 8 461
Patricia Waugh United Kingdom 10 453 1.7× 151 1.7× 87 1.0× 82 2.6× 14 0.5× 18 670
Saul Bellow 10 203 0.8× 179 2.0× 84 1.0× 24 0.8× 32 1.0× 41 442
David Farrell Krell United States 10 73 0.3× 131 1.4× 162 1.9× 32 1.0× 23 0.7× 67 448
Susan Rubín Suleiman United States 14 207 0.8× 197 2.2× 98 1.2× 54 1.7× 95 3.1× 75 648
Steven Mailloux United States 12 194 0.7× 89 1.0× 195 2.3× 13 0.4× 20 0.6× 58 468
Camille Paglia United States 7 81 0.3× 136 1.5× 51 0.6× 19 0.6× 22 0.7× 27 421

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Foster Wallace

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Foster Wallace

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wallace, David Foster, et al.. (2025). Racial Identity, Local Majority Status, and Stereotype Threat: Risk-Taking Behavior Among Black Students at an HBCU. Race and Social Problems. 17(4). 419–425.
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Wallace, David Foster. (2012). The pale king : an unfinished novel. Penguin eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2012). Both Flesh and Not: Essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2011). Infinite Jest. Academic Medicine. 86(8). 982–982. 3 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2009). This is water : some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion, about living a compassionate life. Little, Brown eBooks. 73 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2009). This Is Water. 12 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster, et al.. (2007). Hablemos de langostas. Quimera: Revista de literatura. 12–17.
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Wallace, David Foster. (2007). Consider the lobster and other essays. Little, Brown eBooks. 53 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2004). Borges on the Couch. ˜The œNew York times book review. 10–12. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (2003). Everything and More. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1999). Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 46 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1996). Infinite Jest: A Novel. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1994). It Was a Great Marvel That He Was in the Father without Knowing Him (I): April: Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad. The Iowa Review. 24(3). 114–119. 2 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1994). It Was a Great Marvel That He Was in the Father without Knowing Him (II): Winter, 1962: Tucson AZ. The Iowa Review. 24(2). 229–243. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1993). E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction. 13(2). 151. 100 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1993). Tri-Stan: I Sold Sissee Nar to Ecko. Grand Street. 64–64.
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Wallace, David Foster. (1992). Three Protrusions. Grand Street. 102–102.
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Wallace, David Foster & Mark J. Costello. (1990). Signifying Rappers. ˜The œMissouri review. 13(2). 7–26. 2 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1987). The Broom of the System. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations
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Wallace, David Foster. (1954). A Case For - and Against - Mail Questionnaires. Public Opinion Quarterly. 18(1). 40–40. 52 indexed citations

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