Desmond Bell

507 total citations
30 papers, 238 citations indexed

About

Desmond Bell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond Bell has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 238 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 5 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Desmond Bell's work include Irish and British Studies (6 papers), Artistic and Creative Research (6 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 papers). Desmond Bell is often cited by papers focused on Irish and British Studies (6 papers), Artistic and Creative Research (6 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (5 papers). Desmond Bell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Bangladesh. Desmond Bell's co-authors include David McNeill and Fearghal McGarry and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Communication and West European Politics.

In The Last Decade

Desmond Bell

28 papers receiving 180 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desmond Bell United Kingdom 9 151 32 32 30 27 30 238
Terry Straus 3 112 0.7× 26 0.8× 20 0.6× 15 0.5× 22 0.8× 6 279
Loren Kruger United States 9 197 1.3× 18 0.6× 20 0.6× 95 3.2× 8 0.3× 67 358
Samuel R. Delany 7 136 0.9× 25 0.8× 29 0.9× 31 1.0× 15 0.6× 28 332
Vivian Schelling 2 90 0.6× 36 1.1× 11 0.3× 17 0.6× 9 0.3× 3 227
Nicole R. Fleetwood United States 10 126 0.8× 14 0.4× 13 0.4× 34 1.1× 11 0.4× 14 247
Malcolm Bradbury United Kingdom 10 146 1.0× 35 1.1× 7 0.2× 12 0.4× 11 0.4× 57 367
Declan Kiberd Ireland 8 308 2.0× 26 0.8× 12 0.4× 51 1.7× 5 0.2× 35 426
Peter Hallward United Kingdom 10 173 1.1× 58 1.8× 15 0.5× 18 0.6× 5 0.2× 56 378
Stephen Regan United Kingdom 6 81 0.5× 19 0.6× 11 0.3× 17 0.6× 4 0.1× 22 184
Leo Löwenthal Switzerland 8 162 1.1× 40 1.3× 16 0.5× 17 0.6× 4 0.1× 42 321

Countries citing papers authored by Desmond Bell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desmond Bell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond Bell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Desmond. (2022). Challenging practice: research in the creative arts and media. 23(2). 100–104.
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Bell, Desmond. (2019). Research in the Creative and Media Arts. 4 indexed citations
3.
Bell, Desmond. (2008). Is there a doctor in the house? A riposte to Victor Burgin on practice-based arts and audiovisual research. Journal of Media Practice. 9(2). 171–177. 7 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (2006). Creative film and media practice as research: In pursuit of that obscure object of knowledge. Journal of Media Practice. 7(2). 85–100. 16 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (2004). Found Footage Filmmaking and Popular Memory. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond & David McNeill. (1999). Multimedia and the crisis economy in Japan. Media Culture & Society. 21(6). 759–785. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1995). Communications, Corporatism, and Dependent Development in Ireland. Journal of Communication. 45(4). 70–88. 10 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1994). Political theory and postmodernism. History of European Ideas. 18(3). 426–427. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1993). Culture and politics in Ireland: Postmodern revisions. History of European Ideas. 16(1-3). 141–146. 3 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1993). Elaine Reichek, Irish Museum of Modern Art, April - June 1993. Circa. 58–58. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1992). Logics of disintegration: Poststructuralist thought and the claims of critical theory. History of European Ideas. 14(3). 433–434. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1992). Universal abandon? The politics of postmodernism. History of European Ideas. 14(3). 434–436. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1991). Cultural Studies in Ireland and the Postmodernist Debate. Irish Journal of Sociology. 1(1). 83–95. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1990). Acts of Union. 42 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond, et al.. (1989). Cable, satellite and the emergence of private TV in Ireland: from public service to managed monopoly. Media Culture & Society. 11(1). 89–114. 8 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond, et al.. (1988). Toward a Theory of the State and Telecommunications Policy. Journal of Communication. 38(1). 70–84. 10 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1987). Acts of Union: Youth Sub-Culture and Ethnic Identity amongst Protestants in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Sociology. 38(2). 158–158. 12 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1985). Proclaiming the republic: Broadcasting policy and the corporate state in ireland. West European Politics. 8(2). 27–49. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond. (1981). COMMUNITY STUDIES: THE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND ITS POPULARITY IN IRELAND. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 1(2). 22–36. 5 indexed citations
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Bell, Desmond, et al.. (1979). Justification, Need and Ideology in Adult Education- the British Context. Adult Education. 29(3). 194–200. 1 indexed citations

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