Donald Crafton

741 total citations
12 papers, 275 citations indexed

About

Donald Crafton is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Crafton has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 275 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Gender Studies and 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Donald Crafton's work include Cinema and Media Studies (6 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 papers) and Digital Games and Media (3 papers). Donald Crafton is often cited by papers focused on Cinema and Media Studies (6 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 papers) and Digital Games and Media (3 papers). Donald Crafton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Donald Crafton's co-authors include Thomas Elsaesser and David F. Channell and has published in prestigious journals such as Technology and Culture, SubStance and Cinema Journal.

In The Last Decade

Donald Crafton

10 papers receiving 141 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald Crafton United States 7 152 100 76 73 73 12 275
André Gaudreault Canada 9 101 0.7× 80 0.8× 11 0.1× 64 0.9× 92 1.3× 63 252
Erkki Huhtamo United States 8 77 0.5× 49 0.5× 12 0.2× 100 1.4× 34 0.5× 26 266
Dziga Vertov 3 69 0.5× 56 0.6× 6 0.1× 64 0.9× 30 0.4× 8 181
Irina O. Rajewsky Germany 2 25 0.2× 83 0.8× 9 0.1× 62 0.8× 88 1.2× 4 235
Richard Meran Barsam 4 62 0.4× 38 0.4× 7 0.1× 69 0.9× 26 0.4× 8 216
Jeremy G. Butler United States 8 52 0.3× 20 0.2× 56 0.7× 60 0.8× 50 0.7× 17 173
Lucas Hilderbrand United States 7 70 0.5× 20 0.2× 30 0.4× 64 0.9× 20 0.3× 24 177
Milly Buonanno Italy 6 24 0.2× 22 0.2× 40 0.5× 65 0.9× 19 0.3× 26 176
Thomas Lamarre Canada 9 52 0.3× 27 0.3× 44 0.6× 99 1.4× 28 0.4× 40 228
Travis Vogan United States 8 35 0.2× 8 0.1× 99 1.3× 118 1.6× 21 0.3× 31 219

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Crafton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Crafton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Crafton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald Crafton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald Crafton 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 Donald Crafton. Donald Crafton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Crafton, Donald, et al.. (2023). Aesthetics of Early Sound Film. Amsterdam University Press eBooks.
2.
Crafton, Donald, et al.. (2013). The Making and Re-making of Winsor McCay’s Gertie (1914). Animation. 8(1). 23–46. 1 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (2012). Shadow of a Mouse. 8 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (2012). Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations
5.
Crafton, Donald. (2011). The Veiled Genealogies of Animation and Cinema. Animation. 6(2). 93–110. 17 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (2004). "Collaborative Research, Doc?". Cinema Journal. 44(1). 138–142. 4 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (1993). Before Mickey. 31 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald, et al.. (1992). Early Cinema: Space-Frame-Narrative. SubStance. 21(2). 119–119. 110 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (1992). Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film. Princeton University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Crafton, Donald. (1986). Genre and Technology in 1909. Journal of Popular Film and Television. 13(4). 166–170. 1 indexed citations
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Channell, David F. & Donald Crafton. (1984). Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898-1928. Technology and Culture. 25(1). 123–123. 64 indexed citations
12.
Crafton, Donald. (1979). Animation iconography: The “hand of the artist”*. 4(4). 409–428. 4 indexed citations

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