Doris May Lessing

1.3k total citations
74 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Doris May Lessing is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Doris May Lessing has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Doris May Lessing's work include Contemporary Literature and Criticism (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers) and Short Stories in Global Literature (2 papers). Doris May Lessing is often cited by papers focused on Contemporary Literature and Criticism (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers) and Short Stories in Global Literature (2 papers). Doris May Lessing collaborates with scholars based in . Doris May Lessing's co-authors include Gail M. Gerhart, W. M. Hagen, Fred Halliday, Hermann Hesse, Ben Okri, M. F. Thorpe, Susan Sontag, Gayle Greene, Milán Kundera and Ellen Cronan Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education and World Literature Today.

In The Last Decade

Doris May Lessing

57 papers receiving 298 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Doris May Lessing 12 206 149 67 48 42 74 530
B. McH. 10 307 1.5× 151 1.0× 59 0.9× 52 1.1× 26 0.6× 33 621
Joseph Roach United States 11 180 0.9× 128 0.9× 64 1.0× 73 1.5× 38 0.9× 43 620
Catherine Belsey United Kingdom 10 274 1.3× 168 1.1× 61 0.9× 47 1.0× 52 1.2× 64 621
Geoffrey Galt Harpham United States 12 182 0.9× 129 0.9× 106 1.6× 39 0.8× 20 0.5× 51 522
Peter Nazareth United States 12 229 1.1× 247 1.7× 51 0.8× 91 1.9× 28 0.7× 112 585
Christine Holmlund United States 5 144 0.7× 128 0.9× 54 0.8× 30 0.6× 95 2.3× 11 428
Lee Haring United States 8 133 0.6× 157 1.1× 30 0.4× 85 1.8× 40 1.0× 58 480
Betty R. McGraw United States 4 141 0.7× 140 0.9× 66 1.0× 23 0.5× 61 1.5× 8 461
Colin MacCabe United States 10 152 0.7× 113 0.8× 53 0.8× 26 0.5× 24 0.6× 64 439
Bernard F. Dick United States 14 167 0.8× 169 1.1× 57 0.9× 65 1.4× 16 0.4× 77 569

Countries citing papers authored by Doris May Lessing

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Fields of papers citing papers by Doris May Lessing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Doris May Lessing

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Borges, Jorge Luís, et al.. (2016). WOR(L)DS WITHIN WORDS: DORIS LESSING AS META-FICTIONIST AND META-PHYSICIAN.
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Lessing, Doris May, et al.. (2014). Writing for Balance: A Conversation with Doris Lessing. USF Scholarship Repository (University of San Francisco). 40(1). 13.
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Lessing, Doris May. (2013). Las voces de las mujeres. 226–231. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (2005). The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 11 indexed citations
5.
Lessing, Doris May. (1996). Play with a tiger and other plays. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1995). Under my skin : volume one of my autobiography, to 1949. 38 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May, et al.. (1993). Dry Season. Transition. 148–148. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1992). Canopus in Argos: Archives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Greene, Gayle & Doris May Lessing. (1987). Doris Lessing's "Landlocked": "A New Kind of Knowledge". Contemporary Literature. 28(1). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May, et al.. (1985). Learning how to learn : psychology and spirituality in the Sufi way. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1985). The Good Terrorist. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 20 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1983). To Room Nineteen. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1975). A small personal voice : essays, reviews, interviews. 10 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1973). The Summer Before the Dark. Americanae (AECID Library). 20 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1972). The temptation of Jack Orkney and other stories. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1969). Five : short novels. 1 indexed citations
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Oates, Joyce Carol, et al.. (1969). Fiction Chronicle. The Hudson Review. 22(3). 531–531. 1 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May. (1962). Play with a tiger : a play in three acts.
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Lessing, Doris May. (1958). A Ripple from the Storm. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Lessing, Doris May, et al.. (1952). This Was the Old Chief's Country. Books Abroad. 26(2). 195–195. 5 indexed citations

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