Francis Christensen

405 total citations
26 papers, 248 citations indexed

About

Francis Christensen is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Christensen has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 248 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 1 paper in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 1 paper in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Francis Christensen's work include Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper), Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (1 paper) and American Literature and Culture (1 paper). Francis Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Themes in Literature Analysis (1 paper), Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis (1 paper) and American Literature and Culture (1 paper). Francis Christensen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Francis Christensen's co-authors include Joseph E. Schwartz, Robert A. Hall, Alton Becker, Josephine Miles, Walker Gibson, Thomas Elliott Berry, Jacques Barzun and W. Oliver Strunk and has published in prestigious journals such as College Composition and Communication, College English and American Speech.

In The Last Decade

Francis Christensen

20 papers receiving 159 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francis Christensen United States 9 96 90 78 73 39 26 248
Roy C. O’Donnell United States 6 55 0.6× 123 1.4× 110 1.4× 158 2.2× 41 1.1× 16 279
Roger Flavell 6 62 0.6× 175 1.9× 81 1.0× 75 1.0× 29 0.7× 7 276
Carlos Alfredo Yorio United States 6 89 0.9× 166 1.8× 29 0.4× 124 1.7× 29 0.7× 10 222
Virginia French Allen United States 6 69 0.7× 193 2.1× 75 1.0× 197 2.7× 32 0.8× 18 319
J. L. M. Trim United Kingdom 7 95 1.0× 136 1.5× 76 1.0× 56 0.8× 41 1.1× 19 276
Jean‐Pierre Berwald United States 6 124 1.3× 203 2.3× 61 0.8× 102 1.4× 12 0.3× 14 276
Richard Lloyd-Jones 6 142 1.5× 120 1.3× 163 2.1× 89 1.2× 7 0.2× 19 315
Mary Finocchiaro United States 8 151 1.6× 240 2.7× 131 1.7× 127 1.7× 21 0.5× 18 401
Peter H. Fries United States 7 81 0.8× 86 1.0× 18 0.2× 42 0.6× 24 0.6× 16 168
Mario Rinvolucri United Kingdom 8 106 1.1× 176 2.0× 61 0.8× 84 1.2× 24 0.6× 29 257

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Christensen, Francis, et al.. (1979). The Christensen method: Text and workbook. 2 indexed citations
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Barzun, Jacques, et al.. (1977). Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers. College Composition and Communication. 28(1). 62–62. 3 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis, et al.. (1976). A new rhetoric. 8 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1973). The Course in Advanced Composition for Teachers. College Composition and Communication. 24(2). 163–170.
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Christensen, Francis, et al.. (1970). The Christensen Rhetoric Program. The English Journal. 59(2). 316–316. 5 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1968). The Problem of Defining a Mature Style. The English Journal. 57(4). 572–579.
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Christensen, Francis. (1967). Response to Leo Rockas, "Further Comments on the Paragraph". College Composition and Communication. 18(3). 186–186. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1967). Notes Toward a New Rhetoric: Nine Essays for Teachers.. 19 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis, et al.. (1966). Symposium on the Paragraph. College Composition and Communication. 17(2). 60–60. 9 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis, et al.. (1966). Symposium on the Paragraph. College Composition and Communication. 17(2). 60–87.
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Christensen, Francis. (1965). A Generative Rhetoric of the Paragraph. College Composition and Communication. 16(3). 144–144. 41 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1965). A Generative Rhetoric of the Paragraph. College Composition and Communication. 16(3). 144–156. 2 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1965). Intellectual Love: The Second Theme of The Prelude. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 80(1). 69–75. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1963). Notes toward a New Rhetoric: I. Sentence Openers; II. A Lesson from Hemingway. College English. 25(1). 7–18. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1963). A Generative Rhetoric of the Sentence. College Composition and Communication. 14(3). 155–155. 35 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis & Thomas Elliott Berry. (1963). The Most Common Mistakes in English Usage. The English Journal. 52(5). 388–388. 1 indexed citations
17.
Christensen, Francis & Walker Gibson. (1960). Seeing and Writing: Fifteen Exercises in Composing Experience. College Composition and Communication. 11(2). 121–121. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1958). Number Concord with 'What'-Clauses Again. American Speech. 33(3). 226–226. 2 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1957). Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Modifiers Again. College English. 19(1). 27–27. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, Francis. (1955). Number Concord with 'What'-Clauses. American Speech. 30(1). 30–30. 2 indexed citations

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