Fred Moten

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Fred Moten is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Moten has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Cultural Studies and 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Fred Moten's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (4 papers) and Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (4 papers). Fred Moten is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (4 papers), Race, History, and American Society (4 papers) and Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (4 papers). Fred Moten collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Fred Moten's co-authors include Stefano Harney, Candice M. Jenkins, Charles H Rowell, Gayle Salamon, Amy Villarejo, Miranda Joseph, Lisa Rofel, Roderick A. Ferguson, Kevin Floyd and Robert McRuer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, MLN and Social Text.

In The Last Decade

Fred Moten

36 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2013 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition
    2004 540 citations Fred Moten et al. profile →
  2. The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
    2013 468 citations Stefano Harney, Fred Moten Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fred Moten United States 14 825 433 277 251 204 50 1.7k
José Esteban Muñoz United States 14 1.1k 1.4× 602 1.4× 232 0.8× 223 0.9× 97 0.5× 44 2.4k
Ann Cvetkovich United States 13 1.0k 1.3× 424 1.0× 333 1.2× 106 0.4× 128 0.6× 33 2.2k
Hortense J. Spillers United States 9 1.0k 1.2× 510 1.2× 403 1.5× 145 0.6× 95 0.5× 41 1.9k
Aldon Lynn Nielsen United States 8 1.3k 1.5× 445 1.0× 436 1.6× 280 1.1× 131 0.6× 32 2.3k
Alexander G. Weheliye United States 8 715 0.9× 351 0.8× 160 0.6× 151 0.6× 91 0.4× 21 1.4k
Christina Sharpe Kenya 7 894 1.1× 341 0.8× 227 0.8× 81 0.3× 179 0.9× 14 1.6k
Shelley Fisher Fishkin United States 10 929 1.1× 296 0.7× 659 2.4× 109 0.4× 260 1.3× 45 1.9k
Toni Morrison United States 17 1.2k 1.5× 324 0.7× 751 2.7× 142 0.6× 409 2.0× 60 2.5k
Iain Chambers Italy 14 662 0.8× 157 0.4× 206 0.7× 212 0.8× 85 0.4× 70 1.3k
Janice Radway United States 13 846 1.0× 225 0.5× 617 2.2× 144 0.6× 118 0.6× 40 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Fred Moten

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fred Moten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Moten

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fred Moten. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fred Moten 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 Fred Moten. Fred Moten 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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Moten, Fred & Stefano Harney. (2020). Czarność i rządzenie.
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Moten, Fred. (2020). Of Human Flesh. boundary 2. 47(2). 227–262. 1 indexed citations
3.
Moten, Fred. (2020). A Resistência do Objeto: O Grito de Tia Hester. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 14–43. 2 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2018). Stolen Life. 31 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred, et al.. (2018). Sudden Rise at a Given Tune. South Atlantic Quarterly. 117(3). 649–652.
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Moten, Fred. (2017). Black and Blur. 44 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred, et al.. (2015). In Conversation with Fred Moten. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Harney, Stefano & Fred Moten. (2015). Michael Brown. boundary 2. 42(4). 81–87. 10 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2014). the gramsci monument. Social Text. 32(1). 117–118. 2 indexed citations
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Harney, Stefano & Fred Moten. (2013). The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moten, Fred, et al.. (2013). Theaster Gates: My Labor Is My Protest. 3 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2013). test. 39(1). 95–97. 1 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2013). The Subprime and the beautiful. African Identities. 11(2). 237–245. 25 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2012). from Block Chapel. Callaloo. 35(3). 567–577.
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Moten, Fred. (2010). B Jenkins. 1 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2007). Preface for a solo by Miles Davis. Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory. 17(2). 217–246. 14 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2004). bessie smith. Callaloo. 27(4). 967–968.
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Moten, Fred. (2003). Magic of Objects. Callaloo. 26(1). 109–111. 1 indexed citations
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Moten, Fred. (2002). The New International of Decent Feelings. Social Text. 20(3). 189–199. 4 indexed citations
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