G. Thomas Couser

1.8k total citations
50 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

G. Thomas Couser is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Thomas Couser has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in G. Thomas Couser's work include Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (8 papers), Disability Rights and Representation (5 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (5 papers). G. Thomas Couser is often cited by papers focused on Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (8 papers), Disability Rights and Representation (5 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (5 papers). G. Thomas Couser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. G. Thomas Couser's co-authors include Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Susan B. Smith, JT Walls, Karl S. Guthke, Marilyn Yalom and Philip Dodd and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Medical Teacher and Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

In The Last Decade

G. Thomas Couser

43 papers receiving 524 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Thomas Couser United States 14 220 199 163 112 98 50 749
Eli Clare 7 247 1.1× 46 0.2× 190 1.2× 29 0.3× 85 0.9× 10 608
Alison Kafer United States 8 222 1.0× 38 0.2× 210 1.3× 19 0.2× 68 0.7× 10 556
Lloyd deMause Japan 11 248 1.1× 43 0.2× 42 0.3× 19 0.2× 228 2.3× 37 705
James M. Glass United States 9 315 1.4× 39 0.2× 43 0.3× 55 0.5× 554 5.7× 39 1.0k
James M. Wilce United States 15 180 0.8× 110 0.6× 11 0.1× 64 0.6× 72 0.7× 40 739
William L. Randall Canada 18 325 1.5× 85 0.4× 11 0.1× 87 0.8× 198 2.0× 41 940
Harold P. Blum United States 19 119 0.5× 54 0.3× 40 0.2× 29 0.3× 829 8.5× 105 1.1k
Tanya Titchkosky Canada 14 392 1.8× 30 0.2× 544 3.3× 31 0.3× 99 1.0× 30 906
Ellen Samuels United States 7 146 0.7× 38 0.2× 136 0.8× 13 0.1× 37 0.4× 15 400
Sami Schalk United States 11 221 1.0× 45 0.2× 211 1.3× 9 0.1× 60 0.6× 24 575

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. Thomas Couser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Thomas Couser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2016). Disability, Depression, Diagnosis, and Harm: Reflections on Two Personal Scenarios. Journal of Medical Humanities. 40(2). 239–251. 1 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2012). A Personal Post(human)Script: Further Reading/Reading Further. Biography. 35(1). 190–197. 3 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2011). Introduction: Disability and Life Writing. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies. 5(3). 229–241. 12 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2011). The Case History and Deferred Pain. The AMA Journal of Ethic. 13(7). 503–506. 2 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2011). In My Father’s Closet: Reflections of a Critic Turned Life Writer. Literature Compass. 8(12). 890–899. 4 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2010). What Disability Studies Has to Offer Medical Education. Journal of Medical Humanities. 32(1). 21–30. 32 indexed citations
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Walls, JT & G. Thomas Couser. (2008). Practice, scholarship and research in health professional education. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2007). Twelve tips for developing training programs for international medical graduates. Medical Teacher. 29(5). 427–430. 14 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2005). DISABILITY AS DIVERSITY: A DIFFERENCE WITH A DIFFERENCE. Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural Studies. 95–113. 3 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2005). Paradigms' Cost: Representing Vulnerable Subjects. Literature and medicine. 24(1). 19–30. 4 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2005). Disability and (Auto)Ethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 34(2). 121–142. 18 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2004). Emergency medicine and environmental activism. Emergency Medicine. 16(5-6). 469–472.
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Couser, G. Thomas. (2001). Genome and Genre: DNA and Life Writing. Biography. 24(1). 185–196. 1 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (1998). Making, Taking, and Faking Lives: The Ethics of Collaborative Life Writing. Style. 32(2). 334. 11 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas, et al.. (1998). True relations : essays on autobiography and the postmodern. Greenwood Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (1998). Raising Adam: Ethnicity, Disability, and the Ethics of Life Writing in Michael Dorris's The Broken Cord. Biography. 21(4). 421–444. 2 indexed citations
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Yalom, Marilyn, et al.. (1992). Reviews. a/b Auto/Biography Studies. 7(1). 124–152.
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Couser, G. Thomas, et al.. (1980). American Autobiography: The Prophetic Mode. The New England Quarterly. 53(1). 115–115. 13 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas, et al.. (1980). American Autobiography: The Prophetic Mode.. American Literature. 52(2). 314–314. 1 indexed citations
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Couser, G. Thomas. (1978). The Shape of Death in American Autobiography. The Hudson Review. 31(1). 53–53. 3 indexed citations

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