Günther Kress

20.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
111 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Günther Kress is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Günther Kress has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 29 papers in Language and Linguistics and 16 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Günther Kress's work include Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (33 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (19 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (14 papers). Günther Kress is often cited by papers focused on Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (33 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (19 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (14 papers). Günther Kress collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. Günther Kress's co-authors include Theo van Leeuwen, Lester Faigley, Jeff Bezemer, Robert W. Hodge, William W. Gage, Carey Jewitt, Staffan Selander, Jon Ogborn, Μ. Α. Κ. Halliday and James M. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Forces and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Günther Kress

107 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Multimodal Discourse: The... 1980 2026 1995 2010 2001 2006 2002 2008 1980 500 1000 1.5k
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. Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication
    2001 2.0k citations Günther Kress et al. profile →
  2. Reading Images
    2006 1.8k citations Günther Kress profile →
  3. Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication
    2002 1.8k citations Günther Kress et al. profile →
  4. Writing in Multimodal Texts
    2008 435 citations Jeff Bezemer, Günther Kress profile →
  5. Language as Ideology
    1980 399 citations Günther Kress et al. profile →
  6. Reading Images
    2020 265 citations Günther Kress et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Günther Kress United Kingdom 34 5.2k 2.7k 2.3k 2.1k 1.5k 111 10.5k
Michael Holquist United States 17 4.5k 0.9× 2.9k 1.1× 4.2k 1.9× 3.5k 1.7× 1.1k 0.7× 55 14.0k
Gunther R. Kress United Kingdom 10 3.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 459 0.3× 13 5.3k
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Hong Kong 27 6.6k 1.3× 6.3k 2.4× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 2.8k 1.8× 100 12.9k
M. M. Bakhtin Colombia 22 3.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 3.7k 1.7× 3.1k 1.5× 1.0k 0.7× 39 12.5k
Bill Cope United States 37 4.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.7× 1.7k 0.8× 226 0.1× 181 9.0k
Μ. Α. Κ. Halliday Australia 34 7.4k 1.4× 8.4k 3.2× 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 4.0k 2.6× 90 17.0k
Caryl Emerson United States 18 3.0k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 2.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.1× 709 0.5× 79 9.3k
M.A.K. Halliday Australia 14 3.4k 0.7× 3.3k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 735 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 23 7.5k
Elinor Ochs United States 35 2.1k 0.4× 3.9k 1.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 65 8.5k
Jonathan Potter United Kingdom 44 2.3k 0.4× 4.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 4.6k 2.3× 1.9k 1.3× 117 13.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Günther Kress

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günther Kress

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bezemer, Jeff & Günther Kress. (2019). Semiotic work in the science classroom. Cultural Studies of Science Education. 15(1). 71–74. 12 indexed citations
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Bezemer, Jeff & Günther Kress. (2017). Continuity and change: semiotic relations across multimodal texts in surgical education. Text and Talk. 37(4). 509–530. 6 indexed citations
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Bezemer, Jeff & Günther Kress. (2015). Multimodality, Learning and Communication. 115 indexed citations
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Adami, Elisabetta & Günther Kress. (2014). Introduction: multimodality, meaning making, and the issue of “text”. Text and Talk. 34(3). 14 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2014). Reading, learning, and ‘texts’ in their interaction with the digital media. 3 indexed citations
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Bezemer, Jeff & Günther Kress. (2014). Touch: A resource for making meaning. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 37(2). 77–85. 38 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2013). Multimodal discourse analysis. 61–76. 20 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2012). Thinking about the notion of ‘cross-cultural’ from a social semiotic perspective. Language and Intercultural Communication. 12(4). 369–385. 11 indexed citations
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Cope, Bill, Mary Kalantzis, Günther Kress, & James R. Martin. (2011). Bibliographical Essay: Developing the Theory and Practice of Genre-based Literacy. 3 indexed citations
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Jewitt, Carey, Jeff Bezemer, & Günther Kress. (2009). Changing English? : the impact of technology and policy on a school subject in the 21st century. IOE EPrints. 8(3). 8–20. 17 indexed citations
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Bezemer, Jeff & Günther Kress. (2009). Visualizing English: a social semiotic history of a school subject. Visual Communication. 8(3). 247–262. 29 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2006). Reading Images. 1817 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kress, Günther. (2006). Review of Literacy in the New Media Age. Language learning & technology. 10(2). 25–28. 2 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther, Carey Jewitt, Jill Bourne, et al.. (2005). Urban Classrooms, Subject English: Multimodal Perspectives on Teaching and Learning. Routledge eBooks. 6(3). 215–6. 18 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2004). Reading images. Information Design Journal. 12(2). 110–119. 86 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2003). Learning to Write. 4 indexed citations
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Jewitt, Carey, et al.. (2001). Exploring Learning Through Visual, Actional and Linguistic Communication: the multimodal environment of a science classroom. Educational Review. 53(1). 5–18. 29 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther. (2000). “You've Just Got to Learn How to See”: Curriculum Subjects, Young People and Schooled Engagement with the World. Linguistics and Education. 11(4). 401–415. 32 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther, et al.. (1997). Consumer satisfaction with dental care: where have we been, where are we going?. PubMed. 64(1). 9–15. 21 indexed citations
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Kress, Günther, Ruqaiya Hasan, & James R. Martin. (1992). Interview with M.A.K. Halliday May 1986: Part two. Social Semiotics. 2(2). 58–69. 1 indexed citations

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