Hal Foster

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Hal Foster is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Mechanics of Materials and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Hal Foster has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 2 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Hal Foster's work include Art, Politics, and Modernism (5 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (2 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (2 papers). Hal Foster is often cited by papers focused on Art, Politics, and Modernism (5 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (2 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (2 papers). Hal Foster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and France. Hal Foster's co-authors include T.E.C. Keith, W. David Menzie, Tim Dean, Yve-Alain Bois, Michel Feher, Leo Bersani, Kaja Silverman, Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh and has published in prestigious journals such as USGS professional paper, October and Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.

In The Last Decade

Hal Foster

13 papers receiving 268 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Return of the Real : The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century

1996 238 citations Hal Foster E-Artexte (Artexte) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hal Foster United Kingdom	8	184	136	84	66	50	16	530
Richard Shiff United States	6	132 0.7×	83 0.6×	73 0.9×	60 0.9×	17 0.3×	35	414
Vanessa R. Schwartz United States	9	89 0.5×	144 1.1×	97 1.2×	117 1.8×	25 0.5×	23	443
Charles Baudelaire Brazil	9	123 0.7×	159 1.2×	220 2.6×	76 1.2×	43 0.9×	113	626
Michael Ann Holly United States	13	190 1.0×	81 0.6×	55 0.7×	111 1.7×	21 0.4×	33	453
Brian Wallis	7	99 0.5×	90 0.7×	52 0.6×	48 0.7×	26 0.5×	21	352
Svetlana Alpers United States	11	183 1.0×	81 0.6×	58 0.7×	121 1.8×	26 0.5×	30	567
Joseph Roach United States	11	220 1.2×	128 0.9×	180 2.1×	58 0.9×	11 0.2×	43	620
Christopher Balme Germany	10	229 1.2×	167 1.2×	101 1.2×	21 0.3×	16 0.3×	60	491
Bill Brown United States	8	55 0.3×	124 0.9×	83 1.0×	54 0.8×	20 0.4×	21	447
Gabriel Rockhill United States	5	93 0.5×	164 1.2×	62 0.7×	19 0.3×	47 0.9×	22	419

Countries citing papers authored by Hal Foster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hal Foster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hal Foster

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

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

1.

Foster, Hal. (2023). Modernism in a Non-Melancholic Key. October. 197–204.

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Foster, Hal. (2020). Brutal Aesthetics. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

3.

Bois, Yve-Alain, et al.. (2016). On Forensic Architecture: A Conversation with Eyal Weizman. October. 156. 116–140. 15 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal. (2011). The Art-Architecture Complex. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

5.

Foster, Hal, et al.. (2003). A Conversation with Kenneth Frampton. October. 106. 35–58. 1 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal, et al.. (1998). Richard Serra : sculpture 1985-1998. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal, et al.. (1998). The MOMA Expansion: A Conversation with Terence Riley. October. 84. 3–3. 2 indexed citations

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Dean, Tim, Hal Foster, Kaja Silverman, & Leo Bersani. (1997). A Conversation with Leo Bersani. October. 82. 3–3. 14 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal. (1996). The Return of the Real : The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century. E-Artexte (Artexte). 238 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krauss, Rosalind, et al.. (1994). The Reception of the Sixties. October. 69. 3–3. 4 indexed citations

11.

Foster, Hal, et al.. (1990). Cuttings from a Rock Garden: Plant Portraits and Other Essays. 1 indexed citations

12.

Foster, Hal. (1988). Vision and visuality. 157 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal, T.E.C. Keith, & W. David Menzie. (1987). Geology of east-central Alaska. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 22 indexed citations

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Foster, Hal. (1985). The "Primitive" Unconscious of Modern Art. October. 34. 45–45. 48 indexed citations

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Keith, T.E.C., et al.. (1981). Geology of an alpine-type peridotite in the Mount Sorenson area, east-central Alaska. USGS professional paper. 10 indexed citations

16.

Foster, Hal, et al.. (1968). The American experience : poetry. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew).

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