Jan Opsomer

669 total citations
44 papers, 77 citations indexed

About

Jan Opsomer is a scholar working on Philosophy, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Opsomer has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 77 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Philosophy, 15 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Jan Opsomer's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (20 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (15 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (11 papers). Jan Opsomer is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (20 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (15 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (11 papers). Jan Opsomer collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and Australia. Jan Opsomer's co-authors include Mauro Bonazzi, Carlos Steel, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Han Baltussen, Lloyd P. Gerson, David H. Bradshaw, Geert Roskam, Gerd Van Riel, Cristina D’Ancona and ca. Proclus and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Classical Quarterly and Phronesis.

In The Last Decade

Jan Opsomer

30 papers receiving 53 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Opsomer Belgium 4 56 44 42 11 7 44 77
Eric D. Perl Canada 5 65 1.2× 31 0.7× 20 0.5× 4 0.4× 8 1.1× 16 85
David Sedley United Kingdom 3 35 0.6× 20 0.5× 22 0.5× 4 0.4× 4 0.6× 5 54
Aldo Setaioli Italy 4 22 0.4× 29 0.7× 50 1.2× 4 0.4× 4 0.6× 38 61
Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus 4 15 0.3× 25 0.6× 52 1.2× 8 0.7× 5 0.7× 6 67
Marietta Horster Germany 6 15 0.3× 50 1.1× 51 1.2× 3 0.3× 9 1.3× 16 80
H van Wees 1 16 0.3× 26 0.6× 55 1.3× 11 1.0× 2 0.3× 3 67
Renaud Gagné United Kingdom 6 12 0.2× 34 0.8× 49 1.2× 8 0.7× 2 0.3× 21 65
Heinrich Dörrie United States 5 24 0.4× 22 0.5× 23 0.5× 4 0.4× 5 0.7× 20 57
Leo Catana Denmark 5 45 0.8× 13 0.3× 22 0.5× 3 0.3× 16 2.3× 23 78
Lewis Richard Farnell 3 11 0.2× 42 1.0× 59 1.4× 3 0.3× 6 0.9× 5 94

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Opsomer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Opsomer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Opsomer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Opsomer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Opsomer 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 Jan Opsomer. Jan Opsomer 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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Opsomer, Jan, et al.. (2018). Psychology and the Classics. 1 indexed citations
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Mansfeld, Jaap, William W. Fortenbaugh, Dorothea Frede, et al.. (2017). For a Skeptical Peripatetic: Festschrift in Honour of John Glucker.
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Opsomer, Jan. (2016). Das Sprechen und Schweigen des Demiurgen im Timaios-Kritias. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan, et al.. (2016). A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2015). A MUCH MISREAD PROPOSITION FROM PROCLUS'ELEMENTS OF THEOLOGY(PROP. 28). The Classical Quarterly. 65(1). 433–438. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan, et al.. (2014). Elements and elemental properties in Timaeus Locrus. Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. 157(2). 154–206. 2 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2012). Mathematical Explanation and the Philosophy of Nature in Late Ancient Philosophy : Astronomy and the Theory of the Elements. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Proclus, ca., et al.. (2012). Ten problems concerning providence. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2009). M. Annius Ammonius, a philosophical profile. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2007). The place of Plutarch in the history of Platonism. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2007). Plutarch on the One and the Dyad. 2 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2006). Éléments stoïciens dans le De E apud Delphos de Plutarque. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2003). La démiurgie des jeunes dieux selon Proclus. 71(1). 5–50. 3 indexed citations
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Proclus, ca., et al.. (2003). On the existence of evils. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2003). Aristote: De l'âme. 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2002). Is a planet happier than a star? Cosmopolitanism in Plutarch's On Exile. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan. (2001). Neoplatonist criticisms of Plutarch. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 187–200. 3 indexed citations
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Opsomer, Jan, et al.. (2000). Alexander of Aphrodisias, De Intellectu 110.4: ‘I Heard this from Aristotle’. A modest proposal. The Classical Quarterly. 50(1). 252–256. 6 indexed citations

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