Jeff Opland

649 total citations
30 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Jeff Opland is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Opland has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Jeff Opland's work include South African History and Culture (16 papers), African history and culture studies (11 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (10 papers). Jeff Opland is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (16 papers), African history and culture studies (11 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (10 papers). Jeff Opland collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Mexico and United Kingdom. Jeff Opland's co-authors include Lee Haring, Tanure Ojaide, Stanley B. Greenfield, Roger D. Abrahams, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Kwesi Yankah, Liz Gunner, Avrim R. Eden, John Johnson and Graham Furniss and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Poetics Today.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Opland

25 papers receiving 205 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeff Opland South Africa 9 153 102 100 85 65 30 348
Bruce A. Rosenberg United States 9 49 0.3× 64 0.6× 24 0.2× 20 0.2× 32 0.5× 36 219
Robert E. Morsberger United States 11 98 0.6× 222 2.2× 100 1.0× 23 0.3× 39 0.6× 47 406
Eleanor Dickey United Kingdom 12 110 0.7× 58 0.6× 196 2.0× 51 0.6× 217 3.3× 58 495
Margaret Alexiou United Kingdom 8 101 0.7× 50 0.5× 194 1.9× 5 0.1× 31 0.5× 19 363
Eileen Julien United States 7 83 0.5× 144 1.4× 96 1.0× 23 0.3× 28 0.4× 26 276
Paul Jay United States 9 108 0.7× 150 1.5× 33 0.3× 14 0.2× 25 0.4× 27 293
Derek Pearsall United States 16 59 0.4× 149 1.5× 25 0.3× 14 0.2× 130 2.0× 81 656
Sarah Kay United States 12 52 0.3× 109 1.1× 33 0.3× 11 0.1× 127 2.0× 68 453
Steven G. Kellman United States 8 64 0.4× 113 1.1× 17 0.2× 84 1.0× 121 1.9× 50 281
Wilbur Samuel Howell United States 10 51 0.3× 98 1.0× 50 0.5× 7 0.1× 47 0.7× 24 433

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jeff Opland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeff Opland

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jeff Opland. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jeff Opland 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 Jeff Opland. Jeff Opland 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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Opland, Jeff, et al.. (2010). The Xhosaimbongias trickster. Journal of African Cultural Studies. 22(2). 157–167. 5 indexed citations
2.
Opland, Jeff. (2007). The First Novel in Xhosa. Research in African Literatures. 38(4). 87–110. 6 indexed citations
3.
Opland, Jeff. (2004). Nineteenth-Century Xhosa Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(30). 22–46. 6 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (2003). Fighting with the pen: the appropriation of the press by early Xhosa writers. 9–40. 4 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (2002). The Early Career of D. L. P. Yali-Manisi, Thembu Imbongi. Research in African Literatures. 33(1). 1–26. 2 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1996). Structural Patterns in the Performance of a Xhosa Izibongo. Comparative Literature. 48(2). 94–94. 4 indexed citations
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Furniss, Graham, Isabel Hofmeyr, John Johnson, et al.. (1995). Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 64 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1993). Scop and Imbongi IV: Reading Prose Poems. Comparative Literature. 45(2). 97–97. 1 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1992). Words that circle words : a choice of South African oral poetry. 15 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff, et al.. (1986). Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition. Comparative Literature. 38(4). 395–395. 6 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff, et al.. (1985). Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition. Journal of American Folklore. 98(390). 486–486. 23 indexed citations
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Abrahams, Roger D. & Jeff Opland. (1985). Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition. Poetics Today. 6(3). 553–553. 13 indexed citations
13.
Opland, Jeff, et al.. (1985). SOTHO “DITHOKO TSA MARENA”. South African Journal of African Languages. 5(sup1). 159–165. 1 indexed citations
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Eden, Avrim R. & Jeff Opland. (1982). Bartolommeo Eustachio'sDe Auditus Organisand the Unique Murder Plot in Shakespeare'sHamlet. New England Journal of Medicine. 307(4). 259–261. 8 indexed citations
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Greenfield, Stanley B. & Jeff Opland. (1982). Anglo-Saxon Oral Poetry: A Study of the Traditions. Comparative Literature. 34(1). 67–67. 24 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1981). Essay review: Shona oral poetry. Zambezia The Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe. 9(1). 59–65. 1 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1980). Southeastern bantu eulogy and early Indo-European poetry. Research in African Literatures. 11(3). 295–307. 4 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff, et al.. (1977). Two unpublished poems by S.E.K. Mqhayi. Research in African Literatures. 8(1). 27–53. 2 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1976). Beowulf on the Poet. Mediaeval Studies. 38. 442–467. 7 indexed citations
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Opland, Jeff. (1975). Imbongi Nezibongo; The Xhosa Tribal Poet and the Contemporary Poetic Tradition. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 90(2). 185–208. 18 indexed citations

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