John Onians

868 total citations
31 papers, 272 citations indexed

About

John Onians is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Cognitive Neuroscience and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Onians has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 272 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in John Onians's work include Art History and Market Analysis (7 papers), Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (6 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (5 papers). John Onians is often cited by papers focused on Art History and Market Analysis (7 papers), Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (6 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (5 papers). John Onians collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. John Onians's co-authors include Anthony Cutler, Desmond Collins, Fiona Macpherson, Adam Zeman, Matthew MacKisack, Crawford Winlove, Zeynep Çelík, Michael Camille, Christopher B. Steiner and Larry Silver and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Cortex.

In The Last Decade

John Onians

25 papers receiving 174 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Onians United Kingdom 8 77 64 59 59 54 31 272
Moshe Barasch United States 10 33 0.4× 14 0.2× 27 0.5× 50 0.8× 61 1.1× 36 243
Giorgio Vasari 9 19 0.2× 31 0.5× 28 0.5× 95 1.6× 117 2.2× 39 283
Darío Gamboni Switzerland 5 30 0.4× 51 0.8× 36 0.6× 49 0.8× 30 0.6× 29 224
P. N. Humble United Kingdom 4 34 0.4× 17 0.3× 26 0.4× 62 1.1× 30 0.6× 6 252
Meyer Schapiro United States 9 20 0.3× 19 0.3× 31 0.5× 80 1.4× 41 0.8× 48 293
Karsten Harries United States 11 22 0.3× 42 0.7× 17 0.3× 48 0.8× 27 0.5× 65 320
H. W. Janson United States 8 16 0.2× 23 0.4× 20 0.3× 86 1.5× 60 1.1× 30 267
Donald Preziosi United States 10 49 0.6× 61 1.0× 9 0.2× 60 1.0× 20 0.4× 30 287
Martin Thom United Kingdom 6 34 0.4× 10 0.2× 51 0.9× 17 0.3× 43 0.8× 16 282
Harry Berger United States 10 46 0.6× 4 0.1× 30 0.5× 64 1.1× 62 1.1× 63 329

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Onians

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Onians

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

All Works

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MacKisack, Matthew, et al.. (2016). On Picturing a Candle: The Prehistory of Imagery Science. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 515–515. 20 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2016). European Art: A Neuroarthistory. 4 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2011). The Role of Experiential Knowledge in the Ultimate Design Studio: The Brain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 11. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2011). World art: Ways Forward, and a way to escape the ‘autonomy of culture’ delusion. 1(1). 125–134. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2008). Neuroarthistory: From Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 29 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2004). Atlas of World Art. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (2003). A natural anthropology of art. International Journal of Anthropology. 18(4). 259–264. 2 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1999). Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome. Yale University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1996). World art studies and the need for a new natural history of art. The Art Bulletin. 78(2). 206–209. 4 indexed citations
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Camille, Michael, et al.. (1996). Rethinking the Canon. The Art Bulletin. 78(2). 198–217. 3 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1994). Sight & insight : essays on art and culture in honour of E.H. Gombrich at 85. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1992). Architecture, Metaphor and the Mind. Architectural History. 35. 192–192. 8 indexed citations
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Cutler, Anthony & John Onians. (1991). Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. The Classical World. 84(6). 513–513. 36 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1990). Bearers of Meaning. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1990). Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1988). Bearers of Meaning. 7 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1987). AN INVITATION TO ANSWER BACK. Art History. 10(3). 287–287. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John, et al.. (1984). Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age: The Greek World View, 350-50 BC. The Art Bulletin. 66(4). 690–690. 1 indexed citations
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Onians, John. (1982). BRUNELLESCHI: HUMANIST OR NATIONALIST?. Art History. 5(3). 259–272. 4 indexed citations

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