John Povey

1.1k total citations
67 papers, 576 citations indexed

About

John Povey is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, John Povey has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 576 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 12 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in John Povey's work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (15 papers), African history and culture studies (7 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Povey is often cited by papers focused on Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (15 papers), African history and culture studies (7 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Povey collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Povey's co-authors include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Albert Gérard, Robert Plant Armstrong, Chinua Achebe, Wolé Soyinka, Robert Brain, Anthony Graham‐White, Charles R. Larson, Ken Saro‐Wiwa and Eckehart J. Jäger and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and Leonardo.

In The Last Decade

John Povey

45 papers receiving 329 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 Povey United States 13 198 179 156 85 51 67 576
Stith Thompson United States 11 315 1.6× 154 0.9× 120 0.8× 62 0.7× 13 0.3× 32 686
John Michael Vlach United States 13 63 0.3× 238 1.3× 161 1.0× 15 0.2× 17 0.3× 48 639
Joan Leopold United States 7 37 0.2× 166 0.9× 152 1.0× 52 0.6× 27 0.5× 16 511
Frances Karttunen United States 11 55 0.3× 120 0.7× 71 0.5× 64 0.8× 38 0.7× 32 582
Deborah A. Kapchan United States 12 55 0.3× 179 1.0× 191 1.2× 50 0.6× 26 0.5× 38 549
Johann Gottfried Herder 13 82 0.4× 73 0.4× 207 1.3× 63 0.7× 38 0.7× 70 720
Marcia L. Colish United States 13 66 0.3× 104 0.6× 149 1.0× 55 0.6× 11 0.2× 55 697
Dan Ben‐Amos United States 10 216 1.1× 104 0.6× 171 1.1× 79 0.9× 42 0.8× 64 602
Paul Friedrich United States 14 74 0.4× 77 0.4× 102 0.7× 247 2.9× 112 2.2× 49 574
Joel T. Rosenthal United States 15 41 0.2× 57 0.3× 137 0.9× 55 0.6× 19 0.4× 78 722

Countries citing papers authored by John Povey

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Povey

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Povey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Povey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Povey 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 Povey. John Povey 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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Povey, John. (1989). Expressions of Belief: Masterpieces of African, Oceanic and Indonesian Art. African Arts. 22(3). 81–81.
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Povey, John & Peter Benson. (1987). Black Orpheus, Transition, and Modern Cultural Awakening in Africa. African Arts. 20(3). 87–87. 1 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1987). Primitivism in Modern Art. African Arts. 20(3). 14–14. 1 indexed citations
4.
Povey, John, et al.. (1985). Frank Hurley in Papua: Photographs of the 1920-1923 Expeditions. African Arts. 19(1). 83–83. 10 indexed citations
5.
Povey, John. (1984). Literature for discussion : a reader for advanced students of English as a second language. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1984). The Traditional Pottery of Papua New Guinea. African Arts. 18(1). 87–87. 33 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1984). Art and Artists of Oceania. African Arts. 18(1). 89–89. 16 indexed citations
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Leki, Ilona, et al.. (1984). Outsiders: American Short Stories for Students of ESL. TESOL Quarterly. 18(4). 729–729.
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Povey, John. (1982). The People and Art of the Philippines. African Arts. 15(2). 73–73. 5 indexed citations
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Povey, John & Albert Gérard. (1982). African Language Literatures: An Introduction to the Literary History of Sub-Saharan Africa. World Literature Today. 56(4). 736–736. 38 indexed citations
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Povey, John & Charles R. Larson. (1976). The Emergence of African Fiction. ASA Review of Books. 2. 62–62. 10 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1975). The Black Mind: A History of African Literature. African Arts. 8(3). 81–81. 5 indexed citations
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Povey, John. (1975). Nigerian Traditional Sculpture. African Arts. 8(2). 74–74. 1 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1973). Indian Art in North America. African Arts. 6(3). 80–80. 1 indexed citations
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Povey, John & Robert Plant Armstrong. (1971). The Affecting Presence: An Essay in Humanistic Anthropology. African Arts. 4(3). 63–63. 42 indexed citations
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Povey, John. (1969). Creative Writing in BIA Schools. TESOL Quarterly. 3(4). 305–305. 1 indexed citations
17.
Povey, John. (1969). Wole Soyinka: Two Nigerian Comedies. Comparative drama. 3(2). 120–132. 2 indexed citations
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Povey, John. (1967). African Literature in English. Books Abroad. 41(4). 417–417. 1 indexed citations
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Povey, John. (1966). Dakar an African rendez-vous. Africa Today. 13(5). 4–6. 5 indexed citations
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Povey, John, et al.. (1965). Commonwealth Literature. Transition. 50–50. 8 indexed citations

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