John Updike

657 total citations
82 papers, 275 citations indexed

About

John Updike is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Music and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John Updike has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 275 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 3 papers in Music and 2 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John Updike's work include American Jewish Fiction Analysis (11 papers), Contemporary Literature and Criticism (11 papers) and Poetry Analysis and Criticism (9 papers). John Updike is often cited by papers focused on American Jewish Fiction Analysis (11 papers), Contemporary Literature and Criticism (11 papers) and Poetry Analysis and Criticism (9 papers). John Updike collaborates with scholars based in . John Updike's co-authors include Robert Kimball, Rita D. Jacobs, Susan Isaacs, John Irving, Ronald Curran, William F. Buckley, Irving Leonard Markovitz, Anthony Burgess, Susan Sontag and John Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific American, American Journal of Dermatopathology and Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines.

In The Last Decade

John Updike

55 papers receiving 158 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 Updike 10 135 42 20 19 19 82 275
Lilian R. Fürst United States 9 119 0.9× 50 1.2× 31 1.6× 13 0.7× 10 0.5× 58 269
Doris Earnshaw United States 9 139 1.0× 43 1.0× 18 0.9× 29 1.5× 11 0.6× 41 282
Steven Swann Jones United States 6 178 1.3× 58 1.4× 24 1.2× 7 0.4× 13 0.7× 21 285
Louis A. Renza United Kingdom 6 129 1.0× 69 1.6× 30 1.5× 9 0.5× 10 0.5× 16 241
Frederick Burwick United States 9 82 0.6× 40 1.0× 40 2.0× 18 0.9× 12 0.6× 67 232
Frank O’Hara 6 99 0.7× 53 1.3× 22 1.1× 24 1.3× 12 0.6× 15 246
Harriet Zinnes 6 76 0.6× 33 0.8× 24 1.2× 22 1.2× 16 0.8× 21 188
Laurence Lerner United Kingdom 8 143 1.1× 70 1.7× 32 1.6× 7 0.4× 16 0.8× 55 305
William Empson United Kingdom 9 123 0.9× 47 1.1× 49 2.5× 12 0.6× 27 1.4× 36 267
Pamela L. Caughie United States 9 115 0.9× 49 1.2× 26 1.3× 7 0.4× 10 0.5× 37 224

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Updike

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Updike

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Updike. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Updike 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 Updike. John Updike 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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Updike, John, et al.. (2016). The Cultural Situation of the American Writer.
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Updike, John. (2014). In the Cemetery High Above Shillington. USF Scholarship Repository (University of San Francisco). 40(1). 6.
3.
Updike, John, et al.. (2013). Collected early stories.
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Updike, John. (2012). Gertrude and Claudius : a novel.
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Updike, John. (2009). The Maples stories.
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Updike, John. (2009). Marte, regreso al planeta rojo. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 24(1). 2–19. 3 indexed citations
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Updike, John. (2006). Love of Fact. New York review of books/˜The œNew York review of books. 8–9.
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Updike, John. (2002). Seek My Face. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Updike, John. (2000). Gertrude and Claudius. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
10.
Sontag, Susan, et al.. (2000). Maximalist Fiction. The Hudson Review. 53(3). 513–513.
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Updike, John. (1999). On literary biography. 1 indexed citations
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Updike, John. (1996). In the Beauty of the Lilies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
13.
Updike, John. (1993). Even the Bible is soft on sex. ˜The œNew York times book review. 3–4. 1 indexed citations
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Updike, John. (1991). Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Updike, John, et al.. (1986). Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, seventh series. 3 indexed citations
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Buckley, William F., et al.. (1986). Freedom to read. Society. 23(6). 72–75. 6 indexed citations
17.
Updike, John. (1979). Too Far to Go. 2 indexed citations
18.
Updike, John. (1976). A month of Sundays. Penguin eBooks. 11 indexed citations
19.
Updike, John. (1964). Olinger stories : a selection. Random House eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Updike, John. (1959). The Poorhouse Fair. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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