Jon Michael Spencer

465 total citations
36 papers, 172 citations indexed

About

Jon Michael Spencer is a scholar working on Music, Sociology and Political Science and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Michael Spencer has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 172 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Music, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Jon Michael Spencer's work include Music History and Culture (14 papers), Race, History, and American Society (12 papers) and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (6 papers). Jon Michael Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Music History and Culture (14 papers), Race, History, and American Society (12 papers) and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (6 papers). Jon Michael Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jon Michael Spencer's co-authors include Stephen A. Marini, David Toop, Stephen D. Glazier, Lorenzo Thomas, Henry Louis Gates, Richard A. Long, Richard Powell, Dominique-René de Lerma, Ronald M. Radano and Brenda Dixon Gottschild and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of American History and The Journal of Southern History.

In The Last Decade

Jon Michael Spencer

19 papers receiving 85 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jon Michael Spencer United States 8 99 62 21 18 17 36 172
Tina K. Ramnarine United Kingdom 8 66 0.7× 85 1.4× 44 2.1× 17 0.9× 7 0.4× 15 167
Dominique-René de Lerma 7 106 1.1× 107 1.7× 37 1.8× 44 2.4× 7 0.4× 30 237
Marcus Moberg Finland 9 102 1.0× 47 0.8× 7 0.3× 12 0.7× 56 3.3× 29 174
Elaine Aston United Kingdom 7 88 0.9× 36 0.6× 17 0.8× 59 3.3× 25 1.5× 38 230
Philip Brett United States 7 47 0.5× 86 1.4× 19 0.9× 22 1.2× 7 0.4× 32 180
Derek Pardue Ukraine 7 79 0.8× 100 1.6× 45 2.1× 14 0.8× 9 0.5× 40 200
Lindon Barrett United States 8 106 1.1× 34 0.5× 40 1.9× 60 3.3× 27 1.6× 16 197
Roger Sabin United Kingdom 6 70 0.7× 71 1.1× 26 1.2× 56 3.1× 12 0.7× 19 228
Jocelyne Guilbault United States 8 87 0.9× 138 2.2× 68 3.2× 13 0.7× 14 0.8× 25 217
Ntozake Shange Jordan 4 68 0.7× 17 0.3× 31 1.5× 30 1.7× 7 0.4× 14 141

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jon Michael Spencer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spencer, Jon Michael, et al.. (2000). The New Negroes and Their Music: The Success of the Harlem Renaissance. American Music. 18(4). 433–433. 19 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael, et al.. (1999). The New Colored People: The Mixed-Race Movement in America. African American Review. 33(1). 151–151. 44 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1995). Sing a new song : liberating Black hymnody. Fortress Press eBooks.
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1994). The Emancipation of the Negro and the Negro Spirituals From the Racialist Legacy of Arthur de Gobineau. Canadian Review of American Studies. 24(1). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1994). If I Make My Bed in Hell. 8(2). 94–98.
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1994). Overview of American Popular Music in a Theological Perspective. 8(1). 205–217.
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1993). Blues and evil. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1993). Trends of Opposition to Multiculturalism. The Black Scholar. 23(2). 2–5. 8 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1992). Sacred music of the secular city : from blues to rap. 6 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael, et al.. (1992). Protest and Praise: Sacred Music of Black Religion. Notes. 49(2). 616–616. 25 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1992). Rapsody in Black: Utopian Aspirations. Theology Today. 48(4). 444–451. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1992). An Introduction to William Grant Still. 6(2). 1–77. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1991). The emergency of Black and the emergence of rap. 10 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1991). Book Review: Voodoo and Politics in Haiti. Journal of Black Studies. 22(1). 144–146.
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1990). The Hymnody of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. American Music. 8(3). 274–274. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael, et al.. (1989). Sacred Symphony: The Chanted Sermon of the Black Preacher. American Music. 7(1). 105–105. 8 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1989). The Hymnal of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. 3(1). 53–67. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1988). A Theology for the Blues. 2(1). 1–20. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1987). Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement. 1(2). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Jon Michael. (1982). R. Nathaniel Dett's Views on the Preservation of Black Music. The Black Perspective in Music. 10(2). 132–132. 1 indexed citations

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