Joseph Courtés

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 556 citations indexed

About

Joseph Courtés is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Courtés has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 556 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Philosophy, 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 3 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Joseph Courtés's work include Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (8 papers), Semiotics and Representation Studies (5 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers). Joseph Courtés is often cited by papers focused on Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (8 papers), Semiotics and Representation Studies (5 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers). Joseph Courtés collaborates with scholars based in . Joseph Courtés's co-authors include Algirdas Julien Greimas, A. J. Greimas, Larry S. Crist, Lee H. Dowling, Daniel Patte, Roland A. Champagne and Floyd Μerrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, New Literary History and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Courtés

10 papers receiving 396 citations

Hit Papers

Sémiotique : dictionnaire raisonné de la théorie du langage 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Sémiotique : dictionnaire raisonné de la théorie du langage
    1979 267 citations Algirdas Julien Greimas, Joseph Courtés Hachette eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Courtés 6 208 157 150 79 66 12 556
Christine van Boheemen Netherlands 5 197 0.9× 59 0.4× 147 1.0× 48 0.6× 61 0.9× 7 510
Dominique Maingueneau France 14 220 1.1× 423 2.7× 189 1.3× 254 3.2× 76 1.2× 60 803
Ruth Amossy Israel 17 243 1.2× 426 2.7× 220 1.5× 128 1.6× 101 1.5× 95 801
Stephen Melville United States 10 171 0.8× 120 0.8× 211 1.4× 14 0.2× 23 0.3× 31 760
Rick Altman United States 9 220 1.1× 44 0.3× 186 1.2× 70 0.9× 30 0.5× 34 655
Patrick Charaudeau France 15 195 0.9× 493 3.1× 290 1.9× 271 3.4× 94 1.4× 83 1.0k
Inge Crosman 6 242 1.2× 99 0.6× 182 1.2× 63 0.8× 67 1.0× 9 682
Harold F. Mosher 4 134 0.6× 46 0.3× 107 0.7× 45 0.6× 50 0.8× 8 381
Dudley Andrew United States 10 188 0.9× 78 0.5× 156 1.0× 55 0.7× 37 0.6× 38 603
Margaret Ferguson United States 12 182 0.9× 39 0.2× 97 0.6× 27 0.3× 19 0.3× 35 777

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Courtés

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Courtés

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Courtés, Joseph. (2007). La sémiotique du langage. Armand Colin eBooks. 1 indexed citations
2.
Courtés, Joseph. (1997). Análisis semiótico del discurso: del enunciado a la enunciación. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations
3.
Courtés, Joseph & Algirdas Julien Greimas. (1993). La sémiotique narrative et discursive : méthodologie et application. Hachette eBooks. 2 indexed citations
4.
Courtés, Joseph. (1991). Analyse sémiotique du discours : de l'énoncé à l'énonciation. Hachette eBooks. 16 indexed citations
5.
Courtés, Joseph. (1989). Sémantique de l'énoncé : applications pratiques. Hachette eBooks. 2 indexed citations
6.
Greimas, Algirdas Julien, et al.. (1989). The Cognitive Dimension of Narrative Discourse. New Literary History. 20(3). 563–563. 8 indexed citations
7.
Courtés, Joseph. (1986). Le conte populaire : poétique et mythologie. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Champagne, Roland A., Floyd Μerrell, A. J. Greimas, Joseph Courtés, & Larry S. Crist. (1984). Semiotic Foundations: Steps toward an Epistemology of Written Texts. Modern Language Journal. 68(3). 299–299. 2 indexed citations
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Dowling, Lee H., A. J. Greimas, Joseph Courtés, Larry S. Crist, & Daniel Patte. (1984). Semiotics and Language, an Analytical Dictionary. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 38(4). 253–253. 229 indexed citations
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Greimas, Algirdas Julien & Joseph Courtés. (1979). Sémiotique : dictionnaire raisonné de la théorie du langage. Hachette eBooks. 267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Courtés, Joseph & Algirdas Julien Greimas. (1976). Introduction à la sémiotique narrative et discursive : méthodologie et application. Hachette eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Courtés, Joseph. (1973). Lévi-Strauss et les contraintes de la pensée mythique : une lecture sémiotique des "Mythologiques". 3 indexed citations

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