K. Wirtz

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

K. Wirtz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Wirtz has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Cultural Studies and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in K. Wirtz's work include Cuban History and Society (13 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Latin American and Latino Studies (8 papers). K. Wirtz is often cited by papers focused on Cuban History and Society (13 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Latin American and Latino Studies (8 papers). K. Wirtz collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. K. Wirtz's co-authors include Alfred Gierer, K. H. Beckurts, Hilary Parsons Dick, André Bénard, John J. McGrath and Solimar Otero and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Annals of Botany.

In The Last Decade

K. Wirtz

33 papers receiving 969 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molekulare Theorie der Mikroreibung

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Peers

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J.P. Burger France

Gary Simons United States

James E. Griffiths United States

I. D. Reid United Kingdom

Joseph J. Murray United States

Jean Besson France

Howard B. Palmer United States

Gerald Mathias Germany

Harald Conrad Germany

H. Vogt Germany

J.P. Burger France

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817 ×4.1

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550 ×2.8

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136 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by K. Wirtz

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Wirtz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Wirtz

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wirtz, K.. (2024). Scaling the value of multilingualism: ‘Common-sense’ narratives of growth and inequality in an expert report to the U.S. Congress. Discourse Studies. 27(2). 289–310. 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2018). Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería. Journal de la Société des Américanistes. 104(1). 149–177. 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2014). Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History. 21 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2014). Performing Afro-Cuba. 40 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2013). A “Brutology” of Bozal: Tracing a Discourse Genealogy from Nineteenth-Century Blackface Theater to Twenty-First-Century Spirit Possession in Cuba. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 55(4). 800–833. 4 indexed citations

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Dick, Hilary Parsons & K. Wirtz. (2011). Racializing Discourses. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 21(s1). 63 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2011). Cuban Performances of Blackness as the Timeless Past Still Among Us. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 21(s1). 13 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2009). Hazardous waste: the semiotics of ritual hygiene in Cuban popular religion. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 15(3). 476–501. 20 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2007). Divining the Past: The Linguistic Reconstruction of 'African' Roots in Diasporic Ritual Registers and Songs. Journal of Religion in Africa. 37(2). 242–274. 6 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2007). Making sense of unintelligible messages in divine communication. Text and Talk. 27(4). 435–462. 4 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2007). How diasporic religious communities remember: Learning to speak the “tongue of theoricha” in Cuban Santería. American Ethnologist. 34(1). 108–126. 6 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2005). “Where obscurity is a virtue”: The mystique of unintelligibility in Santería ritual. Language & Communication. 25(4). 351–375. 19 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2004). Santeria in Cuban National Consciousness: A Religious Case of the Doble Moral. Journal of Latin American Anthropology. 9(2). 409–438. 3 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2003). Speaking a sacred world: Discursive practices of skepticism and faith in Cuban Santería. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 5 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (2000). Simulating the Dynamics of Leaf Physiology and Morphology with an Extended Optimality Approach. Annals of Botany. 86(4). 753–764. 22 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K., et al.. (1998). Molecular Tagging Velocimetry Applied to Buoyancy-Driven Convective Phenomena During Solidification. 103–110. 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K., et al.. (1969). HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS COOLING FOR FAST BREEDERS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K., et al.. (1967). Gas cooling for fast breeders. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K.. (1954). Zur Theorie der Wanderungsvorgänge in Flüssigkeiten. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 58(2). 109–112. 1 indexed citations

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Wirtz, K., et al.. (1954). Zur Theorie der Sondenstörungen im Neutronenfeld. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 9(4). 286–291. 2 indexed citations

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