Ken Dowden

633 total citations
26 papers, 153 citations indexed

About

Ken Dowden is a scholar working on Anthropology, Philosophy and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Dowden has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 153 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 6 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Ken Dowden's work include Classical Antiquity Studies (15 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 papers). Ken Dowden is often cited by papers focused on Classical Antiquity Studies (15 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 papers). Ken Dowden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Ken Dowden's co-authors include Bonnie MacLachlan and Donald Lateiner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Classical World, Phoenix and The Journal of Hellenic Studies.

In The Last Decade

Ken Dowden

23 papers receiving 96 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Dowden United Kingdom 7 101 77 29 20 20 26 153
Richard P. Martín United States 8 100 1.0× 66 0.9× 15 0.5× 21 1.1× 23 1.1× 17 158
Barbara K. Gold United States 8 100 1.0× 50 0.6× 30 1.0× 23 1.1× 30 1.5× 25 167
Michael A. Flower United States 9 112 1.1× 72 0.9× 23 0.8× 24 1.2× 23 1.1× 16 148
B. P. Reardon France 5 98 1.0× 49 0.6× 29 1.0× 19 0.9× 28 1.4× 12 152
Stephen Scully United States 8 110 1.1× 60 0.8× 27 0.9× 40 2.0× 21 1.1× 16 169
Deborah Levine Gera Israel 5 73 0.7× 53 0.7× 34 1.2× 26 1.3× 13 0.7× 10 140
A. M. Bowie United Kingdom 7 111 1.1× 52 0.7× 31 1.1× 14 0.7× 20 1.0× 12 132
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff 6 102 1.0× 52 0.7× 42 1.4× 20 1.0× 20 1.0× 24 169
Franco Montanari Italy 5 84 0.8× 54 0.7× 20 0.7× 15 0.8× 22 1.1× 31 120
Peter E. Knox United States 9 128 1.3× 66 0.9× 20 0.7× 15 0.8× 34 1.7× 32 162

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Dowden

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Dowden

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dowden, Ken. (2015). Reading Diktys: The Discrete Charm of Bogosity. 1012. 155–168. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2011). Van Gennep et l'initiation dans la mythologie grecque : mort prématurée d'un paradigme ?. 14(1). 171–179. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2009). A Tale of Two Texts: Apuleius' sermo Milesius and Plato's Symposium. 1006. 42–58.
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Dowden, Ken. (2009). L’affirmation de soi chez les romanciers. 42(1). 85–96. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2009). Novel Ways of Being Philosophical Or A Tale of Two Dogs and a Phoenix. 1010. 137–149. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2007). A Lengthy Sentence: Judging the Prolixity of the Novels. 8. 133–150. 2 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2005). Greek novel and the ritual of life: an exercise in taxonomy. 1004. 23–35. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2002). Approaching women through myth: Vital tool or self-delusion?. 64–77. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (2001). West on the East: Martin West's East Face of Helicon and its forerunners. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 121. 167–175. 4 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1997). The Amazons: Development and Functions. Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. 3 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1996). Homer's sense of text. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 47–61. 6 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1996). Homer's sense of text: Homeric ‘Text’, Cyclic ‘Text’. The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 116. 47–61. 11 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1992). The Uses of Greek Mythology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 31 indexed citations
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Lateiner, Donald & Ken Dowden. (1991). Death and the Maiden: Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology. The Classical World. 85(2). 140–140. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1990). Myth : Brauron & beyond. Dialogues d histoire ancienne. 16(2). 29–43. 1 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken, et al.. (1986). Misteri e culti mistici di Demetra. 12 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1980). Grades in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Revue de l histoire des religions. 197(4). 409–427. 9 indexed citations
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Dowden, Ken. (1980). Eleven Notes on the Text of Apuleius' Metamorphoses. The Classical Quarterly. 30(1). 218–226. 1 indexed citations

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