Kenneth Burke

16.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
78 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Burke is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Burke has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Philosophy, 8 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Burke's work include Rhetoric and Communication Studies (10 papers), Contact Dermatitis and Allergies (2 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 papers). Kenneth Burke is often cited by papers focused on Rhetoric and Communication Studies (10 papers), Contact Dermatitis and Allergies (2 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 papers). Kenneth Burke collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Kenneth Burke's co-authors include Hugh Dalziel Duncan, Dell Hymes, Surjit Singh, Joseph R. Gusfield, Herbert W. Simons, James P. Zappen, William Rueckert, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Againdra K. Bewtra and Timothy Burke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Burke

64 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Grammar of Motives 1951 2026 1976 2001 1969 1966 1969 1966 1973 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. A Grammar of Motives
    1969 1.9k citations Kenneth Burke profile →
  2. Language as Symbolic Action
    1966 1.2k citations Kenneth Burke profile →
  3. Rhetoric of Motives
    1969 1.1k citations Kenneth Burke profile →
  4. Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose.
    1966 492 citations Kenneth Burke et al. profile →
  5. The Philosophy of Literary Form
    1973 402 citations Kenneth Burke profile →
  6. A Rhetoric of Motives
    1951 355 citations Kenneth Burke et al. profile →
  7. Rhetoric of Religion
    1970 200 citations Kenneth Burke profile →

Peers

Kenneth Burke
Walter R. Fisher United States
Jean-François Lyotard United States
Fredric Jameson United States
Geoff Bennington United Kingdom
Julia Kristeva France
Walter J. Ong United States
Teun Adrianus van Dijk Spain
Dwight Fee United States
M. M. Bakhtin Colombia
Chaïm Perelman United States
Walter R. Fisher United States
Kenneth Burke
Citations per year, relative to Kenneth Burke Kenneth Burke (= 1×) peers Walter R. Fisher

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Burke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Burke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Burke

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burke, Kenneth. (2023). Language As Symbolic Action.
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Burke, Kenneth. (2023). The Philosophy of Literary Form. 8 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (2018). The War of Words. 3 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (2010). Korean Sovereignty: Eastern and Western Philosophy in the Kaleidoscope of History. 11(2). 33–54. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (2010). Korean Sovereignty: Eastern and Western Philosophy in the Kaleidoscope of His tory. 11(2). 33–54. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (2003). On Human Nature. 6 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth, et al.. (2001). The role of the infection control nurse as a clinical nurse specialist or advanced nurse practitioner. Journal of Nursing Management. 9(4). 209–212. 3 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1985). Dada, Dead or Alive. Iowa Research Online (The University of Iowa). 14(1). 124–126. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1985). Dramatism and logology. Communication Quarterly. 33(2). 89–93. 26 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth, et al.. (1985). Dramatism as ontology or epistemology: A symposium. Communication Quarterly. 33(1). 17–33. 17 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1974). Dancing with Tears in My Eyes. Critical Inquiry. 1(1). 23–31. 4 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1970). Rhetoric of Religion. 200 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hymes, Dell & Kenneth Burke. (1968). Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Language. 44(3). 664–664. 199 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1968). Collected poems, 1915-1967. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1966). Language as Symbolic Action. 1161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burke, Kenneth. (1966). Dichtung als symbolische Handlung : eine Theorie der Literatur. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1965). Philosophy and the Arts. Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. 39. 87–102. 2 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1962). A grammar of motives and a rhetoric of motives. 177 indexed citations
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Burke, Kenneth. (1951). Othello: An Essay to Illustrate a Method. The Hudson Review. 4(2). 165–165. 5 indexed citations

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