Lauren Berlant

19.7k citations
89 papers · 7.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 33
Topics
Cinema and Media Studies (5 papers)Theatre and Performance Studies (4 papers)Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (4 papers)

In The Last Decade

Lauren Berlant

79 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Cruel Optimism19972026200620162011199819972008200750010001.5k

Peers

Lauren Berlant
Comparison fields: 5 of 131
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.8k
  • Gender Studies 1.8k
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.1k
  • Cultural Studies 1.0k
  • Social Psychology 948
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lauren Berlant

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 23
2 31
3 2
4 17
5
Trump, or Political Emotions
4
6 0
7 0
8 73
9 1
10
Affect in the End Times: A Conversation with Lauren Berlant
21
11 1
12 59
13 55
14
Cruel Optimismbreakdown →
1885
15 23
16 41
17 28
18 33
19
The Queen of America Goes to Washington Citybreakdown →
820
20
Re-Writing the Medusa : Welty's Petrified Man
2

About Lauren Berlant

Lauren Berlant is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 89 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cinema and Media Studies (5 papers), Theatre and Performance Studies (4 papers) and Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (1.8k citations), Cultural Studies (1.0k citations) and Geography, Planning and Development (613 citations). Lauren Berlant has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Czechia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael Warner, Russ Castronovo, Robyn Wiegman, Lee Edelman, Sianne Ngai, Jay Prosser, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Duggan, Kathleen Stewart and Mark Kelman. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environment and Planning D Society and Space and The Sociological Review.

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