Leo Bersani

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Leo Bersani is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Bersani has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Leo Bersani's work include French Literature and Criticism (7 papers), Samuel Beckett and Modernism (7 papers) and French Literature and Critical Theory (6 papers). Leo Bersani is often cited by papers focused on French Literature and Criticism (7 papers), Samuel Beckett and Modernism (7 papers) and French Literature and Critical Theory (6 papers). Leo Bersani collaborates with scholars based in United States. Leo Bersani's co-authors include Douglas Crimp, Adam Phillips, Victor Brombert, Michel Foucault, Rodolphe Gasché, Jonathan Culler, Hal Foster, Tim Dean, Kaja Silverman and Donald Morton and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The Modern Language Review and Critical Inquiry.

In The Last Decade

Leo Bersani

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

AIDS: cultural analysis, cultural activism 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 100 200 300 400

Peers

Leo Bersani
Comparison fields: 5 of 103
  • Sociology and Political Science 793
  • Literature and Literary Theory 566
  • Gender Studies 425
  • Social Psychology 378
  • Clinical Psychology 352
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Fields of papers citing papers by Leo Bersani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leo Bersani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leo Bersani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leo Bersani 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 Leo Bersani. Leo Bersani 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 14
2
Is the Rectum a Grave?: and Other Essays
127
3 6
4
Forming Couples: Godard's Contempt
1
5 24
6
Homos : repenser l'identité
1
7 0
8 14
9 48
10 11
11 186
12 6
13 26
14
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429
15 12
16 25
17 90
18 4
19 1
20 25

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