LuMing Mao

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

LuMing Mao is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, LuMing Mao has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Philosophy, 8 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in LuMing Mao's work include Rhetoric and Communication Studies (11 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (7 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers). LuMing Mao is often cited by papers focused on Rhetoric and Communication Studies (11 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (7 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers). LuMing Mao collaborates with scholars based in United States. LuMing Mao's co-authors include Jessica Enoch, Steven Mailloux, Laurie E. Gries, Ronald L. Jackson, Jay Dolmage, Arthur E. Walzer, Peter Simonson, Malea Powell, Bo Wang and Lu Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Pragmatics, College Composition and Communication and College English.

In The Last Decade

LuMing Mao

19 papers receiving 864 citations

Hit Papers

Pragmatics: An introduction 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400
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. Pragmatics: An introduction
    1995 470 citations LuMing Mao Journal of Pragmatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
LuMing Mao United States 11 663 417 310 172 146 21 1.1k
Peter R. R. White Australia 11 403 0.6× 565 1.4× 226 0.7× 174 1.0× 150 1.0× 28 948
Marina Sbisà Italy 13 1.1k 1.6× 512 1.2× 416 1.3× 139 0.8× 194 1.3× 37 1.5k
Christina Schäffner United Kingdom 20 818 1.2× 352 0.8× 290 0.9× 150 0.9× 153 1.0× 66 1.2k
Andrew Chesterman Finland 17 1.6k 2.5× 316 0.8× 295 1.0× 126 0.7× 142 1.0× 61 2.0k
Andrew Goatly Hong Kong 12 347 0.5× 374 0.9× 604 1.9× 102 0.6× 95 0.7× 31 943
Martin Montgomery United Kingdom 15 444 0.7× 443 1.1× 144 0.5× 379 2.2× 186 1.3× 37 1.1k
Roger Fowler United Kingdom 15 500 0.8× 352 0.8× 434 1.4× 78 0.5× 103 0.7× 57 1.1k
Anna Trosborg Denmark 11 929 1.4× 475 1.1× 237 0.8× 118 0.7× 54 0.4× 24 1.1k
Gideon Toury Israel 10 1.7k 2.5× 299 0.7× 267 0.9× 141 0.8× 189 1.3× 20 2.0k
Joan Swann United Kingdom 18 463 0.7× 454 1.1× 189 0.6× 60 0.3× 150 1.0× 36 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by LuMing Mao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of LuMing Mao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mao, LuMing, et al.. (2025). Thinking in and through Comparative Rhetoric and Decolonial Studies. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 55(2). 93–137.
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Mao, LuMing. (2019). Review Essay: Se hace camino al andar or 道行之而成: Performing Rhetorical Way-Making. College Composition and Communication. 71(2). 330–342. 1 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2018). Thinking Through Difference and Facts of Nonusage: A Dialogue Between Comparative Rhetoric and Translingualism. Across the Disciplines. 15(3). 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2016). Essence, Absence, Uselessness: Engaging Non-Euro-American Rhetorics Interologically. Canadian Journal of Communication. 41(3). 1 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing, Bo Wang, Susan C. Jarratt, et al.. (2015). Manifesting a Future for Comparative Rhetoric. Rhetoric Review. 34(3). 239–274. 10 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2014). Thinking beyond Aristotle: The Turn to How in Comparative Rhetoric. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 129(3). 448–455. 8 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2013). Beyond Bias, Binary, and Border: Mapping out the Future of Comparative Rhetoric. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 43(3). 209–225. 16 indexed citations
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Gries, Laurie E., Jay Dolmage, Jessica Enoch, et al.. (2011). Octalog III: The Politics of Historiography in 2010. Rhetoric Review. 30(2). 109–134. 17 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2011). Doing Comparative Rhetoric Responsibly. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 41(1). 64–69. 11 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2010). Introduction: Searching for the Way: Between the Whats and Wheres of Chinese Rhetoric. College English. 72(4). 329–349. 10 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing, et al.. (2008). Representations: Doing Asian American Rhetoric. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 21 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2007). Studying the Chinese Rhetorical Tradition in the Present: Re-presenting the Native's Point of View. College English. 69(3). 216–237. 18 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2006). Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie: The Making of Chinese American Rhetoric. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2(5). 615–43. 19 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2006). Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie. Utah State University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2005). Rhetorical Borderlands: Chinese American Rhetoric in the Making. College Composition and Communication. 56(3). 426–469. 6 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (2003). Reflective Encounters: Illustrating Comparative Rhetoric. Style. 37(4). 401. 31 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (1995). Pragmatics: An introduction. Journal of Pragmatics. 23(5). 577–589. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, LuMing. (1994). Beyond politeness theory: ‘Face’ revisited and renewed. Journal of Pragmatics. 21(5). 451–486. 386 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (1992). Invitational Discourse and Chinese Identity.. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 3(1). 70–96. 13 indexed citations
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Mao, LuMing. (1990). Persuasion, cooperation and diversity of rhetorics1. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 20(2). 131–142. 2 indexed citations

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