Mark Blasius

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mark Blasius is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Blasius has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mark Blasius's work include African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 papers), European history and politics (2 papers) and Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 paper). Mark Blasius is often cited by papers focused on African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 papers), European history and politics (2 papers) and Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 paper). Mark Blasius collaborates with scholars based in United States. Mark Blasius's co-authors include David M. Halperin, Michel Foucault, Shane Phelan, Arlene Stein, Jeffrey Weeks, Donald Morton and Leo Bersani and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Political Theory and College English.

In The Last Decade

Mark Blasius

12 papers receiving 796 citations

Hit Papers

Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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. Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography
    1997 533 citations Mark Blasius, David M. Halperin Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Blasius United States 5 590 305 229 145 108 12 1.1k
Anna Marie Smith United States 13 658 1.1× 318 1.0× 213 0.9× 227 1.6× 68 0.6× 36 1.3k
Christopher C. Nagle United States 4 507 0.9× 394 1.3× 331 1.4× 77 0.5× 123 1.1× 10 1.2k
Clare Hemmings United Kingdom 12 755 1.3× 560 1.8× 221 1.0× 147 1.0× 111 1.0× 49 1.4k
Rosemary Hennessy United States 12 577 1.0× 341 1.1× 153 0.7× 230 1.6× 55 0.5× 22 1.0k
Robyn Wiegman United States 16 676 1.1× 415 1.4× 190 0.8× 115 0.8× 84 0.8× 49 1.3k
Jane Flax United States 12 481 0.8× 303 1.0× 93 0.4× 128 0.9× 182 1.7× 32 1.2k
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham United States 8 842 1.4× 280 0.9× 101 0.4× 149 1.0× 75 0.7× 16 1.2k
Linda M. Perkins United States 7 676 1.1× 421 1.4× 123 0.5× 110 0.8× 68 0.6× 21 1.1k
Richard Dyer United States 12 556 0.9× 471 1.5× 102 0.4× 96 0.7× 128 1.2× 46 1.4k
Annamarie Jagose New Zealand 8 628 1.1× 543 1.8× 471 2.1× 75 0.5× 175 1.6× 19 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Blasius

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Blasius

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Blasius, Mark. (2017). Theorizing the Politics of (Homo)Sexualities across Cultures. University of Illinois Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
2.
Blasius, Mark. (1998). Contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer theories, and their politics (review essay).. PubMed. 8(4). 642–74. 3 indexed citations
3.
Blasius, Mark & Shane Phelan. (1997). We are everywhere : a historical sourcebook of gay and lesbian politics. Routledge eBooks. 78 indexed citations
4.
Blasius, Mark. (1997). Introduction. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 3(4). 337–356. 2 indexed citations
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Blasius, Mark & Shane Phelan. (1997). Gay liberation and lesbian feminism. 2 indexed citations
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Blasius, Mark & David M. Halperin. (1997). Saint Foucault: Towards a Gay Hagiography. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(4). 533–533. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stein, Arlene, Mark Blasius, Shane Phelan, & Jeffrey Weeks. (1996). Gay and Lesbian Politics: Sexuality and the Emergence of a New Ethic.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(3). 349–349. 40 indexed citations
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Morton, Donald, et al.. (1996). The Class Politics of Queer Theory. College English. 58(4). 471–471. 4 indexed citations
9.
Blasius, Mark. (1995). The Meaning and Status of Gay and Lesbian Political Philosophy. Political Theory. 23(3). 520–526. 1 indexed citations
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Blasius, Mark. (1994). Gay and lesbian politics. 2 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel & Mark Blasius. (1993). About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self. Political Theory. 21(2). 198–227. 400 indexed citations
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Blasius, Mark. (1992). An Ethos of Lesbian and Gay Existence. Political Theory. 20(4). 642–671. 19 indexed citations

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