Matthew Kieran

1.4k total citations
41 papers, 407 citations indexed

About

Matthew Kieran is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Kieran has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 407 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Philosophy and 9 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Matthew Kieran's work include Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (10 papers), Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art (9 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (4 papers). Matthew Kieran is often cited by papers focused on Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (10 papers), Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art (9 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (4 papers). Matthew Kieran collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Canada. Matthew Kieran's co-authors include Aaron Meskin, Mark A. Moore, Maureen Phelan, Gregory Currie, Jon Robson, Berys Gaut, Dominic McIver Lopes, Ruth Chadwick, Hilde Hein and David E. Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Kieran

37 papers receiving 310 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew Kieran United Kingdom 11 184 171 87 78 61 41 407
Noël Carroll United States 11 77 0.4× 123 0.7× 96 1.1× 121 1.6× 111 1.8× 25 579
Crispin Sartwell United States 10 83 0.5× 207 1.2× 120 1.4× 136 1.7× 138 2.3× 35 582
Carl Plantinga United States 11 88 0.5× 105 0.6× 84 1.0× 131 1.7× 146 2.4× 35 697
Jörg Meibauer Germany 17 107 0.6× 230 1.3× 156 1.8× 13 0.2× 111 1.8× 55 719
Richard Eldridge United States 12 172 0.9× 397 2.3× 157 1.8× 29 0.4× 103 1.7× 55 638
Susan L. Feagin United States 8 82 0.4× 76 0.4× 45 0.5× 47 0.6× 30 0.5× 31 228
Sherri Irvin United States 9 80 0.4× 58 0.3× 58 0.7× 70 0.9× 44 0.7× 26 287
Colin Lyas Ghana 9 56 0.3× 106 0.6× 86 1.0× 44 0.6× 60 1.0× 24 337
Gerhard Charles Rump 6 69 0.4× 58 0.3× 69 0.8× 98 1.3× 80 1.3× 11 381
Frank Sibley United Kingdom 7 224 1.2× 177 1.0× 149 1.7× 87 1.1× 41 0.7× 13 490

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Kieran

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaut, Berys & Matthew Kieran. (2018). Creativity and Philosophy. 4 indexed citations
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Currie, Gregory, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin, & Margaret Moore. (2015). Philosophical Aesthetics and the Sciences of Art. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Currie, Gregory, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin, & Jon Robson. (2014). Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind. Oxford University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2009). THE VICE OF SNOBBERY: AESTHETIC KNOWLEDGE, JUSTIFICATION AND VIRTUE IN ART APPRECIATION. The Philosophical Quarterly. 60(239). 243–263. 47 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2009). Art and Morality. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2006). Contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Blackwell eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew & Dominic McIver Lopes. (2006). Knowing art : essays in aesthetics and epistemology. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 6 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2006). Art, Morality and Ethics: On the (Im)Moral Character of Art Works and Inter‐Relations to Artistic Value. Philosophy Compass. 1(2). 129–143. 20 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2004). Revealing Art. 8 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2002). The journalism of attachment. 31–38. 27 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2002). Sex and violence in fact and fiction. 168–180. 2 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2002). On Obscenity: The Thrill and Repulsion of the Morally Prohibited. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 64(1). 31–55. 10 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (2001). Pornographic Art. Philosophy and literature. 25(1). 31–45. 3 indexed citations
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Hein, Hilde & Matthew Kieran. (1999). Media Ethics: A Philosophical Approach. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 33(3). 120–120. 4 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (1997). New Reporting and the Ideological Presumption. Journal of Communication. 47(2). 79–96. 3 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew. (1996). Art, Imagination, and the Cultivation of Morals. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 54(4). 337–337. 29 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew, et al.. (1996). Landscape, Natural Beauty and the Arts.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 46(183). 269–269. 4 indexed citations
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Kieran, Matthew, et al.. (1995). Against Art Theory. 9(1). 41–48.
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Kieran, Matthew. (1995). THE IMPOVERISHMENT OF ART. The British Journal of Aesthetics. 35(1). 15–25. 5 indexed citations

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