Melissa Ames

1.1k total citations
15 papers, 779 citations indexed

About

Melissa Ames is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Ames has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 779 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Communication, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Melissa Ames's work include Media Studies and Communication (3 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 papers) and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (2 papers). Melissa Ames is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (3 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 papers) and Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (2 papers). Melissa Ames collaborates with scholars based in United States. Melissa Ames's co-authors include Cathy Spatz Widom, Lee Ellis, David A. Houston and Lee M. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Child Abuse & Neglect and Archives of Sexual Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Ames

14 papers receiving 695 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Ames United States 9 389 260 159 149 146 15 779
John Vincke Belgium 20 292 0.8× 327 1.3× 668 4.2× 54 0.4× 177 1.2× 35 1.1k
Mark F. Schwartz United States 17 451 1.2× 209 0.8× 264 1.7× 28 0.2× 171 1.2× 36 869
Susan Coates United States 21 963 2.5× 204 0.8× 623 3.9× 37 0.2× 226 1.5× 35 1.4k
David Matthew Doyle United States 20 297 0.8× 295 1.1× 511 3.2× 109 0.7× 199 1.4× 45 948
Michael E. Kuban Canada 25 1.5k 4.0× 614 2.4× 296 1.9× 76 0.5× 236 1.6× 34 1.9k
Laura J. Friedlander Canada 6 399 1.0× 125 0.5× 237 1.5× 111 0.7× 47 0.3× 6 777
Ethel Spector Person United States 17 493 1.3× 208 0.8× 395 2.5× 19 0.1× 265 1.8× 42 1.1k
Elise Holland Australia 16 565 1.5× 296 1.1× 227 1.4× 44 0.3× 236 1.6× 21 1.1k
Guido Giovanardi Italy 17 444 1.1× 113 0.4× 407 2.6× 24 0.2× 120 0.8× 56 780
Ganie DeHart United States 10 305 0.8× 77 0.3× 263 1.7× 22 0.1× 46 0.3× 23 787

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Ames

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Ames

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Ames, Melissa, et al.. (2021). Archiving affect and activism: Hashtag feminism and structures of feeling in Women's March tweets. First Monday. 11 indexed citations
2.
Ames, Melissa. (2020). Small Screen, Big Feels. University Press of Kentucky eBooks. 1 indexed citations
3.
Ames, Melissa. (2020). Small Screen, Big Feels: Television and Cultural Anxiety in the Twenty-First Century. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa. (2017). Serializing age: aging and old age in TV series. Feminist Media Studies. 17(4). 688–689. 11 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa, et al.. (2016). How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman’s Life. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa. (2014). Where Have All the Good Men Gone?: A Psychoanalytic Reading of the Absent Fathers and Damaged Dads on ABC's Lost. The Journal of Popular Culture. 47(3). 430–450. 1 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa. (2013). Engaging "Apolitical" Adolescents: Analyzing the Popularity and Educational Potential of Dystopian Literature Post-9/11. ˜The œHigh School journal. 97(1). 3–20. 18 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa. (2012). Time in Television Narrative: Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming. 4 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa. (2006). Memoirs of a Bathroom Stall: The Women’s Lavatory as Crying Room, Confessional, and Sanctuary. Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy. 3. 63.
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Widom, Cathy Spatz & Melissa Ames. (1994). Criminal consequences of childhood sexual victimization. Child Abuse & Neglect. 18(4). 303–318. 338 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa & David A. Houston. (1990). Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 19(4). 333–342. 35 indexed citations
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Ames, Melissa, et al.. (1990). Effects of victim's and defendant's physical attractiveness on the perception of responsibility in an ambiguous domestic violence case. Journal of Family Violence. 5(3). 199–207. 19 indexed citations
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Ellis, Lee M., et al.. (1988). Sexual orientation of human offspring may be altered by severe maternal stress during pregnancy. The Journal of Sex Research. 25(1). 152–157. 59 indexed citations
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Ellis, Lee, et al.. (1987). Sexual orientation as a continuous variable: A comparison between the sexes. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 16(6). 523–529. 29 indexed citations
15.
Ellis, Lee & Melissa Ames. (1987). Neurohormonal functioning and sexual orientation: A theory of homosexuality–heterosexuality.. Psychological Bulletin. 101(2). 233–258. 247 indexed citations

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