Michael Dylan Foster

429 total citations
28 papers, 159 citations indexed

About

Michael Dylan Foster is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Archeology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Dylan Foster has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 159 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cultural Studies, 5 papers in Archeology and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Dylan Foster's work include Japanese History and Culture (11 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (5 papers) and Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 papers). Michael Dylan Foster is often cited by papers focused on Japanese History and Culture (11 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (5 papers) and Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 papers). Michael Dylan Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Michael Dylan Foster's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as Signs, The Journal of Asian Studies and Journal of American Folklore.

In The Last Decade

Michael Dylan Foster

23 papers receiving 104 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Dylan Foster United States 8 54 50 42 26 22 28 159
Aditya Eggert 2 20 0.4× 48 1.0× 128 3.0× 21 0.8× 30 1.4× 2 176
Ullrich Kockel United Kingdom 9 11 0.2× 96 1.9× 32 0.8× 24 0.9× 12 0.5× 40 171
Arnika Peselmann Germany 2 20 0.4× 49 1.0× 128 3.0× 21 0.8× 30 1.4× 8 179
Liam Buckley United States 5 13 0.2× 58 1.2× 29 0.7× 27 1.0× 27 1.2× 8 162
Philipp Schorch Germany 8 11 0.2× 65 1.3× 51 1.2× 20 0.8× 82 3.7× 26 160
Saloni Mathur United States 6 15 0.3× 62 1.2× 32 0.8× 9 0.3× 36 1.6× 23 152
Ulpiano Toledo Bezerra de Meneses Brazil 9 10 0.2× 96 1.9× 21 0.5× 9 0.3× 51 2.3× 36 323
Yvonne Daniel United States 5 49 0.9× 187 3.7× 20 0.5× 39 1.5× 11 0.5× 12 246
Crispin Paine United Kingdom 8 10 0.2× 94 1.9× 47 1.1× 81 3.1× 62 2.8× 23 227
Liedeke Plate Netherlands 6 12 0.2× 68 1.4× 10 0.2× 14 0.5× 8 0.4× 23 148

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Dylan Foster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2025). Licking the Ceiling: Semantic Staining and Monstrous Diversity. Knowledge@UChicago (University of Chicago).
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Foster, Michael Dylan, et al.. (2020). Matsuri and Religion. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan, et al.. (2020). Introduction. 9(1-3). 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan, et al.. (2016). The Folkloresque : reframing folklore in a popular culture world. Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University).
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2016). Tōkaidō Texts and Tales: Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, and Kunisada (Marks, ed.). 10(2). 143–145. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan, et al.. (2015). UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Indiana University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2015). The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2015). Imagined UNESCOs: Interpreting Intangible Cultural Heritage on a Japanese Island. Journal of Folklore Research. 52(2-3). 217–217. 7 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2013). Inviting the Uninvited Guest: Ritual, Festival, Tourism, and the Namahage of Japan. Journal of American Folklore. 126(501). 302–334. 6 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2012). Haunting Modernity : Tanuki, Trains, and Transformation in Japan. 71(1). 3–29. 4 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2011). The UNESCO Effect: Confidence, Defamiliarization, and a New Element in the Discourse on a Japanese Island. Journal of Folklore Research. 48(1). 63–63. 17 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2009). Haunted Travelogue: Hometowns, Ghost Towns, and Memories of War. Mechademia Second Arc. 4(1). 164–181. 4 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2008). Observing ritual: Namahage Toshidon, and the tourist gaze. 8. 2 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2008). Pandemonium and Parade. 5 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2008). Pandemonium and ParadeJapanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2006). Strange Games and Enchanted Science: The Mystery of Kokkuri. The Journal of Asian Studies. 65(2). 251–275. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (2003). Morphologies of mystery : Yôkai and discourses of the supernatural in Japan, 1666-1999. UMI eBooks.
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Foster, Michael Dylan. (1998). The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan. Asian Folklore Studies. 57(1). 1–1. 7 indexed citations

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