Michael Leff

1.5k total citations
48 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Michael Leff is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Leff has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Philosophy, 14 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Leff's work include Rhetoric and Communication Studies (23 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (12 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 papers). Michael Leff is often cited by papers focused on Rhetoric and Communication Studies (23 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (12 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 papers). Michael Leff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ireland. Michael Leff's co-authors include G. P. Mohrmann, Andrea A. Lunsford, William J. Keith, Jean Goodwin, Alan G. Gross, Steve Fuller, Ralph J. Marino, Benjamin E. Leiby, David Chen and Diana D. Cardenas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communication Quarterly and Quarterly Journal of Speech.

In The Last Decade

Michael Leff

42 papers receiving 640 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Leff United States	17	604	445	206	162	131	48	837
Edwin Black United States	10	596 1.0×	398 0.9×	262 1.3×	107 0.7×	159 1.2×	14	801
Martin J. Medhurst United States	13	401 0.7×	283 0.6×	212 1.0×	74 0.5×	188 1.4×	63	762
Robert L. Ivie United States	16	596 1.0×	300 0.7×	323 1.6×	87 0.5×	262 2.0×	70	880
Raymie E. McKerrow United States	7	507 0.8×	325 0.7×	258 1.3×	38 0.2×	200 1.5×	36	699
Ruth Amossy Israel	17	426 0.7×	243 0.5×	65 0.3×	101 0.6×	220 1.7×	95	801
Philip Wander United States	11	470 0.8×	301 0.7×	220 1.1×	44 0.3×	190 1.5×	22	673
Richard Leo Enos United States	13	261 0.4×	185 0.4×	77 0.4×	70 0.4×	118 0.9×	73	641
John Louis Lucaites United States	14	521 0.9×	280 0.6×	250 1.2×	31 0.2×	286 2.2×	39	862
Leo Groarke Canada	13	237 0.4×	148 0.3×	59 0.3×	170 1.0×	79 0.6×	43	603
Thomas S. Frentz United States	13	284 0.5×	231 0.5×	100 0.5×	66 0.4×	123 0.9×	36	509

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Marino, Ralph J., Michael Leff, Diana D. Cardenas, et al.. (2020). Trends in Rates of ASIA Impairment Scale Conversion in Traumatic Complete Spinal Cord Injury. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 192–200. 13 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (2013). UEC Urban Forestry Practitioners Share All. 6(1). 2. 2 indexed citations

Leff, Michael, et al.. (2006). The Rhetoric of War and Remembrance: An Analysis of President Bill Clinton's 1994 D-Day Discourses. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication. 7(1). 15–21. 2 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (2006). Up from Theory: Or I Fought the Topoi and the Topoi Won. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 36(2). 203–211. 19 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (2003). Tradition and Agency in Humanistic Rhetoric. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 36(2). 135–147. 28 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (1998). Cicero's Pro Murena and the Strong Case for Rhetoric. Rhetoric and Public Affairs. 1(1). 61–88. 13 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (1992). Things made by words: Reflections on textual criticism. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 78(2). 223–231. 46 indexed citations

Leff, Michael. (1992). Teaching Public Speaking as Composition. Basic communication course annual. 4(1). 12. 8 indexed citations

Leff, Michael, et al.. (1990). Words the most like things: Iconicity and the rhetorical text. Western Journal of Speech Communication. 54(3). 252–273. 68 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1988). Serious comedy: The strange case history of Dr. Vitanza. Rhetoric Review. 6(2). 237–245. 1 indexed citations

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Mohrmann, G. P. & Michael Leff. (1987). Place and space: Calhoun's Fatal security. Western Journal of Speech Communication. 51(2). 143–158. 4 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1986). Genre and paradigm in the second book ofde oratore. Southern Speech Communication Journal. 51(4). 308–325. 12 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1985). Recovering Aristotle: Rhetoric, politics, and the limits of rationality. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 71(3). 362–373. 1 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1983). I. Topical invention and metaphoric interaction. Southern Speech Communication Journal. 48(3). 214–229. 35 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1980). Special Report: Rhetorical Criticism: The State of the Art.. Western Journal of Speech Communication. 44(4). 3 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1980). Interpretation and the art of the rhetorical critic. Western Journal of Speech Communication. 44(4). 337–349. 45 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1980). Introduction. Western Journal of Speech Communication. 44(4). 264–264. 6 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1978). In search of Ariadne's thread: A review of the recent literature on rhetorical theory. Central States Speech Journal. 29(2). 73–91. 66 indexed citations

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Mohrmann, G. P. & Michael Leff. (1974). Lincoln at cooper union: A rationale for neo‐classical criticism. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 60(4). 459–467. 41 indexed citations

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Leff, Michael. (1973). The Latin stylistic rhetorics of antiquity. Speech Monographs. 40(4). 273–279. 3 indexed citations

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