Mieke Bal

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mieke Bal is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Literature and Literary Theory and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Mieke Bal has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 31 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 19 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Mieke Bal's work include Visual Culture and Art Theory (18 papers), Narrative Theory and Analysis (15 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (13 papers). Mieke Bal is often cited by papers focused on Visual Culture and Art Theory (18 papers), Narrative Theory and Analysis (15 papers) and Art, Politics, and Modernism (13 papers). Mieke Bal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Poland. Mieke Bal's co-authors include Christine van Boheemen, Harold F. Mosher, Jacqueline Rose, Norman Bryson, Lawrence R. Schehr, Griselda Pollock, Peter Schwenger, Gérard Genette, David Wills and Peter Brunette and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and Poetics.

In The Last Decade

Mieke Bal

99 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mieke Bal Netherlands 21 650 546 463 235 219 134 2.1k
Stephen Heath South Korea 9 779 1.2× 610 1.1× 376 0.8× 175 0.7× 303 1.4× 35 2.3k
Rita Felski United States 18 725 1.1× 749 1.4× 193 0.4× 187 0.8× 269 1.2× 72 2.0k
Martin Jay United States 21 261 0.4× 1.1k 2.0× 345 0.7× 276 1.2× 357 1.6× 88 2.4k
Jeremy Tambling Hong Kong 15 527 0.8× 662 1.2× 207 0.4× 163 0.7× 291 1.3× 122 2.2k
Linda Hutcheon Canada 20 1.9k 2.9× 925 1.7× 399 0.9× 239 1.0× 489 2.2× 124 3.5k
Dana Polan United States 15 396 0.6× 626 1.1× 236 0.5× 198 0.8× 237 1.1× 71 2.0k
Tom Conley United States 10 751 1.2× 788 1.4× 225 0.5× 208 0.9× 398 1.8× 62 2.4k
Harold Bloom United States 23 1.6k 2.4× 834 1.5× 241 0.5× 407 1.7× 618 2.8× 347 3.6k
Simon Frith United Kingdom 27 271 0.4× 1.2k 2.1× 198 0.4× 100 0.4× 167 0.8× 115 3.4k
Marita Sturken United States 17 278 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 348 0.8× 254 1.1× 355 1.6× 65 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mieke Bal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mieke Bal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mieke Bal

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bal, Mieke. (2021). Narratology in Practice. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2020). Art Making as Analysis : Thought-Images and Image-Thinking. 41(4). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2013). From Cultural Studies to Cultural Analysis. University Library Heidelberg. 35(2). 33–44. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2011). Video, migration, and hetero-temporality : the liminality of time. 2011(17). 14–28. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2011). El esencialismo visual y el objeto de los estudios visuales. Comunicación y Medios. 45–68. 10 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2008). Estéticas migratorias: movimiento doble. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 32(32). 138–149.
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Bal, Mieke, et al.. (2007). Doris Salcedo : shibboleth. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke, et al.. (2007). A gdyby tak? Język afektu. Teksty Drugie. 165–188. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2007). A gdyby tak? Język afektu (przeł. Maciej Maryl). Teksty Drugie. 165–188. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2007). Conceptual Odysseys. I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (2004). Major issues in narrative theory. Routledge eBooks.
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Buci-Glucksmann, Christine, et al.. (2001). Résurgences baroques : Les trajectoires d'un processus transculturel.
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Bal, Mieke. (1996). Double exposures : the subject of cultural analysis. Routledge eBooks. 120 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke & Norman Bryson. (1991). Semiotics and Art History. The Art Bulletin. 73(2). 174–208. 83 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke & Svetlana Alpers. (1990). Rembrandt's Enterprise: The Studio and the Market. The Art Bulletin. 72(1). 138–138.
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Bal, Mieke. (1990). De-Disciplining the Eye. Critical Inquiry. 16(3). 506–531. 8 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (1988). Death & dissymmetry: the politics of coherence in the Book of Judges. 53 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (1987). Lethal love : feminist literary readings of biblical love stories. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 41 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (1986). Quelle Est La Faute De L'Abbe Mouret? Pour Une Narratologie Diachronique Et Polemique. Australian Journal of French Studies. 23(1). 149–168. 1 indexed citations
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Bal, Mieke. (1977). Narratologie: essais sur la signification narrative dans quatre romans modernes. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 35 indexed citations

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