Milán Kundera

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 523 citations indexed

About

Milán Kundera is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Milán Kundera has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 523 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 7 papers in Education and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Milán Kundera's work include Historical and Literary Analyses (5 papers), Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis (5 papers) and Historical and Literary Studies (3 papers). Milán Kundera is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Literary Analyses (5 papers), Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis (5 papers) and Historical and Literary Studies (3 papers). Milán Kundera collaborates with scholars based in Indonesia. Milán Kundera's co-authors include Nolan Miller, Michael Heim, E. J. Czerwiński, Ben Okri, Doris May Lessing, Susan Sontag, François Ricard, Francis Bacon, Christian Salmon and Joseph Epstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Poetics Today, World Literature Today and The Antioch Review.

In The Last Decade

Milán Kundera

36 papers receiving 331 citations

Hit Papers

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
    1981 243 citations Milán Kundera et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Milán Kundera Indonesia 10 225 116 111 68 56 57 523
Wlad Godzich Portugal 8 126 0.6× 58 0.5× 111 1.0× 81 1.2× 52 0.9× 22 430
Dianne F. Sadoff United States 10 199 0.9× 55 0.5× 237 2.1× 78 1.1× 53 0.9× 26 687
Jack G. Shaheen United States 7 403 1.8× 58 0.5× 59 0.5× 79 1.2× 86 1.5× 10 585
Alan Woolfolk United States 5 155 0.7× 108 0.9× 106 1.0× 78 1.1× 38 0.7× 17 472
Doris May Lessing 12 149 0.7× 41 0.4× 206 1.9× 67 1.0× 34 0.6× 74 530
Marvin Carlson United States 14 210 0.9× 38 0.3× 181 1.6× 89 1.3× 45 0.8× 107 777
Didier Maleuvre United States 6 225 1.0× 79 0.7× 122 1.1× 129 1.9× 58 1.0× 17 633
Theo D’haen Belgium 8 164 0.7× 66 0.6× 93 0.8× 30 0.4× 61 1.1× 67 378
Alphonso Lingis United States 8 144 0.6× 60 0.5× 49 0.4× 114 1.7× 50 0.9× 90 480
Mark Bracher United States 11 129 0.6× 56 0.5× 93 0.8× 49 0.7× 40 0.7× 40 383

Countries citing papers authored by Milán Kundera

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Fields of papers citing papers by Milán Kundera

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Milán Kundera

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Milán Kundera. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Milán Kundera 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 Milán Kundera. Milán Kundera 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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Kundera, Milán. (2009). El gesto brutal del pintor: sobre Francis Bacon. Claves de razón práctica. 56–59. 2 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán. (2005). Literatura universal y literaturas nacionales. Claves de razón práctica. 4–9.
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Kundera, Milán. (2005). Le rideau : essai en sept parties. Gallimard eBooks. 3 indexed citations
4.
Kundera, Milán. (2005). El telón: ensayo en siete partes. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán. (2001). La modernidad antimoderna. Letras libres. 3(33). 28–33.
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (2000). El libro de los amores ridículos. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 3 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1998). Los testamentos traicionados. Debate Feminista. 18. 9 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1997). La conquête du roman : de Papadiamantis à Boccace. Belles lettres eBooks.
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Kundera, Milán. (1993). Les testaments trahis : essai. Gallimard eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1992). La insoportable levedad del ser. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 14 indexed citations
11.
Kundera, Milán. (1987). El arte de la novela. 18 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán & Christian Salmon. (1986). Sobre el arte de la novela. 5(1). 39–44. 1 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1985). Le livre du rire et de l'oubli. Gallimard eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán. (1985). Quatre-vingt-neuf mots. Le Débat. n° 37(5). 87–118. 1 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1984). L'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être. Gallimard eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán & François Ricard. (1984). Jacques et son maître : hommage à Denis Diderot en trois actes. Gallimard eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kundera, Milán. (1984). Un occidente secuestrado: La tragedia de la Europa Central. 89–99.
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Kundera, Milán, et al.. (1981). 歴史の両義性 (ミラン・クンデラ--敗者の笑いと抵抗(今日の海外文学-13-) ). 13(1). 284–303. 1 indexed citations
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Porter, Robert, et al.. (1974). La vie est ailleurs. Books Abroad. 48(2). 397–397.
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Kundera, Milán. (1969). Das Buch der lächerlichen Liebe. 1 indexed citations

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