Nicholas Thoburn

670 total citations
23 papers, 253 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Thoburn is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Thoburn has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 253 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Philosophy and 2 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Thoburn's work include Political theory and Gramsci (6 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (3 papers) and Digital Games and Media (2 papers). Nicholas Thoburn is often cited by papers focused on Political theory and Gramsci (6 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (3 papers) and Digital Games and Media (2 papers). Nicholas Thoburn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Nicholas Thoburn's co-authors include Ian Buchanan, Jeremy Gilbert, Claire Colebrook, Éric Alliez, Peter Hallward, C Seale, David Walsh, Chris Jenks and Jodi Dean and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, Theory Culture & Society and Economy and Society.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Thoburn

19 papers receiving 188 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Thoburn United Kingdom 8 152 41 35 34 33 23 253
Mark Featherstone United Kingdom 8 112 0.7× 33 0.8× 15 0.4× 27 0.8× 24 0.7× 48 234
Anita Biressi United Kingdom 8 127 0.8× 22 0.5× 19 0.5× 26 0.8× 24 0.7× 17 315
Olivier Mongin France 7 143 0.9× 38 0.9× 23 0.7× 22 0.6× 53 1.6× 63 251
Hakim Bey 2 124 0.8× 14 0.3× 39 1.1× 20 0.6× 17 0.5× 3 235
Heather Nunn United Kingdom 8 114 0.8× 17 0.4× 19 0.5× 20 0.6× 25 0.8× 17 283
Robbie B. H. Goh Singapore 11 156 1.0× 31 0.8× 26 0.7× 18 0.5× 22 0.7× 47 273
Gene Ray United States 7 74 0.5× 14 0.3× 57 1.6× 14 0.4× 23 0.7× 19 194
Judy Giles United Kingdom 7 128 0.8× 7 0.2× 20 0.6× 11 0.3× 35 1.1× 18 233
Gerald Raunig Switzerland 7 73 0.5× 15 0.4× 75 2.1× 22 0.6× 21 0.6× 16 228
Lesley Johnson Australia 10 132 0.9× 6 0.1× 18 0.5× 17 0.5× 35 1.1× 27 304

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Thoburn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Thoburn

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All Works

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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2018). Concrete and council housing. City. 22(5-6). 612–632. 13 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2017). Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 3 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2016). The People Are Missing: Cramped Space, Social Relations, and the Mediators of Politics. International Journal of Politics Culture and Society. 29(4). 367–381. 3 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2016). Anti-Book. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas, et al.. (2015). "Minor Politics, Territory, and Occupy". Research Explorer (The University of Manchester).
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2013). DO NOT BE AFRAID, JOIN US, COME BACK? ON THE “IDEA OF COMMUNISM” IN OUR TIME. Cultural Critique. 84. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Dean, Jodi, et al.. (2013). Materialities of Independent Publishing: A Conversation with Aaaaarg, Chto Delat?, I Cite, Mute, and Neural. New Formations. 78(78). 157–178. 2 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2013). Useless Objects: Commodities, Collections and Fetishes in the Politics of Objects. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester).
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2013). The Strangest Cult: Material Forms of the Political Book through Deleuze and Guattari. Deleuze Studies. 7(1). 53–82. 1 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2011). To Conquer the Anonymous: Authorship and Myth in the Wu Ming Foundation. Cultural Critique. 78(1). 119–150. 3 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2010). Communist Objects and the Values of Printed Matter. Social Text. 28(2). 1–30. 7 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2010). Weatherman, the Militant Diagram, and the Problem of Political Passion. New Formations. 68(68). 125–142. 5 indexed citations
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Alliez, Éric, Claire Colebrook, Peter Hallward, Nicholas Thoburn, & Jeremy Gilbert. (2010). Deleuzian Politics? A Roundtable Discussion. New Formations. 68(68). 143–187. 9 indexed citations
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Buchanan, Ian & Nicholas Thoburn. (2008). Deleuze and Politics. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2007). Patterns of Production. Theory Culture & Society. 24(3). 79–94. 31 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas, et al.. (2004). Developments in Social Theory. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 9 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2003). The Hobo Anomalous: Class, minorities and political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World. Social movement studies. 2(1). 61–84. 7 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2003). Deleuze, Marx and Politics. 90 indexed citations
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Thoburn, Nicholas. (2001). Autonomous Production?. Theory Culture & Society. 18(5). 75–96. 18 indexed citations

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