Peter Opie

1.9k total citations
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Opie is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Opie has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 2 papers in Philosophy and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Opie's work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers), Themes in Literature Analysis (4 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 papers). Peter Opie is often cited by papers focused on Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers), Themes in Literature Analysis (4 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 papers). Peter Opie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Peter Opie's co-authors include Iona Opie, Beatrice B. Whiting, Basil Bernstein, Sheldon L. Messinger and Maurice Sendak and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, PEDIATRICS and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Opie

21 papers receiving 691 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Opie United Kingdom 11 352 344 245 124 121 23 1.1k
Iona Opie 12 368 1.0× 354 1.0× 267 1.1× 121 1.0× 129 1.1× 24 1.2k
Carolyn L. Burke United States 13 361 1.0× 323 0.9× 484 2.0× 344 2.8× 151 1.2× 20 1.5k
Roger D. Abrahams United States 20 400 1.1× 466 1.4× 124 0.5× 59 0.5× 111 0.9× 106 1.6k
Halford H. Fairchild United States 12 136 0.4× 301 0.9× 128 0.5× 50 0.4× 58 0.5× 25 615
Vivian Gussin Paley United States 14 208 0.6× 342 1.0× 888 3.6× 195 1.6× 65 0.5× 39 1.2k
A. McHoul Australia 11 410 1.2× 231 0.7× 187 0.8× 107 0.9× 68 0.6× 46 1.3k
Susan U. Philips United States 13 225 0.6× 173 0.5× 308 1.3× 105 0.8× 75 0.6× 34 1.0k
Joseph Falaky Nagy United States 4 426 1.2× 195 0.6× 132 0.5× 40 0.3× 145 1.2× 27 932
Cynthia Wallat United States 6 260 0.7× 174 0.5× 296 1.2× 190 1.5× 20 0.2× 17 894
Ray McDermott United States 16 162 0.5× 322 0.9× 644 2.6× 187 1.5× 20 0.2× 41 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Opie

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Opie

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1997). Children's Games with Things: Marbles, Fivestones, Throwing and Catching, Gambling, Hopscotch, Chucking and Pitching, Ball-Bouncing, Skipping, Tops and Tipcat. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona, et al.. (1997). The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona, Peter Opie, & Maurice Sendak. (1992). I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1985). The singing game. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 75 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1984). Children's games in street and playground : chasing, catching, seeking, hunting, racing, duelling, exerting, daring, guessing, acting, pretending. Oxford University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1983). The Oxford book of narrative verse. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1980). The classic fairy tales. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 127 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1980). A nursery companion. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona & Peter Opie. (1973). The Oxford book of children's verse. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Opie, Peter, et al.. (1972). CHILDREN'S GAMES. PEDIATRICS. 50(2). 311–311. 29 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona, et al.. (1971). Children's Games in Street and Playground.. Man. 6(4). 728–728. 267 indexed citations
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Opie, Peter. (1970). Children's Derogatory Epithets. Journal of American Folklore. 83(329). 354–354. 2 indexed citations
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Opie, Peter. (1964). Proposals for a Dictionary, Arranged on Historical Principles, of English Traditional Lore. Folklore. 75(2). 73–90. 1 indexed citations
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Messinger, Sheldon L., Iona Opie, & Peter Opie. (1964). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.. American Sociological Review. 29(1). 130–130. 9 indexed citations
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Opie, Peter. (1963). The Tentacles of Tradition. Folklore. 74(4). 507–526. 3 indexed citations
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Whiting, Beatrice B., Peter Opie, & Iona Opie. (1961). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. Journal of American Folklore. 74(293). 278–278. 88 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona, et al.. (1960). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. British Journal of Educational Studies. 8(2). 180–180. 62 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Basil, Peter Opie, & Iona Opie. (1960). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. British Journal of Sociology. 11(2). 178–178. 65 indexed citations
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Opie, Iona, et al.. (1960). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. Western Folklore. 19(3). 211–211. 216 indexed citations
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Opie, Peter. (1954). England, the Great Undiscovered. Folklore. 65(3-4). 149–164. 1 indexed citations

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