Rafael Lapesa

622 total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 277 citations indexed

About

Rafael Lapesa is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Classics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Lapesa has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 277 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 13 papers in Language and Linguistics and 10 papers in Classics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Lapesa's work include Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (11 papers), Medieval Iberian Studies (10 papers) and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies (6 papers). Rafael Lapesa is often cited by papers focused on Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (11 papers), Medieval Iberian Studies (10 papers) and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies (6 papers). Rafael Lapesa collaborates with scholars based in Spain. Rafael Lapesa's co-authors include Daniel N. Cárdenas, Alfred Adler, José Luis Sánchez, Yakov Malkiel, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Francisco Ayala, Manuel Durán, D. Lincoln Canfield, Elías L. Rivers and Julián Marías and has published in prestigious journals such as MLN, Comparative Literature and Hispania.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Lapesa

22 papers receiving 140 citations

Hit Papers

Historia de la lengua española 1955 2026 1978 2002 1955 50 100 150
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. Historia de la lengua española
    1955 181 citations Daniel N. Cárdenas, Rafael Lapesa Books Abroad profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Lapesa Spain 6 196 87 46 46 41 40 277
Emilio Alarcos Llorach 7 225 1.1× 88 1.0× 36 0.8× 54 1.2× 53 1.3× 89 294
Manuel Alvar Spain 7 128 0.7× 80 0.9× 48 1.0× 20 0.4× 56 1.4× 90 229
Vivian Salmon United Kingdom 9 139 0.7× 66 0.8× 26 0.6× 24 0.5× 34 0.8× 38 271
Jerry R Craddock United States 6 221 1.1× 167 1.9× 30 0.7× 34 0.7× 65 1.6× 61 296
Hans Kurath United States 12 265 1.4× 230 2.6× 33 0.7× 42 0.9× 114 2.8× 28 468
G. L. Brook 8 174 0.9× 96 1.1× 43 0.9× 16 0.3× 40 1.0× 18 289
Cecily Clark United Kingdom 6 346 1.8× 286 3.3× 42 0.9× 36 0.8× 79 1.9× 18 494
Henry Bosley Woolf 8 257 1.3× 115 1.3× 38 0.8× 34 0.7× 37 0.9× 16 475
Bernard Pottier France 9 174 0.9× 84 1.0× 9 0.2× 39 0.8× 23 0.6× 88 263
Philip Baldi United States 8 211 1.1× 136 1.6× 17 0.4× 38 0.8× 61 1.5× 32 312

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Lapesa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lapesa, Rafael. (2016). América y la unidad de la lengua española.
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Lapesa, Rafael. (2004). Introducción a los estudios literarios. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 4 indexed citations
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Pidal, Ramón Menéndez, et al.. (2003). Léxico hispánico primitivo (siglos VIII al XII) : versión primera del Glosario del primitivo léxico iberorrománico. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Lapesa, Rafael, et al.. (2000). Diccionario de refranes. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 15 indexed citations
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Lapesa, Rafael. (1998). El dialecto asturiano occidental en la edad media. 3 indexed citations
6.
Lapesa, Rafael. (1988). Los poemas de Herrera en metros castellanos.. Complutensian Scientific Journals (Complutense University of Madrid). 191–212.
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Lapesa, Rafael. (1985). Estudios de historia lingüística española. 2 indexed citations
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Ayala, Francisco & Rafael Lapesa. (1985). La retórica del periodismo y otras retóricas. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 3 indexed citations
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Lapesa, Rafael, et al.. (1982). Historia de la lengua espanola. Hispanic Review. 50(3). 353–353.
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Lapesa, Rafael. (1980). Tradición literaria de un poema teresiano. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana. 9(9). 307–314. 1 indexed citations
11.
Lapesa, Rafael. (1980). Símbolos y palabras en el "Setenario" de Alfonso X. Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (NRFH). 29(2). 247–261. 1 indexed citations
12.
Lapesa, Rafael. (1977). Poetas y prosistas de ayer y de hoy : veinte estudios de historia y crítica literarias.
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Lapesa, Rafael. (1977). Comunicación y lenguaje. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 102(2). 231–7. 7 indexed citations
14.
Sánchez, José Luis & Rafael Lapesa. (1969). De la edad media a nuestros dias. Hispania. 52(2). 332–332. 5 indexed citations
15.
Lapesa, Rafael. (1967). Ideas y palabras: Del vocabulario de la ilustración al de los primeros liberales. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua. 67–104. 5 indexed citations
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Lapesa, Rafael. (1959). El elemento moral en el Laberinto de Mena: su influjo en la disposicion de la obra. Hispanic Review. 27(3). 257–257. 2 indexed citations
17.
Pidal, Ramón Menéndez & Rafael Lapesa. (1957). Romanceros del rey Rodrigo y de Bernardo del Carpio. Gredos eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Cárdenas, Daniel N. & Rafael Lapesa. (1955). Historia de la lengua española. Books Abroad. 29(1). 90–90. 181 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lapesa, Rafael, et al.. (1953). Historia de la lengua espanola. Hispanic Review. 21(1). 80–80. 1 indexed citations

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