Richard Chase

573 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 158 citations indexed

About

Richard Chase is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, History and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Chase has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 158 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 2 papers in History and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Chase's work include American and British Literature Analysis (3 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 papers) and Literature: history, themes, analysis (2 papers). Richard Chase is often cited by papers focused on American and British Literature Analysis (3 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 papers) and Literature: history, themes, analysis (2 papers). Richard Chase collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Chase's co-authors include Robert E. Spiller, Floyd Stovall, Stephen Crane, Charles Feidelson, William Carlos Williams, Leslie A. Fiedler and Harrison Hayford and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of American Folklore, American Literature and Historian.

In The Last Decade

Richard Chase

8 papers receiving 48 citations

Hit Papers

The American Novel and its Tradition. 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 25 50 75 100
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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 American Novel and its Tradition.
    1959 103 citations Robert E. Spiller, Richard Chase American Literature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Chase United States 5 86 29 28 18 16 12 158
Alexander Cowie 4 69 0.8× 25 0.9× 38 1.4× 11 0.6× 27 1.7× 13 158
Edward Wagenknecht United States 8 99 1.2× 41 1.4× 37 1.3× 19 1.1× 13 0.8× 55 198
John Crowe Ransom 5 37 0.4× 27 0.9× 21 0.8× 10 0.6× 8 0.5× 7 102
Joseph Blotner United States 7 138 1.6× 25 0.9× 59 2.1× 14 0.8× 29 1.8× 23 247
Edwin Sill Fussell United States 9 131 1.5× 72 2.5× 28 1.0× 27 1.5× 8 0.5× 31 215
Margaret Dickie United States 7 116 1.3× 37 1.3× 27 1.0× 17 0.9× 15 0.9× 25 168
Millicent Bell United States 8 117 1.4× 30 1.0× 25 0.9× 27 1.5× 13 0.8× 30 183
Lyall H. Powers United States 5 133 1.5× 24 0.8× 33 1.2× 30 1.7× 13 0.8× 22 189
Walter Blair United States 8 92 1.1× 53 1.8× 19 0.7× 11 0.6× 4 0.3× 34 152
Joseph Slater United States 2 46 0.5× 33 1.1× 33 1.2× 44 2.4× 6 0.4× 5 170

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Chase

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Chase

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Chase

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
1.
Chase, Richard, et al.. (1995). Little Red Riding Hood: Werewolf and Prostitute. Historian. 57(4). 769–776. 1 indexed citations
2.
Chase, Richard. (1972). Old songs and singing games. Dover Publications eBooks.
3.
Chase, Richard. (1962). Melville: a collection of critical essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
4.
Crane, Stephen & Richard Chase. (1960). The red badge of courage, and other writings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
5.
Spiller, Robert E. & Richard Chase. (1959). The American Novel and its Tradition.. American Literature. 31(1). 82–82. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Chase, Richard, et al.. (1958). American Folk Tales and Songs and Other Examples of English-American Tradition as Preserved in the Appalachian Mountains and Elsewhere in the United States. Journal of American Folklore. 71(280). 177–177. 1 indexed citations
7.
Chase, Richard, et al.. (1957). The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Journal of American Folklore. 70(276). 188–188. 23 indexed citations
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Stovall, Floyd & Richard Chase. (1955). Walt Whitman Reconsidered.. American Literature. 27(3). 431–431. 10 indexed citations
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Williams, William Carlos, et al.. (1955). Leaves of grass one hundred years after. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Chase, Richard, et al.. (1954). Wicked John and the Devil. Journal of American Folklore. 67(264). 236–236. 1 indexed citations
11.
Chase, Richard & Charles Feidelson. (1953). Symbolism and American Literature.. American Literature. 25(3). 378–378. 1 indexed citations
12.
Hayford, Harrison & Richard Chase. (1951). Herman Melville, A Critical Study.. Modern Language Notes. 66(2). 129–129. 2 indexed citations

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