Robert Alter

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Alter is a scholar working on Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Alter has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Religious studies, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Alter's work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (24 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 papers). Robert Alter is often cited by papers focused on Biblical Studies and Interpretation (24 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 papers). Robert Alter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Robert Alter's co-authors include Michael Bell, Frank Kermode, Joseph H. Silverman, Robert D. Spector, J.P. Fokkelman, Shierry Weber Nicholsen, Mary Sullivan, David Cella, Charlotte Tan and Northrop Frye and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, The Modern Language Review and Critical Inquiry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Alter

52 papers receiving 532 citations

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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.

The Art of Biblical Narrative

1981 250 citations Robert Alter Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Alter United Kingdom	13	502	441	186	184	180	63	1.0k
David M. Carr United States	12	208 0.4×	252 0.6×	135 0.7×	128 0.7×	47 0.3×	61	666
J. A. Emerton Australia	18	1.1k 2.2×	648 1.5×	119 0.6×	710 3.9×	37 0.2×	207	1.5k
Sarah B. Pomeroy United States	18	179 0.4×	305 0.7×	137 0.7×	286 1.6×	57 0.3×	54	1.1k
Bruce J. Malina United States	18	1.0k 2.0×	625 1.4×	103 0.6×	315 1.7×	18 0.1×	65	1.2k
Jo Ann McNamara United Kingdom	11	184 0.4×	288 0.7×	83 0.4×	116 0.6×	65 0.4×	22	851
Walter Brueggemann United States	18	663 1.3×	507 1.1×	117 0.6×	128 0.7×	12 0.1×	168	1.0k
David Tracy United States	15	405 0.8×	530 1.2×	274 1.5×	13 0.1×	32 0.2×	65	1.0k
Gershom Scholem	14	187 0.4×	482 1.1×	418 2.2×	153 0.8×	134 0.7×	92	955
Pierre Hadot France	12	73 0.1×	237 0.5×	373 2.0×	94 0.5×	55 0.3×	62	842
Simon Goldhill United Kingdom	21	131 0.3×	363 0.8×	343 1.8×	431 2.3×	206 1.1×	100	1.5k

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All Works

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Alter, Robert. (2016). The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict and the Quest for Meaning. 63(2). 73–74. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (2015). Strong as death is love : the Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel : a translation with commentary. 5 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert, et al.. (2010). The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary. BYU studies quarterly. 49(1). 10. 41 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (2010). The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (2002). The sweet cheat well and truly gone. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 11–12. 2 indexed citations

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Barton, John, David Jasper, Robert P. Carroll, et al.. (1998). The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1998). Joyce's Ulysses and the Common Reader. Modernism/modernity. 5(3). 19–31. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1997). My little chickadee. The New York times book review. 8. 2 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert, et al.. (1991). The Invention of Hebrew Prose: Modern Fiction and the Language of Realism. Comparative Literature. 43(2). 196–196. 10 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert & David J. A. Clines. (1991). Characterization and the Art of Reticence. 64–73.

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Spector, Robert D. & Robert Alter. (1990). The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age. World Literature Today. 64(2). 368–368. 4 indexed citations

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Berlin, Adele, Alex Preminger, Edward L. Greenstein, et al.. (1989). The Hebrew Bible in Literary Criticism. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 109(4). 673–673. 1 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1985). The Art of Biblical Poetry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 74 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert, et al.. (1982). The Art of Biblical Narrative. MLN. 97(5). 1243–1243. 176 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1975). Modern Hebrew literature. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1974). What Jewish Studies Can Do.. 5 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1972). A Fever of Ethnicity.. 2 indexed citations

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Brooks, Douglas, et al.. (1971). Fielding and the Nature of the Novel. The Yearbook of English Studies. 1. 274–274. 3 indexed citations

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Alter, Robert. (1971). After the tradition: Essays on modern Jewish writing. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

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Silverman, Joseph H. & Robert Alter. (1965). Rogue's Progress: Studies in the Picaresque Novel. Books Abroad. 39(3). 341–341. 15 indexed citations

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