Seamus Heaney

4.0k total citations
68 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Seamus Heaney is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Classics. According to data from OpenAlex, Seamus Heaney has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 4 papers in Classics. Recurrent topics in Seamus Heaney's work include Irish and British Studies (20 papers), Medieval Literature and History (4 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (3 papers). Seamus Heaney is often cited by papers focused on Irish and British Studies (20 papers), Medieval Literature and History (4 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (3 papers). Seamus Heaney collaborates with scholars based in . Seamus Heaney's co-authors include William Pratt, Sophocles, Manly Johnson, Kieran Quinlan, Ted Hughes, Thomas Newkirk, B.C. or A.D. Ovid, William Pratt, Derek Walcott and Tom Paulin and has published in prestigious journals such as Academic Medicine, Critical Inquiry and Fractals.

In The Last Decade

Seamus Heaney

50 papers receiving 749 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Seamus Heaney 17 558 339 113 113 110 68 1.2k
Lorraine O'Donnell United States 2 982 1.8× 292 0.9× 69 0.6× 68 0.6× 63 0.6× 3 1.7k
Allon White 5 498 0.9× 376 1.1× 34 0.3× 63 0.6× 82 0.7× 8 1.4k
Mary Daly United Kingdom 9 774 1.4× 173 0.5× 75 0.7× 145 1.3× 128 1.2× 16 1.8k
Christina Sharpe Kenya 7 894 1.6× 227 0.7× 103 0.9× 63 0.6× 179 1.6× 14 1.6k
Peter Stallybrass United States 15 590 1.1× 560 1.7× 35 0.3× 69 0.6× 79 0.7× 37 1.8k
Jay Ruby United States 16 468 0.8× 76 0.2× 59 0.5× 61 0.5× 98 0.9× 66 1.1k
Richard Kearney United States 13 384 0.7× 114 0.3× 99 0.9× 123 1.1× 174 1.6× 44 1.2k
Anna Marie Smith United States 13 658 1.2× 106 0.3× 72 0.6× 68 0.6× 144 1.3× 36 1.3k
Leela Gandhi Australia 10 666 1.2× 253 0.7× 46 0.4× 28 0.2× 218 2.0× 27 1.3k
Carolyn Steedman United Kingdom 17 723 1.3× 308 0.9× 43 0.4× 60 0.5× 238 2.2× 65 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seamus Heaney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seamus Heaney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Seamus Heaney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Seamus Heaney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heaney, Seamus, et al.. (2011). The word exchange : Anglo-Saxon poems in translation. W.W. Norton eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus, et al.. (2009). The testament of Cresseid and seven fables.
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Heaney, Seamus, et al.. (2008). The poet's chair : the first nine years of the Ireland Chair of Poetry.
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Heaney, Seamus & John D. Niles. (2008). Beowulf : an illustrated edition. W.W. Norton eBooks.
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Sophocles & Seamus Heaney. (2005). The burial at Thebes : Sophocles' Antigone. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus & Sophocles. (2004). The burial at Thebes : a version of Sophocles' Antigone. 7 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (2003). Eclogues <i>in Extremis</i>: on the Staying Power of Pastoral. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Archaeology Culture History Literature. 103(-1). 1–12. 5 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus, et al.. (2002). Beowulf : a verse translation : authoritative text, contexts, criticism. W.W. Norton eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Quinlan, Kieran, et al.. (2000). Passage to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney. World Literature Today. 74(4). 825–825.
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Heaney, Seamus. (1999). La fuente curativa. Fractals. 3(12). 11–18. 1 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1999). The drag of the golden chain. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 14–16. 1 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1998). Opened ground : poems, 1966-1996. Faber and Faber eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1995). The redress of poetry : Oxford lectures. Faber and Faber eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus & Sophocles. (1991). The cure at Troy : a version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. 35 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1990). The redress of poetry : an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 24 October 1989. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1989). The place of writing. 9 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus & Tom Paulin. (1983). Seamus Heaney and Tom Paulin. Faber and Faber eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus & Ted Hughes. (1982). The rattle bag. Faber and Faber eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Heaney, Seamus. (1980). Poems, 1965-1975. 5 indexed citations
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Summerfield, Geoffrey, et al.. (1974). Worlds : seven modern poets : Charles Causley, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Norman MacCaig, Adrian Mitchell, Edwin Morgan. Penguin Books. 1 indexed citations

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