Thomas Kent

488 total citations
21 papers, 241 citations indexed

About

Thomas Kent is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kent has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 241 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 8 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kent's work include Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (9 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 papers) and Translation Studies and Practices (3 papers). Thomas Kent is often cited by papers focused on Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (9 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 papers) and Translation Studies and Practices (3 papers). Thomas Kent collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas Kent's co-authors include Jeffrey Steele, Anke van den Berg and Barbara Couture and has published in prestigious journals such as College Composition and Communication, Neonatology and American Literature.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kent

18 papers receiving 154 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Kent United States 7 134 88 67 37 33 21 241
James C. Raymond United States 7 128 1.0× 118 1.3× 45 0.7× 30 0.8× 29 0.9× 18 265
Gary Tate Australia 10 142 1.1× 159 1.8× 52 0.8× 31 0.8× 23 0.7× 19 309
James L. Kinneavy United States 7 87 0.6× 47 0.5× 36 0.5× 52 1.4× 38 1.2× 14 230
Barbara Couture United States 5 134 1.0× 52 0.6× 83 1.2× 16 0.4× 28 0.8× 15 187
I. A. Richards United Kingdom 8 104 0.8× 31 0.4× 60 0.9× 41 1.1× 41 1.2× 36 289
Robert E. Probst United States 9 167 1.2× 155 1.8× 54 0.8× 18 0.5× 15 0.5× 32 360
Isabel Alonso Belmonte Spain 9 160 1.2× 98 1.1× 174 2.6× 19 0.5× 36 1.1× 33 355
Walter Nash United Kingdom 7 177 1.3× 32 0.4× 133 2.0× 20 0.5× 106 3.2× 14 268
Bahram Kazemian Iran 12 155 1.2× 48 0.5× 116 1.7× 27 0.7× 57 1.7× 30 315
Alireza Bonyadi Iran 11 124 0.9× 89 1.0× 149 2.2× 16 0.4× 37 1.1× 31 288

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kent

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kent

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kent, Thomas. (2016). Externalism and the Production of Discourse. Neonatology. 121(1). 7–16. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (2016). Principled Pedagogy: A Reply to Lee-Ann M. Kastman Breuch.
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Couture, Barbara & Thomas Kent. (2004). Private, the Public, and the Published: Reconciling Private Lives and Public Rhetoric. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 3 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1999). Post-Process Theory: Beyond the Writing-Process Paradigm. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 81 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1993). Language Philosophy, Writing, and Reading: A Conversation with Donald Davidson.. 13(1). 1–20. 8 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1993). Paralogic Rhetoric: A Theory of Communicative Interaction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 54 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1991). On the Very Idea of a Discourse Community. College Composition and Communication. 42(4). 425–445. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1991). On the Very Idea of a Discourse Community. College Composition and Communication. 42(4). 425–425. 31 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1989). Beyond System: The Rhetoric of Paralogy. College English. 51(5). 492–507. 3 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1989). Beyond System: The Rhetoric of Paralogy. College English. 51(5). 492–492. 11 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1989). Paralogic hermeneutics and the possibilities of rhetoric. Rhetoric Review. 8(1). 24–42. 15 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1987). Genre Theory in the Area of Business Writing.. 14(2). 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1987). Schema Theory and Technical Communication. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 17(3). 1–1. 5 indexed citations
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Steele, Jeffrey & Thomas Kent. (1987). Interpretation and Genre: The Role of Generic Perception in the Study of Narrative Texts.. American Literature. 59(4). 702–702. 5 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1986). Interpretation and Genre: The Role of Generic Perception in the Study of Narrative Texts. 2 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1985). Interpretation and genre perception. Semiotica. 56(1-2). 2 indexed citations
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Berg, Anke van den & Thomas Kent. (1985). Playhouse and Cosmos: Shakespearean Theater As Metaphor. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1984). Paragraph Production and the Given-New Contract. Journal of Business Communication. 21(4). 45–66. 6 indexed citations
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Kent, Thomas. (1982). The Formal Conventions of the Dime Novel. The Journal of Popular Culture. XVI(1). 37–47.

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