Zoltán Kövecses

19.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
76 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Zoltán Kövecses is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zoltán Kövecses has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 41 papers in Language and Linguistics and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Zoltán Kövecses's work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (65 papers), linguistics and terminology studies (21 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (17 papers). Zoltán Kövecses is often cited by papers focused on Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (65 papers), linguistics and terminology studies (21 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (17 papers). Zoltán Kövecses collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, United States and Poland. Zoltán Kövecses's co-authors include Réka Benczes, Günter Radden, Bálint Koller, Roberto R. Heredia, Rita Tóth, Sarolta Komlósi, Robert E. MacLaury, Gary B. Palmer, Anna B. Cieślicka and Jyotsna Vaid and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Cognitive Sciences and Applied Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Zoltán Kövecses

68 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Metaphor: A Practical Introduction 2000 2026 2008 2017 2002 2000 2005 2005 2015 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zoltán Kövecses Hungary 27 5.1k 2.9k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 76 6.5k
Charles Forceville Netherlands 25 2.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 619 0.5× 2.4k 2.1× 437 0.4× 86 5.0k
Rachel Giora Israel 30 3.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 729 0.6× 838 0.8× 82 4.5k
Lynne Cameron United Kingdom 23 1.8k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 473 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 543 0.5× 56 4.0k
Deborah Schiffrin United States 26 1.5k 0.3× 3.4k 1.2× 339 0.3× 1.8k 1.6× 434 0.4× 51 5.1k
Anna Wierzbicka Australia 27 1.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 283 0.2× 309 0.3× 127 4.2k
Richard J. Gerrig United States 39 2.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 836 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 444 0.4× 93 6.5k
Sam Glucksberg United States 42 4.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 561 0.5× 933 0.9× 91 6.5k
Alessandro Duranti United States 27 946 0.2× 2.5k 0.9× 390 0.3× 1.2k 1.1× 331 0.3× 57 4.7k
Jonathan Culpeper United Kingdom 26 1.5k 0.3× 3.6k 1.2× 434 0.3× 2.0k 1.8× 217 0.2× 101 4.7k
Penelope Eckert United States 28 1.5k 0.3× 3.7k 1.3× 240 0.2× 1.3k 1.1× 166 0.2× 42 7.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2025). Chatting about anger metaphors with ChatGPT. 149(5). 620–636.
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Kövecses, Zoltán, et al.. (2024). Universality versus variation in the conceptualization of anger: A question of methodology. Russian Journal of Linguistics. 28(1). 55–79. 3 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2023). Metaphorical Creativity in Discourse. UMCS Library (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University). 47(1). 55–70. 7 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2021). A MULTILEVEL AND CONTEXTUALIST VIEW OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY. 8(2). 133–143. 2 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2020). Emotion concepts in a new light. 8 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2020). Visual metaphor in extended conceptual metaphor theory. 7(1). 13–30. 6 indexed citations
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Benczes, Réka & Zoltán Kövecses. (2016). Kognitív nyelvészet. Akadémiai Kiadó eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2015). Metaphor and Culture. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2(2). 73–96. 31 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2009). Metaphor and Poetic Creativity: A Cognitive Linguistic Account 1. 1(2). 181–196. 5 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2007). Variation in Metaphor. Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural Studies. 13–40. 4 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán, et al.. (2007). Angol Magyar kéziszótár = A concise Hungarian-English dictionary. Akadémiai Kiadó eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2005). A metafora : gyakorlati bevezetés a kognitív metaforaelméletbe. 1 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2005). A broad view of cognitive linguistics. Acta Linguistica Hungarica. 52(2-3). 135–172. 5 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2005). Metaphor in culture: universality and variation. Choice Reviews Online. 43(3). 43–1393. 644 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2004). Introduction: Cultural Variation In Metaphor. European Journal of English Studies. 8(3). 263–274. 21 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2003). Cultural Variation in Metaphor1. 10(2). 415–436. 3 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (2000). The Concept of Anger: Universal or Culture Specific?. Psychopathology. 33(4). 159–170. 49 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán & Gary B. Palmer. (1999). Language And Emotion Concepts. 237. 9 indexed citations
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Kövecses, Zoltán. (1986). 2. The Concept of Anger. 11. 1 indexed citations

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