Biography

2.9k citations
910 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

Papers in

    • Autobiographical and Biographical Writing 94
    • Narrative Theory and Analysis 36
    • American and British Literature Analysis 33
    • Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis 40
    • Philosophy, History, and Historiography 30

Biography

455 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Biography
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
  • Literature and Literary Theory 802
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 271
  • Communication 272
  • Gender Studies 355
  • History 380
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About Biography

The 910 papers published in Biography in the last decades have received a total of 2.9k indexed citations . Papers published in Biography usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (269 papers), History (176 papers), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (71 papers), Cultural Studies (83 papers) and Philosophy (109 papers) specifically the topics of Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (94 papers), Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (40 papers), Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (38 papers), Narrative Theory and Analysis (36 papers), Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (34 papers), American and British Literature Analysis (33 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (31 papers) and Philosophy, History, and Historiography (30 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Biography are Laurie S. McNeill, Leigh Gilmore, Gillian Whitlock, Julie Rak, Julia Watson, Allen Feldman, Sidonie Smith, Anna Poletti, Paul John Eakin and Madeleine Sorapure.

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