MLN 50.7k citations
4.6k papers · indexed · active since 1951
Impact in Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Early Modern Spanish Literature German Literature and Culture Studies Poetry Analysis and Criticism Medieval Literature and History Renaissance Literature and Culture Papers in i Italian Literature and Culture 94 German Literature and Culture Studies 455 Early Modern Spanish Literature 222 Poetry Analysis and Criticism 118 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies 108 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics 99 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers MLN
Comparison fields: 5 of 172 Literature and Literary Theory 7.5k Classics 2.3k Philosophy 3.0k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1.4k History 1.9k General Arts and Humanities 90 Language and Linguistics 1.5k Cultural Studies 637 General Psychology 122 Music 513 History and Philosophy of Science 577 Religious studies 608 Gender Studies 603 Anthropology 720 Sociology and Political Science 2.2k Education 1.6k Linguistics and Language 218 Developmental and Educational Psychology 637 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 619 Clinical Psychology 868 Geography, Planning and Development 173 Museology 110 Communication 197 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 275 Political Science and International Relations 783 Social Psychology 448 General Decision Sciences 57 Theoretical Computer Science 38 Demography 172 Conservation 68 Information Systems and Management 119 Safety Research 181 Urban Studies 86 Medical Terminology 1 Architecture 54 Public Administration 87 General Social Sciences 26 Law 151 Health 98 Management of Technology and Innovation 75 Library and Information Sciences 24 Cognitive Neuroscience 197 Human Factors and Ergonomics 34 Human-Computer Interaction 59 Archeology 96 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 84 Speech and Hearing 35 Marketing 66 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 12 Management Science and Operations Research 106 Applied Psychology 25 Computer Science Applications 35 General Health Professions 118 Information Systems 146 Development 15 Economics and Econometrics 144 Occupational Therapy 27 Strategy and Management 74 Psychiatry and Mental health 94 Computational Theory and Mathematics 62 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 123 Artificial Intelligence 126 Neurology 23 Family Practice 7 Nature and Landscape Conservation 28 Pharmacy 8 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 Health Information Management 18 Research and Theory 6 Accounting 34 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 64 Business and International Management 2 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 23 Media Technology 17 Management Information Systems 20 Space and Planetary Science 1 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 2 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 13 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 6 Statistics and Probability 17 Global and Planetary Change 29 Developmental Biology 3 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 2 Geology 6 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 Computer Networks and Communications 25 Building and Construction 15 Applied Mathematics 14 Finance 11 Epidemiology 33 Behavioral Neuroscience 2 Paleontology 8 Archeology 1 Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 Reproductive Medicine 9 Mechanical Engineering 29 Food Science 14 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 Aging 1 Transportation 4 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 5 Infectious Diseases 14 Physiology 17 Plant Science 26 Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 Genetics 17 Ecology 13 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 Mathematical Physics 5 Emergency Medical Services 3 Complementary and Manual Therapy 1 Atmospheric Science 6 Environmental Engineering 5 Automotive Engineering 4 Biomedical Engineering 15 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 Virology 2 Civil and Structural Engineering 9 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 Complementary and alternative medicine 3 Control and Systems Engineering 8 Waste Management and Disposal 2 Soil Science 4 Rehabilitation 2 Organic Chemistry 9 Pharmaceutical Science 2 Urology 2 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 Oncology 6 Water Science and Technology 4 Computational Mechanics 5 Orthodontics 2 Environmental Chemistry 2 Nutrition and Dietetics 3 Dermatology 2 Pharmacology 2 Software 1 Biochemistry 1 Molecular Biology 13 Geophysics 3 Oceanography 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 Biotechnology 1 Microbiology 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 Materials Chemistry 6 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 Emergency Medicine 1 Hematology 2 Hardware and Architecture 1 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 Signal Processing 1 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 Geometry and Topology 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 Nephrology 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Biomaterials 1 Cell Biology 1 Inorganic Chemistry 1 Neurology 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 Mechanics of Materials 1 Surgery 2
Literature and Literary Theory 7.5k Classics 2.3k Philosophy 3.0k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1.4k History 1.9k Comparative Literature United States
World Literature Today United States
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism United States
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History United States
The Classical World United States
The Modern Language Review United States
Sixteenth Century Journal United States
The German Quarterly United States
Journal of the American Oriental Society United States
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion United States
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Comparative Literature · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in MLN. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in MLN with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites MLN more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in MLN. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in MLN.
About MLN The 4.6k papers published in MLN in the last decades have received a total of 50.7k indexed citations . Papers published in MLN usually cover General Arts and Humanities (97 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (1.6k papers), Classics (503 papers), Philosophy (272 papers) and History (176 papers) specifically the topics of German Literature and Culture Studies (455 papers), Renaissance Literature and Culture (227 papers), Early Modern Spanish Literature (222 papers), Medieval Literature and History (219 papers), Poetry Analysis and Criticism (118 papers), Spanish Literature and Culture Studies (108 papers), Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics (99 papers) and Italian Literature and Culture (94 papers). The most active scholars publishing in MLN are Ronald Schleifer , Jerome S. Bruner , Nancy L. Mergler , Horace L. Fairlamb , Gregory Bateson , Nancy S. Struever , Michael Sprinker , Sara Suleri , Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Alasdair MacIntyre .
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