Anna De Fina publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Anna De Fina between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Anna De Fina published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 3.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2011. 6 of the 130 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1989 2025

130 publications in total across all disciplines

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Anna De Fina: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year	Publications
1989	2
1990	0
1991	0
1992	1
1993	0
1994	0
1995	1
1996	0
1997	1
1998	0
1999	1
2000	1
2001	0
2002	1
2003	11
2004	1
2005	2
2006	13
2007	7
2008	4
2009	2
2010	5
2011	17
2012	2
2013	2
2014	2
2015	5
2016	7
2017	8
2018	1
2019	6
2020	6
2021	3
2022	8
2023	4
2024	3
2025	3
Total	130

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Anna De Fina publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna De Fina sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406	111
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Anna De Fina D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna De Fina sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272	37
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Anna De Fina is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences and humanities, with a primary focus on communication, language, and discourse studies. Their work intersects multiple domains such as communication strategies, digital communication, and media studies.

The main fields of study for Anna De Fina include:

Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities

Their subfields of study cover:

Communication
Language and Linguistics
Literature and Literary Theory
Human-Computer Interaction
Linguistics and Language

Key research topics explored by Anna De Fina include:

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Social Media and Politics
Digital Communication and Language
Multilingual Education and Policy
Media Studies and Communication
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Anna De Fina has contributed papers to various prominent publication venues, including:

Applied Linguistics
Language Culture and Society
Narrative Inquiry
Language in Society
Language and Intercultural Communication

Notable recent publications by Anna De Fina include:

"Doing narrative analysis from a narratives-as-practices perspective" (2020) in Narrative Inquiry
"Sketches Toward a Decolonial Applied Linguistics" (2023) in Applied Linguistics
"Learning How to Tell, Learning How to Ask: Reciprocity and Storytelling as a Community Process" (2020) in Applied Linguistics
"'I especially loved the little Nana dancing on the balcony': The emergence, formation, and circulation of chronotopes in mass-mediated communication" (2022) in Language in Society

Frequent collaborators in Anna De Fina's research include:

Jan Blommaert
Giuseppe Paternostro
Johannes Angermüller
Jungyoon Koh
Alexandra Georgakopoulou

Among Anna De Fina's book contributions is a publication with Cambridge University Press:

"The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies" (2020)

Best Publications

Analyzing Narrative: Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

Anna De Fina;Alexandra Georgakopoulou

1057
Citations
Identity in Narrative: A study of immigrant discourse

Anna De Fina

964
Citations
Discourse and Identity

Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin;Michael G. W. Bamberg

697
Citations
Analysing narratives as practices

Anna De Fina;Alexandra Georgakopoulou

521
Citations
Discourse and Identity Construction

Michael Bamberg;Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin

492
Citations
Narratives in interview — The case of accounts: For an interactional approach to narrative genres

Anna De Fina

402
Citations
Code-switching and the construction of ethnic identity in a community of practice

Anna De Fina

351
Citations
The ethnographic interview

Anna De Fina

314
Citations
Introduction: Interviews vs. ‘natural’ contexts: A false dilemma

Anna De Fina;Sabina Perrino

297
Citations
The Handbook of Narrative Analysis

Anna De Fina;Alexandra Georgakopoulou

295
Citations
Pronominal Choice, Identity and Solidarity in Political Discourse

Anna De Fina

254
Citations
Positioning level 3: Connecting local identity displays to macro social processes

Anna De Fina

251
Citations
Selves and identities in narrative and discourse

Michael G. W. Bamberg;Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin

229
Citations
Dislocations/ Relocations: Narratives of Displacement

Mike Baynham;Anna De Fina

203
Citations
Discourse and Identity: Group identity, narrative and self-representations

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196
Citations
Chronotopic identities : on the spacetime organization of who we are

Jan Blommaert;Anna De Fina

190
Citations
Who tells which story and why? Micro and macro contexts in narrative

Anna de Fina

162
Citations
Language problem or language conflict? Narratives of immigrant women's experiences in the US

Anna De Fina;Kendall A. King

146
Citations
Researcher and informant roles in narrative interactions: Constructions of belonging and foreign-ness

Anna De Fina

122
Citations
Crossing borders: Time, space, and disorientation in narrative

Anna De Fina

117
Citations
Storytelling and audience reactions in social media

Anna De Fina

109
Citations
Telling Stories: Language, Narrative, and Social Life

Deborah Schiffrin;Anna De Fina;Anastasia Nylund

86
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Georgakopoulou King's College London

Michael Bamberg Clark University

Jan Blommaert Tilburg University

Kendall A. King University of Minnesota

External Links

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