Alex Wayman

807 total citations
78 papers, 316 citations indexed

About

Alex Wayman is a scholar working on Religious studies, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Wayman has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 316 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Religious studies, 24 papers in Anthropology and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alex Wayman's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (59 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (20 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (19 papers). Alex Wayman is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (59 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (20 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (19 papers). Alex Wayman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alex Wayman's co-authors include D. L. Snellgrove, Giuseppe Tucci, Edward Conzé, Luciano Petech, Herbert V. Guenther, Ludwik Sternbach, James P. McDermott, Walter E. Kaufmann, Franklin Edgerton and Turrell V. Wylie and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, The Journal of Asian Studies and Philosophy East and West.

In The Last Decade

Alex Wayman

51 papers receiving 189 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Wayman United States 10 167 129 81 70 58 78 316
Ludwik Sternbach United States 10 93 0.6× 103 0.8× 86 1.1× 88 1.3× 87 1.5× 62 317
D. L. Snellgrove United States 10 96 0.6× 129 1.0× 47 0.6× 82 1.2× 70 1.2× 29 319
J. Gonda Netherlands 11 147 0.9× 120 0.9× 114 1.4× 114 1.6× 50 0.9× 101 449
R. J. Zwi Werblowsky Israel 10 85 0.5× 145 1.1× 86 1.1× 22 0.3× 34 0.6× 69 284
Elaine H. Pagels United States 9 124 0.7× 175 1.4× 96 1.2× 34 0.5× 32 0.6× 28 395
Klaus K. Klostermaier Canada 7 74 0.4× 116 0.9× 101 1.2× 38 0.5× 43 0.7× 35 272
H. L. Seneviratne United States 6 65 0.4× 115 0.9× 52 0.6× 69 1.0× 83 1.4× 19 235
Matthew Kapstein France 9 134 0.8× 143 1.1× 80 1.0× 68 1.0× 48 0.8× 37 297
Edward Geoffrey Parrinder United Kingdom 9 47 0.3× 119 0.9× 37 0.5× 64 0.9× 49 0.8× 38 280
John Stratton Hawley United States 9 90 0.5× 96 0.7× 94 1.2× 91 1.3× 75 1.3× 45 273

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Wayman

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Alex Wayman's research. 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 Alex Wayman with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alex Wayman more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Wayman

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alex Wayman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alex Wayman. The network helps show where Alex Wayman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Wayman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Wayman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Wayman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Wayman. Alex Wayman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Wayman, Alex. (1997). The vedic gandharva and rebirth theory.
2.
Wayman, Alex. (1996). A Defense of Yogacara Buddhism. Philosophy East and West. 46(4). 447–447. 4 indexed citations
3.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1993). Researches in Indian and Buddhist philosophy : essays in honour of Professor Alex Wayman. 1 indexed citations
4.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1992). The Enlightenment of Vairocana. 4 indexed citations
5.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1992). Abhidhānaviśvalocanam, or, Abhidhānamuktāvalī of Śrīdharasena. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
6.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1984). Buddhist insight : essays.
7.
Wayman, Alex. (1979). Yogācāra and the Buddhist Logicians. 2(1). 65–78. 4 indexed citations
8.
Wayman, Alex. (1978). The Mahāsāṃghika and the Tathāgatagarbha. 1(1). 35–50. 2 indexed citations
9.
Wayman, Alex & Walter E. Kaufmann. (1976). Tibetan Buddhist Chant: Musical Notations and Interpretations of a Song Book by the Bkah Brgyud Pa and Sa Skya Pa Sects. Ethnomusicology. 20(1). 146–146.
10.
Wayman, Alex. (1974). The Mirror as a Pan-Buddhist Metaphor-Simile. History of Religions. 13(4). 251–269. 7 indexed citations
11.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1974). The lion's roar of Queen Śrīmālā;: A Buddhist scripture on the Tathāgatagarbha theory. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
12.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1969). l'Abhisamayālaṃkāravṛtti di Ärya-Vimuktisena. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 89(1). 190–190.
13.
Wayman, Alex, et al.. (1968). Mkhas grub rje's Fundamentals of the Buddhist tantras : Rgyud sde spyiḥi rnam par gźag pa rgyas par brjod. Mouton eBooks. 1 indexed citations
14.
Wayman, Alex. (1965). The Buddhism and the Sanskrit of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 85(1). 111–111.
15.
Wayman, Alex. (1965). Climactic Times in Indian Mythology and Religion. History of Religions. 4(2). 295–318. 2 indexed citations
16.
Edgerton, Franklin & Alex Wayman. (1962). Analysis of the Sravakabhumi Manuscript. Language. 38(3). 307–307.
17.
Wayman, Alex. (1961). Analysis of the Śrāvakabhūmi manuscript. In-house reproduction eBooks. 2 indexed citations
18.
Wayman, Alex & D. L. Snellgrove. (1960). The Hevajra Tantra. A Critical Study. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 80(2). 159–159. 32 indexed citations
19.
Wayman, Alex. (1955). The Lamp and the Wind in Tibetan Buddhism. Philosophy East and West. 5(2). 149–149. 1 indexed citations
20.
Wayman, Alex. (1955). Notes on the Sanskrit Term Jñāna. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 75(4). 253–253.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ludwik Sternbach Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by D. L. Snellgrove Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Gonda Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Elaine H. Pagels Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Klaus K. Klostermaier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by H. L. Seneviratne Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matthew Kapstein Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Edward Geoffrey Parrinder Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by John Stratton Hawley
Rankless by CCL
2026