Alf Hiltebeitel

1.6k citations
62 papers · 583 indexed · h-index 14
    • Indian and Buddhist Studies 26
    • Eurasian Exchange Networks 8
    • Anthropological Studies and Insights 7
  • Philosophy top 2%
    • Indian History and Philosophy 15
    • Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices 5
    • Study and Philosophy of Religion 5
  • Archeology top 5%
    • Ancient Near East History 11
    • Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies 8

Alf Hiltebeitel

51 papers receiving 409 citations

Peers

Alf Hiltebeitel
Comparison fields: 5 of 78
  • Religious studies 178
  • Anthropology 196
  • Philosophy 181
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 62
  • Archeology 51
Replace Paula Richman with:
Paula Richman United States
Eva C. Keuls
Jean-Pierre Vernant France
Diana L. Eck United States
Gershom Scholem
Nicole Loraux France
Bernard McGinn United States
Gavin Flood United Kingdom
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Algeria
H. C. Erik Midelfort United States
Alf Hiltebeitel relative to Paula Richman United States Paula Richman's profile →
Citations per field
00.5×4.3×
Paula Richman · 1×
Citations per year

Countries citing papers authored by Alf Hiltebeitel

Since Specialization
Citations

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Alf Hiltebeitel

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alf Hiltebeitel. 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 Alf Hiltebeitel. The network helps show where Alf Hiltebeitel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network

The 17 scholars most cited alongside Alf Hiltebeitel, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with Alf Hiltebeitel Line = papers co-authored together Alf Hiltebeitel links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20160
2
Bhīṣma's Sources
20140
3
Reading the fifth Veda : studies on the Mahābhārata : essays
20112
4 20105
5 20101
6 200513
7
Stories about Posts: Vedic Variations around the Hindu Goddess
20043
8 200232
9
Draupadī among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits : Rethinking India's oral and classical epics
20016
10 20002
11
On Hindu ritual and the Goddess
19910
12 19911
13 199015
14 198739
15 198641
16 19805
17 19772
18 19750
19 19723
20 197113

About Alf Hiltebeitel

Alf Hiltebeitel is a scholar working on Religious studies, Philosophy and Anthropology, having authored 62 papers that have together received 583 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (26 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (15 papers), Ancient Near East History (11 papers), Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (8 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (8 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (5 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Religious studies (178 citations), Anthropology (196 citations) and Philosophy (181 citations). Alf Hiltebeitel has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Nicholas Allen, Diane Apostolos‐Cappadona, Mircéa Éliade, David Kinsley, Stephen Phillips, Willard R. Trask, Frédérique Apffel Marglin, Barbara Miller, Dennis B. McGilvray and Anne Feldhaus. Their work appears in journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Pacific Affairs.

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

Rankless by CCL
2026