Brinkley Messick

1.5k total citations
24 papers, 694 citations indexed

About

Brinkley Messick is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brinkley Messick has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 694 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Brinkley Messick's work include Islamic Studies and History (18 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (6 papers). Brinkley Messick is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (18 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 papers) and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (6 papers). Brinkley Messick collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brinkley Messick's co-authors include Gabriele vom Bruck, David S. Powers, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Kathleen N. Moore, Claude Gilliot and Sherman A. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Anthropologist and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Brinkley Messick

23 papers receiving 500 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brinkley Messick United States 11 398 393 196 86 70 24 694
Frederick Mathewson Denny United States 11 393 1.0× 314 0.8× 74 0.4× 185 2.2× 46 0.7× 28 648
Saïd Amir Arjomand United States 18 704 1.8× 786 2.0× 121 0.6× 101 1.2× 51 0.7× 94 1.1k
Gilles Kepel France 17 779 2.0× 431 1.1× 63 0.3× 96 1.1× 15 0.2× 60 950
William R. Roff United States 15 727 1.8× 299 0.8× 168 0.9× 253 2.9× 82 1.2× 49 868
Marshall G. S. Hodgson United States 15 708 1.8× 708 1.8× 247 1.3× 262 3.0× 82 1.2× 28 1.2k
Aziz Al–Azmeh Austria 12 362 0.9× 290 0.7× 60 0.3× 80 0.9× 26 0.4× 47 545
Craig A. Lockard United States 13 418 1.1× 131 0.3× 132 0.7× 55 0.6× 19 0.3× 47 556
Majid Khadduri United States 17 479 1.2× 464 1.2× 58 0.3× 87 1.0× 87 1.2× 57 750
Roger Allen United States 15 374 0.9× 266 0.7× 85 0.4× 91 1.1× 9 0.1× 92 737
George Makdisi United States 12 276 0.7× 361 0.9× 64 0.3× 320 3.7× 104 1.5× 36 685

Countries citing papers authored by Brinkley Messick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brinkley Messick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brinkley Messick

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Messick, Brinkley. (2018). Shari'a Scripts. Columbia University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
2.
Messick, Brinkley. (2014). The Judge and the Mufti. 2 indexed citations
3.
Messick, Brinkley, et al.. (2011). MÜFTÜLER, FETVALAR VE İSLÂM HUKUKUNDA YORUM. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 64(1). 309–358.
4.
Messick, Brinkley. (2003). Property and the Private in a Sharia System. Social research. 70(3). 711–734. 6 indexed citations
5.
Messick, Brinkley. (2002). EVIDENCE: FROM MEMORY TO ARCHIVE. Islamic Law and Society. 9(2). 231–270. 7 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (2001). INDEXING THE SELF: INTENT AND EXPRESSION IN ISLAMIC LEGAL ACTS. Islamic Law and Society. 8(2). 151–178. 13 indexed citations
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Masud, Muhammad Khalid, et al.. (2000). Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas. Journal of Law and Religion. 15(1/2). 421–421. 12 indexed citations
8.
Messick, Brinkley. (1998). Written Identities: Legal Subjects in an Islamic State. History of Religions. 38(1). 25–51. 2 indexed citations
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Masud, Muhammad Khalid, et al.. (1998). Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas. American Journal of Legal History. 42(1). 84–84. 8 indexed citations
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Moore, Kathleen N., Muhammad Khalid Masud, Brinkley Messick, & David S. Powers. (1998). Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(2). 199–199. 46 indexed citations
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Bruck, Gabriele vom & Brinkley Messick. (1995). The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(2). 448–448. 223 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1995). Textual Properties: Writing and Wealth in a Shari'a Case. Anthropological Quarterly. 68(3). 157–157. 3 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1993). Calligraphic State. 178 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1989). Just Writing: Paradox and Political Economy in Yemeni Legal Documents. Cultural Anthropology. 4(1). 26–50. 15 indexed citations
15.
Messick, Brinkley. (1988). Kissing Hands and Knees: Hegemony and Hierarchy in Sharfa Discourse. Law & Society Review. 22(4). 637–659. 10 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1987). subordinate discourse: women, weaving, and gender relations in North Africa. American Ethnologist. 14(2). 210–225. 26 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1986). The Mufti, the Text and the World: Legal Interpretation in Yemen. Man. 21(1). 102–102. 26 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1983). Legal documents and the concept of ‘restricted literacy’ in a traditional society. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 1983(42). 12 indexed citations
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Messick, Brinkley. (1983). Prosecution in Yemen: The Introduction of theNiyāba. International Journal Middle East Studies. 15(4). 507–518. 2 indexed citations
20.
Messick, Brinkley. (1978). Transactions in Ibb : economy and society in a Yemeni highland town. University Microfilms International eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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