Dean Spade

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Dean Spade is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean Spade has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Dean Spade's work include LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (9 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (5 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (5 papers). Dean Spade is often cited by papers focused on LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (9 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (5 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (5 papers). Dean Spade collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and France. Dean Spade's co-authors include Craig Willse, Paisley Currah, Eric A. Stanley, Sarah Schulman, Jennifer Flynn, Stephanie Schroeder, Benjamin Shepard, Rori V. Rohlfs, Fred Moten and Gayle Salamon and has published in prestigious journals such as Signs, Social Text and Sexuality Research and Social Policy.

In The Last Decade

Dean Spade

35 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Poli... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dean Spade United States 14 719 539 473 161 144 39 1.4k
Jennifer C. Nash United States 14 946 1.3× 339 0.6× 815 1.7× 110 0.7× 189 1.3× 45 1.7k
Devon W. Carbado United States 13 800 1.1× 235 0.4× 392 0.8× 128 0.8× 191 1.3× 36 1.4k
Brian Heaphy United Kingdom 19 951 1.3× 874 1.6× 463 1.0× 139 0.9× 175 1.2× 40 1.7k
Cathy Cohen United States 12 1.2k 1.7× 591 1.1× 605 1.3× 120 0.7× 346 2.4× 34 1.9k
Sally Hines United Kingdom 21 569 0.8× 801 1.5× 669 1.4× 252 1.6× 112 0.8× 37 1.4k
Don Kulick Sweden 23 1.1k 1.6× 272 0.5× 699 1.5× 323 2.0× 139 1.0× 61 2.0k
Sasha Roseneil United Kingdom 22 1.0k 1.4× 346 0.6× 500 1.1× 137 0.9× 219 1.5× 60 1.5k
Annamarie Jagose New Zealand 8 628 0.9× 471 0.9× 543 1.1× 175 1.1× 75 0.5× 19 1.3k
Susan Stryker United States 20 764 1.1× 733 1.4× 730 1.5× 269 1.7× 135 0.9× 63 1.8k
John D’Emilio United States 18 1.0k 1.4× 656 1.2× 556 1.2× 197 1.2× 344 2.4× 39 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dean Spade

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean Spade

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dean Spade. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dean Spade 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 Dean Spade. Dean Spade 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.
Chua, Charmaine, et al.. (2023). Police abolition. Contemporary Political Theory. 23(1). 114–145. 6 indexed citations
2.
Spade, Dean, et al.. (2022). Leurs lois ne rendront pas nos vies plus sûres. Multitudes. n° 88(3). 94–98.
3.
Spade, Dean. (2021). Close the prisions! Open the borders! How Abolition is Shaping Queer and Trans Politics. 4(13). 7–21. 1 indexed citations
4.
Spade, Dean & Rori V. Rohlfs. (2016). Legal Equality, Gay Numbers and the (After?)Math of Eugenics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
5.
Spade, Dean. (2015). Normal Life. 241 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean & Craig Willse. (2015). Norms and Normalization. Oxford University Press eBooks. 551–571. 5 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2013). Under the Cover of Gay Rights. 37. 79. 10 indexed citations
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Stanley, Eric A., et al.. (2012). Queering Prison Abolition, Now?. American Quarterly. 64(1). 115–127. 27 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2011). Laws as Tactics. Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. 21(2). 40. 8 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2011). Demanding the Unthinkable. University of Kent. 1(1).
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Spade, Dean. (2011). Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spade, Dean. (2010). Introduction: Transgender Issues and the Law. Seattle journal for social justice. 8(2). 1. 2 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2010). Medicaid Policy & Gender-Confirming Healthcare for Trans People: An Interview with Advocates. Seattle journal for social justice. 8(2). 4. 3 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean, et al.. (2010). Law Reform and Transformative Change: A Panel at CUNY Law. CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York). 14(1). 21–21. 2 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2009). Trans Law Reform Strategies, Co-Optation, and the Potential for Transformative Change. SSRN Electronic Journal. 30. 288. 1 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean. (2009). Trans Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape. 18. 353. 4 indexed citations
17.
Spade, Dean. (2008). Compliance is Gendered: Struggling for Gender Self-Determination in a Hostile Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
18.
Spade, Dean & Craig Willse. (2005). Freedom in a Regulatory State?: Lawrence, Marriage and Biopolitics. 11. 309. 13 indexed citations
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Spade, Dean, et al.. (2004). Transecting the Academy. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 10(2). 240–253. 7 indexed citations
20.
Spade, Dean. (2003). "Resisting Medicine, Re/modeling Gender". Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law and Justice. 18(1). 15. 102 indexed citations

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