Eric Stokes

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 772 citations indexed

About

Eric Stokes is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Stokes has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 772 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Eric Stokes's work include South Asian Studies and Conflicts (7 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (6 papers) and Social and Economic Development in India (4 papers). Eric Stokes is often cited by papers focused on South Asian Studies and Conflicts (7 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (6 papers) and Social and Economic Development in India (4 papers). Eric Stokes collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Eric Stokes's co-authors include Holden Furber, C. J. Fuller, C. A. Bayly, Richard Brown, J. D. Omer‐Cooper, Anthony Atmore, Hugh Tinker, Vera Anstey, Robert O. Collins and Mark Shelbourn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, The American Historical Review and Economica.

In The Last Decade

Eric Stokes

26 papers receiving 532 citations

Hit Papers

The English Utilitarians and India 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The English Utilitarians and India
    1959 299 citations Holden Furber, Eric Stokes The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Stokes United States 11 414 311 221 131 67 29 772
Holden Furber United States 14 457 1.1× 348 1.1× 359 1.6× 239 1.8× 69 1.0× 42 994
David Washbrook United Kingdom 17 490 1.2× 333 1.1× 356 1.6× 163 1.2× 71 1.1× 42 870
Lionel Rothkrug Canada 6 486 1.2× 379 1.2× 110 0.5× 203 1.5× 44 0.7× 11 951
G. E. Aylmer United Kingdom 13 434 1.0× 389 1.3× 128 0.6× 180 1.4× 37 0.6× 39 930
Robert Eric Frykenberg United States 14 501 1.2× 354 1.1× 314 1.4× 86 0.7× 137 2.0× 61 993
Justus M. van der Kroef United States 17 817 2.0× 389 1.3× 155 0.7× 34 0.3× 19 0.3× 209 1.1k
Peter Robb United Kingdom 12 265 0.6× 217 0.7× 230 1.0× 97 0.7× 60 0.9× 53 636
Leslie Bethell Mexico 18 386 0.9× 288 0.9× 293 1.3× 136 1.0× 16 0.2× 68 980
Marc Raeff United States 15 315 0.8× 386 1.2× 59 0.3× 58 0.4× 57 0.9× 108 748
Thomas M. Callaghy United States 14 578 1.4× 284 0.9× 146 0.7× 80 0.6× 18 0.3× 33 883

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Stokes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Stokes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Stokes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stokes, Eric & C. A. Bayly. (1986). The peasant armed : the Indian revolt of 1857. Clarendon Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1980). Bureaucracy and Ideology: Britain and India in the Nineteenth Century. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 30. 131–156. 11 indexed citations
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Dale, Stephen F. & Eric Stokes. (1978). The Peasant and the Raj. Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India.. Pacific Affairs. 51(4). 670–670. 2 indexed citations
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Fuller, C. J. & Eric Stokes. (1978). The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India. Man. 13(4). 694–694. 56 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric, et al.. (1976). The Erosion of a Relationship. India and Britain since 1960.. The Economic Journal. 86(344). 925–925. 3 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1975). The Structure of Landholding in Uttar Pradesh, 1860-1948. The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 12(2). 113–132. 8 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric, et al.. (1975). Vilyatpur, 1848-1968: Social and Economic Change in an Indian Village.. The Economic History Review. 28(4). 739–739. 1 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1975). Agrarian Society and the Pax Britannica in Northern India in the Early Nineteenth Century. Modern Asian Studies. 9(4). 505–528. 3 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1975). Uneconomic Imperialism. The Historical Journal. 18(2). 409–416.
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Stokes, Eric. (1970). TRADITIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS AND AFRO-ASIAN NATIONALISM: THE CONTEXT OF THE 1857 MUTINY REBELLION IN INDIA. Past & Present. 48(1). 100–118. 8 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1969). V. Late Nineteenth-Century Colonial Expansion and the Attack on the Theory of Economic Imperialism: A Case of Mistaken Identity?. The Historical Journal. 12(2). 285–301. 22 indexed citations
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Collins, Robert O., Eric Stokes, & Richard Brown. (1968). The Zambesian Past: Studies in Central African History. The American Historical Review. 73(3). 873–873. 14 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric & Gananath Obeyesekere. (1968). Land Tenure in Village Ceylon, a Sociological and Historical Study.. The Economic History Review. 21(1). 194–194. 2 indexed citations
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Atmore, Anthony, J. D. Omer‐Cooper, Eric Stokes, & Richard Brown. (1967). The Zulu Aftermath: A Nineteenth Century Revolution in Bantu Africa.. Man. 2(2). 320–320. 36 indexed citations
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Stokes, Eric. (1962). III. Milnerism. The Historical Journal. 5(1). 47–60. 4 indexed citations
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Tinker, Hugh & Eric Stokes. (1960). The English Utilitarians and India.. Pacific Affairs. 33(2). 203–203. 13 indexed citations
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Furber, Holden & Eric Stokes. (1959). The English Utilitarians and India. The American Historical Review. 65(1). 112–112. 299 indexed citations breakdown →
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Anstey, Vera & Eric Stokes. (1959). The English Utilitarians and India.. The Economic History Review. 12(2). 346–346. 10 indexed citations

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