Gayle Rubin

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Gayle Rubin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Gayle Rubin has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Gayle Rubin's work include Sex work and related issues (5 papers), Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 papers) and Education, sociology, and vocational training (3 papers). Gayle Rubin is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (5 papers), Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 papers) and Education, sociology, and vocational training (3 papers). Gayle Rubin collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Gayle Rubin's co-authors include Margo DeMello, Judith Butler, Amber Hollibaugh, Deirdre English, Jacques Derrida, Ihab Hassan, Simone de Beauvoir, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Louis Althusser and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Anthropologist and Feminist Review.

In The Last Decade

Gayle Rubin

25 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Traffic in Women: Not... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 2000 250 500 750
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 Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex
    1975 981 citations Gayle Rubin PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) profile →
  2. Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community
    2000 155 citations Margo DeMello, Gayle Rubin Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gayle Rubin United States 13 760 721 386 342 232 27 1.8k
Susan Stryker United States 20 764 1.0× 730 1.0× 269 0.7× 229 0.7× 733 3.2× 63 1.8k
Angela Y. Davis United States 21 1.8k 2.3× 720 1.0× 210 0.5× 225 0.7× 220 0.9× 46 2.7k
Ann Cvetkovich United States 13 1.0k 1.4× 385 0.5× 209 0.5× 424 1.2× 334 1.4× 33 2.2k
Elspeth Probyn Australia 21 762 1.0× 433 0.6× 141 0.4× 233 0.7× 206 0.9× 68 1.7k
Juliet Mitchell United Kingdom 17 617 0.8× 367 0.5× 539 1.4× 128 0.4× 190 0.8× 47 1.8k
Clare Hemmings United Kingdom 12 755 1.0× 560 0.8× 111 0.3× 192 0.6× 221 1.0× 49 1.4k
José Esteban Muñoz United States 14 1.1k 1.5× 663 0.9× 153 0.4× 602 1.8× 477 2.1× 44 2.4k
Leo Bersani United States 20 793 1.0× 425 0.6× 352 0.9× 198 0.6× 378 1.6× 61 2.1k
David M. Halperin United States 21 1.2k 1.6× 821 1.1× 336 0.9× 193 0.6× 661 2.8× 41 2.7k
Lee Edelman United States 11 1.2k 1.6× 694 1.0× 306 0.8× 453 1.3× 490 2.1× 39 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gayle Rubin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gayle Rubin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gayle Rubin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gayle Rubin 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 Gayle Rubin. Gayle Rubin 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
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Thomas, Calvin, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, et al.. (2019). Adventures in theory : a compact anthology. Bloomsbury Academic eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2018). Esther Newton Made Me a Gay Anthropologist. American Anthropologist. 120(4). 852–853. 1 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2017). Geologias dos estudos queer: um déjà vu mais uma vez. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
4.
Rubin, Gayle. (2014). Surveiller et jouir : Anthropologie politique du sexe. 12 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2013). Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries. 487–497. 23 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle, et al.. (2012). Une conversation avec Gayle Rubin. Raisons politiques. n° 46(2). 131–173. 3 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2012). O trafico de mulheres: notas sobre a “economia política” do sexo. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 8 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2011). Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 102 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (2010). BLOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE: REFLECTIONS ON “THINKING SEX”. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 17(1). 15–48. 40 indexed citations
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Beauvoir, Simone de, et al.. (2008). Evolución del concepto de género : selección de textos de Beauvoir, Millet, Rubin y Butler.
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DeMello, Margo & Gayle Rubin. (2004). Bodies of Inscription. 1 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle & Judith Butler. (2003). Tráfico sexual: entrevista<A NAME="suptitulo"></A>. Cadernos Pagu. 157–209. 26 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle, et al.. (2001). Marché au sexe. 2 indexed citations
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DeMello, Margo & Gayle Rubin. (2000). Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 155 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rubin, Gayle. (1994). The valley of the kings: Leathermen in San Francisco, 1960-1990.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 7 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (1986). El tráfico de mujeres : notas sobre la economía política del sexo. Hispana. 1(30). 35–145. 132 indexed citations
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English, Deirdre, Amber Hollibaugh, & Gayle Rubin. (1982). Talking Sex: A Conversation on Sexuality and Feminism. Feminist Review. 40–40. 4 indexed citations
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English, Deirdre, Amber Hollibaugh, & Gayle Rubin. (1982). Talking Sex: A Conversation on Sexuality and Feminism. Feminist Review. 11(1). 40–52. 19 indexed citations
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Rubin, Gayle. (1975). The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 981 indexed citations breakdown →

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