Gloria Wekker

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Gloria Wekker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Gloria Wekker has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Gloria Wekker's work include Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (2 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 papers). Gloria Wekker is often cited by papers focused on Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (2 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 papers). Gloria Wekker collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and United States. Gloria Wekker's co-authors include Herman Wekker, Cecilia Åsberg and Marieke Slootman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Homosexuality, European Journal of Women s Studies and Journal of Lesbian Studies.

In The Last Decade

Gloria Wekker

16 papers receiving 514 citations

Hit Papers

White Innocence 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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. White Innocence
    2016 308 citations Gloria Wekker profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gloria Wekker Netherlands 7 412 132 86 84 66 17 627
Mará Viveros Vigoya Colombia 9 380 0.9× 244 1.8× 89 1.0× 62 0.7× 43 0.7× 43 616
Joseph Pugliese Australia 15 449 1.1× 73 0.6× 92 1.1× 74 0.9× 31 0.5× 80 660
Scott Lauria Morgensen Canada 10 429 1.0× 137 1.0× 70 0.8× 82 1.0× 40 0.6× 22 688
Vron Ware United Kingdom 10 478 1.2× 179 1.4× 109 1.3× 57 0.7× 58 0.9× 23 693
Zine Magubane United States 12 400 1.0× 121 0.9× 54 0.6× 60 0.7× 62 0.9× 32 552
Himani Bannerji Canada 12 588 1.4× 138 1.0× 130 1.5× 44 0.5× 138 2.1× 24 852
Rita Kaur Dhamoon Canada 9 360 0.9× 246 1.9× 101 1.2× 38 0.5× 64 1.0× 19 682
Trinh T. Minh‐ha United States 11 351 0.9× 91 0.7× 66 0.8× 76 0.9× 80 1.2× 32 672
Fatima El-Tayeb United States 10 532 1.3× 152 1.2× 171 2.0× 47 0.6× 34 0.5× 20 748
G. Reginald Daniel United States 8 454 1.1× 61 0.5× 64 0.7× 30 0.4× 57 0.9× 19 618

Countries citing papers authored by Gloria Wekker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gloria Wekker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gloria Wekker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gloria Wekker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gloria Wekker 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 Gloria Wekker. Gloria Wekker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Wekker, Gloria. (2022). ‘How Does One Survive the University as a Space Invader?’: Beyond White Innocence in the Academy. Dutch Crossing. 46(3). 201–213. 1 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2022). What Happens to Black in the Afro-Surinamese Transatlantic Diaspora?. Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 26(2). 85–92. 2 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2020). Afropessimism. European Journal of Women s Studies. 28(1). 86–97. 6 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2016). White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 118 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2016). White Innocence. 11 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria, et al.. (2016). Let's do diversity. Report of the University of Amsterdam Diversity Commission.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2016). White Innocence. 308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wekker, Gloria. (2016). White Innocence. 45 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria, et al.. (2013). Politics and Passion: A Conversation With Gloria Wekker. 3 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria, et al.. (2011). 'GENDERED SCRIPTS' - NARRATIVES OF UGANDAN WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCED SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE.
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Wekker, Gloria. (2011). Nesten bouwen op een winderige plek. Denken over gender en etniciteit in Nederland. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 5(3). 1–31. 4 indexed citations
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Åsberg, Cecilia & Gloria Wekker. (2007). Je hebt een kleur, maar je bent Nederlands : Identiteitsformatie van geadopteerden van kleur. 2 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2006). The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 83 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (2004). Still Crazy after All Those Years.... European Journal of Women s Studies. 11(4). 487–500. 16 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (1996). Mati-ism and Black Lesbianism. Journal of Lesbian Studies. 1(1). 11–24. 6 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria. (1993). Mati-ism and Black Lesbianism:. Journal of Homosexuality. 24(3-4). 145–158. 12 indexed citations
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Wekker, Gloria & Herman Wekker. (1991). Coming in from the cold. Babel Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation / Revista Internacional de Traducción. 37(4). 221–239. 5 indexed citations

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