Hamid Algar

2.2k total citations
45 papers, 483 citations indexed

About

Hamid Algar is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamid Algar has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 483 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Education and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Hamid Algar's work include Islamic Studies and History (39 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (19 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Hamid Algar is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (39 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (19 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Hamid Algar collaborates with scholars based in United States. Hamid Algar's co-authors include Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Rūḥ Allāh Khumaynī, Nikki R. Keddie, L. Carl Brown, Werner Ende, Annemarie Schımmel, Ervand Abrahamian, R. Campbell, Kalim Siddiqui and Richard N. Frye and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Foreign Affairs and Journal of the American Oriental Society.

In The Last Decade

Hamid Algar

40 papers receiving 346 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hamid Algar United States 12 331 287 110 50 33 45 483
Amina Wadud Indonesia 8 350 1.1× 458 1.6× 112 1.0× 39 0.8× 23 0.7× 14 584
James Piscatori Australia 13 326 1.0× 528 1.8× 79 0.7× 92 1.8× 22 0.7× 25 661
Sherman A. Jackson United States 11 216 0.7× 243 0.8× 87 0.8× 27 0.5× 29 0.9× 35 363
Roxanne L. Euben United States 11 306 0.9× 390 1.4× 99 0.9× 42 0.8× 13 0.4× 25 526
Claude Gilliot France 14 278 0.8× 304 1.1× 165 1.5× 47 0.9× 57 1.7× 97 531
Khaled Abou El Fadl United States 11 397 1.2× 480 1.7× 189 1.7× 22 0.4× 21 0.6× 29 655
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd United States 11 359 1.1× 594 2.1× 56 0.5× 38 0.8× 23 0.7× 53 684
Amira Mittermaier Canada 9 209 0.6× 294 1.0× 42 0.4× 188 3.8× 23 0.7× 23 479
Peter B. Clarke United Kingdom 10 88 0.3× 224 0.8× 71 0.6× 57 1.1× 30 0.9× 42 357
Hussein Ali Agrama United States 7 297 0.9× 373 1.3× 43 0.4× 98 2.0× 11 0.3× 9 481

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hamid Algar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hamid Algar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Algar, Hamid. (2023). Religion and State in Iran 1785-1906.
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Algar, Hamid. (2012). Response to Browers: Marja‘iyyah and Wilayat al-Faqih. 5(1). 47–48.
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (2011). The perfect guide to the sciences of the Qurʾān. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid. (2006). lhringAllama Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabarhringi: Philosopher, Exegete, and Gnostic. Journal of Islamic Studies. 17(3). 326–351. 10 indexed citations
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Khumaynī, Rūḥ Allāh & Hamid Algar. (2002). Islam and revolution. 9 indexed citations
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Brown, L. Carl & Hamid Algar. (2002). Wahhabism: A Critical Essay. Foreign Affairs. 81(5). 216–216. 54 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (2001). Modern Islamic political thought : the response of the Shīʻī and Sunnī Muslims to the Twentieth Century. 12 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid. (2001). The Centennial Renewer: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and the Tradition of Tajdid. Journal of Islamic Studies. 12(3). 291–311. 10 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (2000). The Seal of the Prophets and his message : lessons on Islamic doctrine. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid & Ahmet T. Karamustafa. (1997). God's Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Later Middle Period 1200-1550. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 117(1). 192–192. 69 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (1996). Imamate and Leadership. 1 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (1985). Fundamentals of Islamic Thought : God, Man and the Universe. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid, et al.. (1982). Society and economics in Islam. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid. (1980). THE STUDY OF ISLAM: THE WORK OF HENRY CORBIN. Religious Studies Review. 6(2). 85–91. 6 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid & Annemarie Schımmel. (1978). Mystical Dimensions of Islam. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 98(4). 485–485. 22 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid. (1976). The Naqshbandi Order: A Preliminary Survey of Its History and Significance. Studia Islamica. 123–123. 29 indexed citations
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Ende, Werner, Nikki R. Keddie, & Hamid Algar. (1974). An Islamic Response to Imperialism. Political and Religious Writings of Sayyid Jamal ad-Din "al-Afghani". Oriens. 23. 538–538. 59 indexed citations
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Keddie, Nikki R. & Hamid Algar. (1972). Religion and State in Iran 1785-1906: The Role of the Ulama in the Qajar Period. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 92(1). 116–116. 17 indexed citations
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Algar, Hamid. (1970). An introduction to the history of freemasonry in Iran. Middle Eastern Studies. 6(3). 276–296. 8 indexed citations

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