Huston Smith

1.6k total citations
64 papers, 779 citations indexed

About

Huston Smith is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Huston Smith has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 779 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Philosophy and 10 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Huston Smith's work include Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (7 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (6 papers). Huston Smith is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (7 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (6 papers). Huston Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States. Huston Smith's co-authors include Kenneth N. Stevens, David Ray Griffin, Raymond S. Tomlinson, Roger Walsh, Charles S. Grob, Christopher Isherwood, Robert L. Jesse, Norman W. DeWitt, Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Swâmi Vivekananda and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, The Journal of Higher Education and The Philosophical Review.

In The Last Decade

Huston Smith

52 papers receiving 587 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Huston Smith United States 14 234 209 188 179 144 64 779
Richard M. Gale United States 11 150 0.6× 211 1.0× 145 0.8× 165 0.9× 332 2.3× 69 850
Dalai Lama Xiv Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho Germany 15 322 1.4× 191 0.9× 189 1.0× 105 0.6× 91 0.6× 93 794
Thĥch Nhật Hanh 15 332 1.4× 178 0.9× 174 0.9× 67 0.4× 72 0.5× 46 749
Yoram Bilu Israel 18 181 0.8× 347 1.7× 168 0.9× 138 0.8× 75 0.5× 45 703
Marie-Louise von Franz 15 295 1.3× 167 0.8× 411 2.2× 70 0.4× 214 1.5× 65 1.3k
Harold Coward Canada 15 100 0.4× 192 0.9× 103 0.5× 73 0.4× 122 0.8× 84 521
James Hillman Canada 15 302 1.3× 137 0.7× 299 1.6× 68 0.4× 171 1.2× 46 938
Ann Taves United States 16 173 0.7× 460 2.2× 167 0.9× 274 1.5× 236 1.6× 69 891
Wouter J. Hanegraaff Netherlands 15 132 0.6× 489 2.3× 173 0.9× 198 1.1× 639 4.4× 73 1.1k
Aldous Huxley United States 15 268 1.1× 151 0.7× 111 0.6× 41 0.2× 193 1.3× 73 978

Countries citing papers authored by Huston Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huston Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huston Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Huston Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Huston Smith 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 Huston Smith. Huston Smith 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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Smith, Huston. (2019). A Seat at the Table.
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Smith, Huston, et al.. (2011). Zen-Geist Anfänger-Geist : Unterweisungen in Zen-Meditation. Herder eBooks.
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Smith, Huston. (2011). The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions. 50 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston, et al.. (2010). Interpreting Ramakrishna : Kālī's child revisited. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (2003). Beyond the Postmodern Mind: The Place of Meaning in a Global Civilization. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (2003). The Way Things Are. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston, et al.. (2001). Agama-agama manusia. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1982). Perennial Philosophy, Primordial Tradition. International Philosophical Quarterly. 22(2). 115–132. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1981). Four Cultures: The Ontological Turn. 2(1). 13. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1980). Western and Comparative Perspectives on Truth. Philosophy East and West. 30(4). 425–425. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1978). Hindu ‘deśika’-figures. Religion. 8(1). 40–67.
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Smith, Huston. (1975). A descriptive bibliography of the printed texts of the Pāñcarātrāgama. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1972). Man's Western Way: An Essay on Reason and the Given. Philosophy East and West. 22(4). 441–441.
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Smith, Huston, et al.. (1971). Do Psychedelics Have Religious Implications?. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 10(3). 270–270. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston, Kenneth N. Stevens, & Raymond S. Tomlinson. (1967). On an Unusual Mode of Chanting by Certain Tibetan Lamas. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 41(5). 1262–1264. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1965). Condemned to meaning. Harper & Row eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston, et al.. (1965). Methods of knowledge : perceptual, non-perceptual, and transcendental, according to Advaita Vedānta. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1958). The World's Religions. 162 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston & Norman W. DeWitt. (1956). St. Paul and Epicurus.. The Philosophical Review. 65(4). 570–570. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Huston. (1951). The Operational View of God: A Study in the Impact of Metaphysics on Religious Thought. The Journal of Religion. 31(2). 94–113. 1 indexed citations

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