James W. Heisig

210 total papers · 629 total citations
47 papers, 206 citations indexed

About

James W. Heisig is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Heisig has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 206 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Cultural Studies and 7 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in James W. Heisig's work include Japanese History and Culture (10 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (8 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 papers). James W. Heisig is often cited by papers focused on Japanese History and Culture (10 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (8 papers) and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 papers). James W. Heisig collaborates with scholars based in Japan. James W. Heisig's co-authors include John C. Maraldo, Paul F. Knitter, David Dilworth, Thomas P. Kasulis, Joseph S. O’Leary, Steven Heine, H. Byron Earhart, Paul J. Griffiths, Sonja Arntzen and Jan Van Bragt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Philosophy East and West and Journal of Japanese Studies.

In The Last Decade

James W. Heisig

33 papers receiving 110 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James W. Heisig 96 58 56 25 18 47 206
John R. McRae 121 1.3× 58 1.0× 26 0.5× 13 0.5× 41 2.3× 29 218
Carine Defoort 184 1.9× 65 1.1× 46 0.8× 41 1.6× 6 0.3× 50 217
Zhang Longxi 125 1.3× 59 1.0× 31 0.6× 19 0.8× 43 2.4× 52 237
Günther Anders 79 0.8× 22 0.4× 43 0.8× 30 1.2× 17 0.9× 41 255
Franklin Perkins 159 1.7× 39 0.7× 60 1.1× 41 1.6× 6 0.3× 38 261
Kenneth K. Inada 69 0.7× 14 0.2× 54 1.0× 17 0.7× 7 0.4× 33 177
Thomas F. Cleary 73 0.8× 38 0.7× 26 0.5× 9 0.4× 5 0.3× 40 168
Masao Abe 75 0.8× 30 0.5× 55 1.0× 9 0.4× 10 0.6× 28 197
Thorsten Botz‐Bornstein 63 0.7× 32 0.6× 21 0.4× 13 0.5× 8 0.4× 60 160
Vladimir Jankélévitch 51 0.5× 12 0.2× 47 0.8× 15 0.6× 36 2.0× 47 237

Countries citing papers authored by James W. Heisig

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Fields of papers citing papers by James W. Heisig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James W. Heisig

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

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