Kay Schaffer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 697 citations indexed

About

Kay Schaffer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kay Schaffer has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 697 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in History and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kay Schaffer's work include Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), Australian History and Society (5 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers). Kay Schaffer is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (5 papers), Australian History and Society (5 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers). Kay Schaffer collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and India. Kay Schaffer's co-authors include Sidonie Smith, Lucy Rose Fischer, Joy Damousi, Xianlin Song, Judith Allen, Angela Smith, Emily Potter, Brian C. Castrucci, Angela Smith and Ian J. McNiven and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Pacific Affairs and The Modern Language Review.

In The Last Decade

Kay Schaffer

31 papers receiving 517 citations

Hit Papers

Human Rights and Narrated Lives 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 50 100 150
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. Human Rights and Narrated Lives
    2004 166 citations Kay Schaffer, Sidonie Smith profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kay Schaffer Australia 11 416 96 84 82 78 37 697
Himani Bannerji Canada 12 588 1.4× 54 0.6× 138 1.6× 60 0.7× 41 0.5× 24 852
Karen Brodkin United States 11 534 1.3× 62 0.6× 51 0.6× 94 1.1× 35 0.4× 22 732
Daphne Patai United States 11 404 1.0× 71 0.7× 118 1.4× 28 0.3× 113 1.4× 46 724
Vikki Bell United Kingdom 14 488 1.2× 45 0.5× 153 1.8× 38 0.5× 44 0.6× 57 782
Richard Wightman Fox United States 10 289 0.7× 82 0.9× 63 0.8× 45 0.5× 148 1.9× 33 823
Ann Curthoys Australia 16 493 1.2× 37 0.4× 75 0.9× 37 0.5× 100 1.3× 88 723
James Donald United Kingdom 11 708 1.7× 136 1.4× 165 2.0× 91 1.1× 58 0.7× 36 1.2k
Paula J. Giddings United States 7 529 1.3× 58 0.6× 219 2.6× 51 0.6× 75 1.0× 18 890
Jane McCabe New Zealand 2 417 1.0× 127 1.3× 337 4.0× 66 0.8× 98 1.3× 5 1.0k
Joseph M. Hawes United States 15 420 1.0× 58 0.6× 109 1.3× 78 1.0× 143 1.8× 47 849

Countries citing papers authored by Kay Schaffer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kay Schaffer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kay Schaffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schaffer, Kay, et al.. (2025). Show Me the Values: Centering Communities and Co-Creation in an Equity-Driven Evaluation. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 31(5). 897–898.
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Schaffer, Kay, et al.. (2022). Awareness of and Confidence to Address Equity-Related Concepts Across the US Governmental Public Health Workforce. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 29(Suppl 1). S87–S97. 9 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Xianlin Song. (2018). Globalization, Women, and Poverty: A Transcultural Reading of Sheng Keyi’s Northern Girls. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 11(4). 666–687. 2 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Sidonie Smith. (2016). Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 47 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Xianlin Song. (2013). Women Writers in Postsocialist China. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 2 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (2006). Narrative lives and human rights: stolen generation narratives and the ethics of recognition. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 3. 5–26. 5 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Xianlin Song. (2006). Writing Beyond the Wall: Translation, Cross-cultural Exchange, and Chen Ran's 'A Private Life'. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies. 3(2). 2 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Emily Potter. (2004). Rabbit Proof Fence, Relational Ecologies and the Commodification of Indigenous Experience. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay & Sidonie Smith. (2004). Conjunctions: Life Narratives in the Field of Human Rights. Biography. 27(1). 1–24. 43 indexed citations
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Howe, K. R. & Kay Schaffer. (1998). In the Wake of First Contact: The Eliza Fraser Stories.. Pacific Affairs. 71(1). 141–141. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Angela & Kay Schaffer. (1998). In the Wake of First Contact: The Eliza Fraser Stories. The Modern Language Review. 93(2). 493–493. 5 indexed citations
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Allen, Judith, et al.. (1998). In the Wake of First Contact: The Eliza Fraser Stories. The American Historical Review. 103(1). 264–264. 23 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay, et al.. (1998). An All Consuming Passion: Origins, Modernity, and the Australian Life of Georgiana Molloy. The American Historical Review. 103(1). 264–264. 7 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (1998). Scare words: ‘Feminism’, postmodern consumer culture and the media. Continuum. 12(3). 321–334. 4 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (1996). The contested zone: Cybernetics, feminism and representation. Journal of Australian Studies. 20(50-51). 157–164.
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Fischer, Lucy Rose & Kay Schaffer. (1993). Older Volunteers: A Guide to Research and Practice. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 153 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay, et al.. (1991). "There's Good News in the Mail!": Women's Studies by External Mode of Delivery.. Australian universities' review. 34(2). 20–23. 1 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (1991). The Eliza Fraser Story and Constructions of Gender, Race and Class in Australian Culture. Hecate. 17(1). 136. 3 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (1990). Postmodernism and history: A reply to Marian Aveling. Australian Feminist Studies. 5(11). 91–94. 2 indexed citations
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Schaffer, Kay. (1989). Women and the Bush. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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