Nancy Scheper‐Hughes

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
128 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Scheper‐Hughes has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 18 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nancy Scheper‐Hughes's work include Organ Donation and Transplantation (26 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (11 papers). Nancy Scheper‐Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Organ Donation and Transplantation (26 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (11 papers). Nancy Scheper‐Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Nancy Scheper‐Hughes's co-authors include Margaret Lock, Donna J. Guy, Sue E. Estroff, J. B. Loudon, Patricia Jeffery, Francis L. Delmonico, Loïc Wacquant, Anne M. Lovell, Laura A. Siminoff and Jeffrey Kahn and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes

116 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Death Without Weeping 1987 2026 2000 2013 1992 1987 1995 500 1000 1.5k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Nancy Scheper‐Hughes 3.0k 1.4k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 128 7.4k
Margaret Lock 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 651 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 122 7.8k
Cheryl Mattingly 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 415 0.4× 493 0.4× 65 5.0k
Byron J. Good 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.5× 2.3k 1.9× 402 0.3× 806 0.7× 76 7.0k
Dorothy E. Smith 4.7k 1.6× 1.2k 0.9× 682 0.6× 376 0.3× 236 0.2× 72 9.1k
Thomas J. Csordas 1.7k 0.6× 562 0.4× 557 0.4× 969 0.8× 207 0.2× 76 4.5k
Veena Das 2.0k 0.7× 735 0.5× 294 0.2× 974 0.8× 235 0.2× 123 4.7k
Linda Tuhiwai Smith 2.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 390 0.3× 476 0.4× 248 0.2× 51 6.2k
Didier Fassin 2.8k 0.9× 817 0.6× 750 0.6× 449 0.4× 191 0.2× 96 4.1k
Susan Sontag 1.9k 0.6× 613 0.4× 472 0.4× 245 0.2× 284 0.2× 99 5.5k
Rose M. Brewer 6.7k 2.2× 1.3k 1.0× 977 0.8× 284 0.2× 239 0.2× 37 11.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy Scheper‐Hughes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Scheper‐Hughes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Capron, Alexander Morgan, et al.. (2016). Stimulating and Enhancing Partnerships Between Transplant Professionals and Law Enforcement. Transplantation Direct. 2(2). e57–e57. 9 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2014). A tirania e o terror da dádiva: a violência sacrificial e o dom da vida. 3(5). 1–22. 1 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2013). No more angel babies on the Alto do Cruzeiro: A dispatch from Brazil's revolution child survival.. Natural history. 121(5). 28–38. 1 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2009). The tyranny and the terror of the gift: Sacrificial violence and the gift of life. Econstor (Econstor). 11(1). 8–16. 5 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2008). Whose Violence? Death in America - A California Triptych. Social Anthropology. 16(1). 77–82. 5 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2006). El comercio infame: capitalismo milenarista, valores humanos y justicia global en el tráfico de órganos. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (2006). Kidney Kin: Inside the Transatlantic Transplant Trade. Harvard international review. 27(4). 62. 5 indexed citations
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Delmonico, Francis L., Robert M. Arnold, Nancy Scheper‐Hughes, et al.. (2002). Ethical Incentives — Not Payment — For Organ Donation. New England Journal of Medicine. 346(25). 2002–2005. 154 indexed citations
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Delmonico, Francis L. & Nancy Scheper‐Hughes. (2002). Why We Should Not Pay for Human Organs. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. 2(3). 381–389. 9 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy, et al.. (1998). Truth and Rumor on the Organ Trail.. Natural history. 107(10). 48–55. 17 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1998). Undoing: Social Suffering and the Politics of Remorse in the New South Africa. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 25(4). 114. 29 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy, et al.. (1997). Brazil : Moving Targets.. Natural history. 106(6). 34–43. 3 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1997). La muerte sin llanto: violencia y vida cotidiana en Brasil. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 72(12). 104 indexed citations
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Rothman, David J., Eric A. Rose, Bevin Cohen, et al.. (1997). The Bellagio Task Force Report on transplantation, bodily integrity, and the international traffic in organs. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(6). 2739–2745. 59 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1995). Who's the Killer? Popular Justice and Human Rights in a South African Squatter Camp. Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order. 22(3). 143. 17 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1994). An essay:. Social Science & Medicine. 39(7). 991–1003. 61 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1993). AIDS, public health, and human rights in Cuba. The Lancet. 342(8877). 965–967. 41 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy & Margaret Lock. (1991). The message in the bottle illness and the micropolitics of resistance. 18(4). 409–432. 34 indexed citations
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Scheper‐Hughes, Nancy. (1990). Three propositions for a critically applied medical anthropology. Social Science & Medicine. 30(2). 189–197. 129 indexed citations
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Lovell, Anne M. & Nancy Scheper‐Hughes. (1986). Deinstitutionalization and psychiatric expertise: Reflections on dangerousness, deviancy, and madness. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 9(3). 361–381. 8 indexed citations

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