Neelanjan Sircar

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

Neelanjan Sircar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neelanjan Sircar has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Neelanjan Sircar's work include Politics and Society in Latin America (4 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 papers) and Social Media and Politics (2 papers). Neelanjan Sircar is often cited by papers focused on Politics and Society in Latin America (4 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 papers) and Social Media and Politics (2 papers). Neelanjan Sircar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and United Kingdom. Neelanjan Sircar's co-authors include Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, Jason Reifler, Jacob Montgomery, Brendan Nyhan, Andrew M. Guess, Marnie Purciel, Andrew Rundle, James W. Quinn and Gina S. Lovasi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Neelanjan Sircar

16 papers receiving 837 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

2020 402 citations Andrew M. Guess, Michael Lerner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neelanjan Sircar India	8	415	227	194	162	115	18	881
Anuja Majmundar United States	19	250 0.6×	161 0.7×	123 0.6×	68 0.4×	111 1.0×	54	950
James Kite Australia	18	240 0.6×	238 1.0×	74 0.4×	77 0.5×	146 1.3×	41	871
Chris Cocking United Kingdom	14	681 1.6×	32 0.1×	96 0.5×	93 0.6×	67 0.6×	26	1.2k
Wim Hardyns Belgium	19	596 1.4×	28 0.1×	15 0.1×	86 0.5×	183 1.6×	103	1.1k
Nik Lomax United Kingdom	15	178 0.4×	58 0.3×	20 0.1×	122 0.8×	54 0.5×	47	514
Michael Byron United States	23	282 0.7×	301 1.3×	54 0.3×	8 0.0×	47 0.4×	60	1.3k
Pelle Guldborg Hansen Denmark	12	236 0.6×	145 0.6×	31 0.2×	17 0.1×	20 0.2×	36	984
Santosh Vijaykumar United Kingdom	19	336 0.8×	213 0.9×	156 0.8×	6 0.0×	123 1.1×	53	878
Christopher Steven Marcum United States	14	289 0.7×	41 0.2×	37 0.2×	23 0.1×	152 1.3×	44	718
Chris Noone Ireland	15	228 0.5×	62 0.3×	24 0.1×	12 0.1×	109 0.9×	45	1.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Schneider, Mark & Neelanjan Sircar. (2024). Do local leaders prioritize the poor: Identifying the distributive preferences of village politicians in India. Electoral Studies. 88. 102743–102743. 1 indexed citations

Sircar, Neelanjan. (2022). Religion-as-Ethnicity and the Emerging Hindu Vote in India. Studies in Indian Politics. 10(1). 79–92. 8 indexed citations

Auerbach, Adam Michael, Jennifer Bussell, Simon Chauchard, et al.. (2021). Rethinking the Study of Electoral Politics in the Developing World: Reflections on the Indian Case. Perspectives on Politics. 20(1). 250–264. 15 indexed citations

Khosla, Radhika, et al.. (2021). The what, why, and how of changing cooling energy consumption in India’s urban households. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44035–44035. 27 indexed citations

Kapur, Devesh, Neelanjan Sircar, & Milan Vaishnav. (2021). Gender, Social Change and Urbanisation in Four North Indian Clusters. 6(1_suppl). S7–S19.

Sircar, Neelanjan, et al.. (2021). Why Is Female Labour Force Participation So Low in India?. 6(1_suppl). S40–S57. 5 indexed citations

Arinaminpathy, Nimalan, et al.. (2021). Quantifying heterogeneity in SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the lockdown in India. Epidemics. 36. 100477–100477. 7 indexed citations

Badrinathan, Sumitra, et al.. (2021). Partisan Disagreement: The Role of Media, Personal Networks and Gender in Forming Political Preferences. 6(1_suppl). S141–S157. 2 indexed citations

Guess, Andrew M., Michael Lerner, Benjamin Lyons, et al.. (2020). A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 15536–15545. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sircar, Neelanjan. (2020). The politics of vishwas: political mobilization in the 2019 national election. Contemporary South Asia. 28(2). 178–194. 26 indexed citations

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Aiyar, Yamini & Neelanjan Sircar. (2020). Understanding the decline of regional party power in the 2019 national election and beyond. Contemporary South Asia. 28(2). 209–222. 5 indexed citations

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Khosla, Radhika, et al.. (2019). Energy demand transitions and climate mitigation in low-income urban households in India. Environmental Research Letters. 14(9). 95008–95008. 25 indexed citations

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Sircar, Neelanjan, et al.. (2018). Know your neighbor: The impact of social context on fairness behavior. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0194037–e0194037. 3 indexed citations

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Björkman, Lisa, Jennifer Bussell, Simon Chauchard, et al.. (2018). Costs of democracy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Rundle, Andrew, Kathryn M. Neckerman, Lance Freeman, et al.. (2008). Neighborhood Food Environment and Walkability Predict Obesity in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(3). 442–447. 332 indexed citations

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Rath, R. & Neelanjan Sircar. (1960). The Mental Pictures of Six Hindu Caste Groups about Each Other as Reflected in Verbal Stereotypes. The Journal of Social Psychology. 51(2). 277–293. 5 indexed citations

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Rath, R. & Neelanjan Sircar. (1960). The Cognitive Background of Six Hindu Caste Groups regarding the Low Caste Untouchables. The Journal of Social Psychology. 51(2). 295–306. 4 indexed citations

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Rath, R. & Neelanjan Sircar. (1960). Inter Caste Relationship as Reflected in the Study of Attitudes and Opinions of Six Hindu Caste Groups. The Journal of Social Psychology. 51(1). 3–25. 13 indexed citations

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