Nicholas B. Dirks

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Nicholas B. Dirks is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas B. Dirks has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Anthropology, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Nicholas B. Dirks's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers) and Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (5 papers). Nicholas B. Dirks is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers) and Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (5 papers). Nicholas B. Dirks collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nicholas B. Dirks's co-authors include Lucian W. Pye, David Ludden, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner, Bernard Cohn, Robin Jeffrey, Brian Keith Axel, Irene Silverblatt, Talal Asad and Paul A. Silverstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Foreign Affairs and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas B. Dirks

39 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Castes of Mind 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

Nicholas B. Dirks
Comparison fields: 5 of 92
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.1k
  • Anthropology 1.0k
  • Political Science and International Relations 892
  • Philosophy 302
  • Cultural Studies 147
Ranajit Guha Australia
Thomas Blom Hansen United States
Anthony Pagden United States
Anne McClintock United States
V. Y. Mudimbé United States
Patrick Brantlinger United States
Brinda Bose India
Enrique Dussel Mexico
Ashis Nandy India
Ella Shohat United States
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Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas B. Dirks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas B. Dirks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas B. Dirks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicholas B. Dirks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicholas B. Dirks 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 Nicholas B. Dirks. Nicholas B. Dirks 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 0
2 0
3
Scholars, Spies, and Global Studies.
2
4 5
5
The Bernard Cohn omnibus
3
6 61
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ARCHIVE, DISCIPLINE, STATE: POWER AND KNOWLEDGE IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
4
8
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532
9
Castes of Mind
63
10 31
11 3
12 221
13 55
14 30
15 51
16 21
17
The Invention of Caste: Civil Society in Colonial India
29
18
The Hollow Crown: COLONIAL MEDIATIONS: CONTRADICTIONS UNDER THE RAJ
12
19 2
20 17

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