Pardis Mahdavi

849 total citations
36 papers, 356 citations indexed

About

Pardis Mahdavi is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pardis Mahdavi has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 356 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Pardis Mahdavi's work include Sex work and related issues (10 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (6 papers). Pardis Mahdavi is often cited by papers focused on Sex work and related issues (10 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (6 papers). Pardis Mahdavi collaborates with scholars based in United States. Pardis Mahdavi's co-authors include Amber Wutich, Alexandra Brewis, Sara L. Friedman, James H. Jones, Krista Harper, Rebecca Zarger, Jessica Hardin, H. Russell Bernard, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass and Melissa Beresford and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Foreign Affairs and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Pardis Mahdavi

29 papers receiving 294 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pardis Mahdavi United States 12 265 85 60 51 47 36 356
Jean Beaman United States 10 324 1.2× 101 1.2× 30 0.5× 53 1.0× 29 0.6× 28 442
Christine Barrow Barbados 9 198 0.7× 25 0.3× 44 0.7× 53 1.0× 26 0.6× 16 315
Neda Maghbouleh Canada 7 272 1.0× 58 0.7× 33 0.6× 39 0.8× 61 1.3× 16 361
Junaid Rana United States 8 330 1.2× 75 0.9× 38 0.6× 32 0.6× 25 0.5× 21 403
Katrine Fangen Norway 13 342 1.3× 108 1.3× 48 0.8× 58 1.1× 80 1.7× 44 478
Harsha Walia Canada 3 241 0.9× 61 0.7× 20 0.3× 23 0.5× 45 1.0× 4 323
Kaveri Qureshi United Kingdom 10 222 0.8× 47 0.6× 31 0.5× 61 1.2× 25 0.5× 40 358
Lynellyn D. Long Switzerland 7 229 0.9× 39 0.5× 29 0.5× 74 1.5× 34 0.7× 16 280
Pınar İlkkaracan United States 7 179 0.7× 64 0.8× 90 1.5× 23 0.5× 35 0.7× 11 262
Jelke Boesten United Kingdom 13 275 1.0× 77 0.9× 251 4.2× 14 0.3× 35 0.7× 37 447

Countries citing papers authored by Pardis Mahdavi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pardis Mahdavi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pardis Mahdavi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Pardis Mahdavi. The network helps show where Pardis Mahdavi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pardis Mahdavi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pardis Mahdavi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pardis Mahdavi 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 Pardis Mahdavi. Pardis Mahdavi 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
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Wutich, Amber, Barbara A. Piperata, Melissa Beresford, et al.. (2024). Ethnographic methods: Training norms and practices and the future of American anthropology. American Anthropologist. 126(3). 458–469.
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Sangaramoorthy, Thurka, Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Melissa Beresford, et al.. (2022). Teaching Ethnographic Methods for Cultural Anthropology: Current Practices and Needed Innovation. 11(2). 59–72. 2 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2020). Crossing the Gulf. Stanford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Brewis, Alexandra, Amber Wutich, & Pardis Mahdavi. (2020). Stigma, pandemics, and human biology: Looking back, looking forward. American Journal of Human Biology. 32(5). e23480–e23480. 29 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2019). Contract Workers, Risk, and the War in Iraq: Sierra Leonean Labor Migrants at U.S. Military Bases. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 48(2). 219–221.
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2018). How #MeToo Became a Global Movement. Foreign Affairs. 3 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2016). Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives. 12 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2014). Immobilized migrancy inflexible citizenship and flexible practices among migrants in the gulf. 75–93. 8 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2013). From Trafficking to Terror. 3 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2012). Questioning the global gays(ze): constructions of sexual identities in post-revolution Iran. Social Identities. 18(2). 223–237. 11 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2011). Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai. 25 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2010). Race, space, place: notes on the racialisation and spatialisation of commercial sex work in Dubai, UAE. Culture Health & Sexuality. 12(8). 943–954. 15 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis, et al.. (2010). Introduction: Trade and Traffic in the Persianate World. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East. 30(3). 398–400. 3 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2010). The “Trafficking” of Persians: Labor, Migration, and Traffic in Dubayy. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East. 30(3). 533–546. 5 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2008). Passionate Uprisings. Stanford University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2007). Meeting, Mating, and Cheating Online in Iran. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 19(1). 18–19. 2 indexed citations
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Mahdavi, Pardis. (2007). Passionate uprisings: Young people, sexuality and politics in post‐revolutionary Iran. Culture Health & Sexuality. 9(5). 445–457. 29 indexed citations

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