Patrick D. Gaffney

557 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 240 citations indexed

About

Patrick D. Gaffney is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick D. Gaffney has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 240 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Education, 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick D. Gaffney's work include Education and Islamic Studies (2 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (1 paper) and African cultural and philosophical studies (1 paper). Patrick D. Gaffney is often cited by papers focused on Education and Islamic Studies (2 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (1 paper) and African cultural and philosophical studies (1 paper). Patrick D. Gaffney collaborates with scholars based in United States. Patrick D. Gaffney's co-authors include Sogyal Rinpoche, Andrew Harvey, James L. Cox, Dalai Lama Xiv Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho and Matthieu Ricard and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, African Studies Review and Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick D. Gaffney

7 papers receiving 177 citations

Hit Papers

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 50 100 150 200
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. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
    1992 212 citations Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney et al. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick D. Gaffney United States 4 104 64 59 39 26 7 240
Andrew Harvey United Kingdom 4 111 1.1× 67 1.0× 47 0.8× 44 1.1× 26 1.0× 17 240
Sogyal Rinpoche 2 107 1.0× 64 1.0× 39 0.7× 38 1.0× 27 1.0× 3 218
Ben Lazare Mijušković United States 9 92 0.9× 105 1.6× 43 0.7× 83 2.1× 9 0.3× 40 267
Irving Singer United States 9 74 0.7× 60 0.9× 68 1.2× 8 0.2× 12 0.5× 37 250
Michael F. Wagner United States 8 103 1.0× 72 1.1× 72 1.2× 21 0.5× 16 0.6× 22 231
Jeffrey S. Applegate United States 10 198 1.9× 78 1.2× 99 1.7× 18 0.5× 17 0.7× 27 327
Magnus Lakovics United States 6 196 1.9× 60 0.9× 43 0.7× 16 0.4× 5 0.2× 10 299
Gerhard Adler Germany 6 114 1.1× 137 2.1× 48 0.8× 22 0.6× 8 0.3× 19 327
Robert A. Nemiroff United States 9 201 1.9× 79 1.2× 94 1.6× 25 0.6× 12 0.5× 17 364
David Roseborough United States 10 156 1.5× 79 1.2× 105 1.8× 30 0.8× 11 0.4× 19 294

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick D. Gaffney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick D. Gaffney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick D. Gaffney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick D. Gaffney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick D. Gaffney 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 Patrick D. Gaffney. Patrick D. Gaffney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama Xiv, et al.. (2007). Mind in comfort and ease : the vision of enlightenment in the great perfection : including Longchen Rabjam's Finding comfort and ease in meditation on the Great Perfection. 1 indexed citations
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Gaffney, Patrick D. & James L. Cox. (1999). Rational Ancestors: Scientific Rationality and African Indigenous Religions. African Studies Review. 42(3). 261–261. 12 indexed citations
3.
Gaffney, Patrick D.. (1997). Sufism and Islamic Reform in Egypt: The Battle for Islamic Tradition. American Anthropologist. 99(2). 439–440. 3 indexed citations
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Gaffney, Patrick D.. (1994). The Languages of Jerusalem. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 4(1). 107–109. 1 indexed citations
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Rinpoche, Sogyal, Patrick D. Gaffney, & Andrew Harvey. (1992). The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 212 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gaffney, Patrick D.. (1991). THE CHANGING VOICES OF ISLAM: THE EMERGENCE OF PROFESSIONAL PREACHERS IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPT. The Muslim World. 81(1). 27–47. 10 indexed citations
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