Paul Gready

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 811 citations indexed

About

Paul Gready is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Gready has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 811 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in History and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Paul Gready's work include Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (18 papers), Human Rights and Development (15 papers) and South African History and Culture (6 papers). Paul Gready is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (18 papers), Human Rights and Development (15 papers) and South African History and Culture (6 papers). Paul Gready collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Belgium. Paul Gready's co-authors include Simon P. Robins, Jonathan Ensor, Brian N. Phillips, Wouter Vandenhole, Ron Dudai and Emma Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Geography, Third World Quarterly and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Paul Gready

38 papers receiving 643 citations

Hit Papers

From Transitional to Transformative Justice: A New Agenda... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150
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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. From Transitional to Transformative Justice: A New Agenda for Practice
    2014 183 citations Paul Gready, Simon P. Robins profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Gready United Kingdom 15 608 251 174 121 118 44 811
Ben Golder Australia 9 431 0.7× 201 0.8× 68 0.4× 78 0.6× 86 0.7× 33 664
Jeremy Sarkin South Africa 13 450 0.7× 308 1.2× 102 0.6× 107 0.9× 38 0.3× 104 653
Kimberly Theidon United States 13 570 0.9× 226 0.9× 130 0.7× 47 0.4× 240 2.0× 34 796
Mark Gibney United States 12 621 1.0× 311 1.2× 86 0.5× 61 0.5× 42 0.4× 49 812
Lars Waldorf United Kingdom 11 479 0.8× 231 0.9× 119 0.7× 37 0.3× 111 0.9× 28 597
Marie-Bénédicte Dembour United Kingdom 10 408 0.7× 287 1.1× 100 0.6× 132 1.1× 60 0.5× 28 646
Peter Vale South Africa 13 470 0.8× 301 1.2× 73 0.4× 43 0.4× 34 0.3× 63 752
Jelena Subotić United States 16 612 1.0× 574 2.3× 70 0.4× 24 0.2× 87 0.7× 64 966
Barbara Oomen Netherlands 14 547 0.9× 269 1.1× 51 0.3× 206 1.7× 29 0.2× 58 835
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im United States 14 498 0.8× 383 1.5× 108 0.6× 162 1.3× 44 0.4× 48 720

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Gready

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Gready

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All Works

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Gready, Paul & Emma Jackson. (2025). Universities unbound: Universities as sites of human rights activism and protection in an era of democratic crisis. Journal of Human Rights. 24(1). 57–73. 1 indexed citations
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Dudai, Ron & Paul Gready. (2025). From human rights documentation towards arts-based interventions: NGO collaborations with artists and the reimagining of human rights. The International Journal of Human Rights. 29(7). 1226–1248. 1 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2023). Revisiting ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Practice’: Introduction to the Special Collection. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 15(3). 653–659. 1 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul & Simon P. Robins. (2017). Rethinking civil society and transitional justice: lessons from social movements and ‘new’ civil society. The International Journal of Human Rights. 21(7). 956–975. 40 indexed citations
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Phillips, Brian N. & Paul Gready. (2013). Introduction - Why a Special Issue on Human Rights Education (HRE) and Training?. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 5(2). 215–219. 6 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2010). The Era of Transitional Justice. 22 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2010). The Era of Transitional Justice: The Aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and Beyond. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2010). Introduction - 'Responsibility to the Story'. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 2(2). 177–190. 29 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2010). 'You're either with us or against us': Civil society and policy making in post-genocide Rwanda. African Affairs. 109(437). 637–657. 47 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2009). NOVEL TRUTHS: LITERATURE AND TRUTH COMMISSIONS. Comparative Literature Studies. 46(1). 156–176. 3 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2009). Civil Society and Policy Making in Rwanda: A Case Study of Land Reform and the Gacaca Courts.
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Gready, Paul. (2009). Reasons to Be Cautious about Evidence and Evaluation: Rights-based Approaches to Development and the Emerging Culture of Evaluation. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 1(3). 380–401. 24 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2008). Rights-based approaches to development: what is the value-added?. Development in Practice. 18(6). 735–747. 49 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2004). Conceptualising globalisation and human rights: boomerangs and borders. The International Journal of Human Rights. 8(3). 345–354. 5 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (2003). Feature review. Third World Quarterly. 24(4). 745–757. 9 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul, et al.. (2003). District Surgeons in Apartheid South Africa: A Case Study of Dual Obligations. Health and Human Rights. 7(1). 112–112. 1 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul, et al.. (2003). Magistrates Under Apartheid: A Case Study of The Politicisation of Justice and Complicity In Human Rights Abuse. South African Journal on Human Rights. 19(2). 141–188. 1 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul, et al.. (2000). Magistrates Under Apartheid: A case study of professional ethics and the politicisation of justice. 3 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (1994). Dan Jacobson as expatriate writer: South Africa as private resource and half-code and the literature of multiple exposure. Research in African Literatures. 25(4). 17–32. 2 indexed citations
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Gready, Paul. (1993). Autobiography and the ‘power of writing’: political prison writing in the apartheid era. Journal of Southern African Studies. 19(3). 489–523. 30 indexed citations

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