Rajeev Bhargava

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Rajeev Bhargava is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Rajeev Bhargava has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Rajeev Bhargava's work include Religion and Society Interactions (12 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (8 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers). Rajeev Bhargava is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (12 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (8 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers). Rajeev Bhargava collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Rajeev Bhargava's co-authors include Francine R. Frankel, Zoya Hasan, Eerik Lagerspetz, Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Kenneth Froot, Ronald L. Jepperson and Alexander Woywodt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Rajeev Bhargava

36 papers receiving 715 citations

Hit Papers

Secularism and its critics 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300
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. Secularism and its critics
    1998 314 citations Rajeev Bhargava Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rajeev Bhargava India 14 589 428 168 154 67 37 922
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph United States 16 558 0.9× 516 1.2× 175 1.0× 168 1.1× 56 0.8× 64 1.1k
Lloyd I. Rudolph United States 16 517 0.9× 509 1.2× 181 1.1× 187 1.2× 54 0.8× 64 1.0k
Tracy B. Strong United States 10 694 1.2× 474 1.1× 67 0.4× 301 2.0× 43 0.6× 48 1.1k
Barbara D. Metcalf United States 17 662 1.1× 633 1.5× 275 1.6× 117 0.8× 214 3.2× 43 1.1k
Sudipta Kaviraj United Kingdom 14 443 0.8× 398 0.9× 237 1.4× 132 0.9× 26 0.4× 39 840
Ayesha Jalal United States 14 556 0.9× 869 2.0× 255 1.5× 328 2.1× 47 0.7× 38 1.2k
Hamid Dabashi United States 15 576 1.0× 543 1.3× 100 0.6× 42 0.3× 80 1.2× 68 907
R. Scott Appleby United States 17 879 1.5× 377 0.9× 70 0.4× 66 0.4× 91 1.4× 56 1.1k
Tejaswini Niranjana India 13 342 0.6× 146 0.3× 217 1.3× 122 0.8× 25 0.4× 46 950
Sanjay Seth United Kingdom 13 390 0.7× 258 0.6× 101 0.6× 49 0.3× 83 1.2× 63 645

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rajeev Bhargava

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2015). The roots of Indian pluralism. Philosophy & Social Criticism. 41(4-5). 367–381. 2 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2014). How Secular is European Secularism?. European Societies. 16(3). 329–336. 13 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2013). States, religious diversity and the crisis of secularism. Research Bank (Australian Catholic University). 12(3). 8. 12 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2013). Reimagining secularism: Respect, domination and principled distance. Economic and political weekly. 79. 8 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2012). The difficulty of reconciliation. Philosophy & Social Criticism. 38(4-5). 369–377. 8 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2010). The Promise of India's Secular Democracy. Research Bank (Australian Catholic University). 21 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2009). Politics and ethics of the Indian constitution. Oxford University Press eBooks. 48 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev, et al.. (2009). C-peptide and combined kidney-pancreas transplantation. Clinical Kidney Journal. 2(6). 489–492. 1 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev, et al.. (2007). Multiculturalism, liberalism, and democracy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 29 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2007). The Distinctiveness of Indian Secularism. Critique internationale. 121–147. 18 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2007). La spécificité de la laïcité à l'indienne. Critique internationale. n° 35(2). 121–147. 2 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2007). On the Persistent Political Under-Representation of Muslims in India. 1(1). 76–133. 7 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2006). Political secularism: why it is needed and why we need to learn form its distinctive Indian version. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 361–377. 1 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev, et al.. (2005). Civil society, public sphere and citizenship : dialogues and perceptions. SAGE Publications eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (2002). Liberal, Secular Democracy and Explanations of Hindu Nationalism. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. 40(3). 72–96. 9 indexed citations
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Frankel, Francine R., et al.. (2000). Transforming India : social and political dynamics of democracy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 122 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (1998). Secularism and its critics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 314 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lagerspetz, Eerik & Rajeev Bhargava. (1994). Individualism in Social Science: Forms and Limits of a Methodology.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 44(174). 124–124. 23 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (1994). How Not to Defend Secularism. Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East. 14(1). 33–41. 1 indexed citations
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Bhargava, Rajeev. (1992). Individualism in Social Science. Oxford University Press eBooks. 36 indexed citations

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