Raka Ray

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 857 citations indexed

About

Raka Ray is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Raka Ray has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 857 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Gender Studies and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Raka Ray's work include Gender Politics and Representation (4 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 papers) and Indian Economic and Social Development (3 papers). Raka Ray is often cited by papers focused on Gender Politics and Representation (4 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 papers) and Indian Economic and Social Development (3 papers). Raka Ray collaborates with scholars based in United States. Raka Ray's co-authors include Barbara Ryan, Amita Baviskar, Gül Özyeğin, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Cynthia Enloe, Tanika Sarkar, Urvashi Butalia, U. Kalpagam, Gail Omvedt and Amrita Basu and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, British Journal of Sociology and Social Problems.

In The Last Decade

Raka Ray

27 papers receiving 697 citations

Hit Papers

Elite and everyman : the cultural politics of the Indian ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150
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. Elite and everyman : the cultural politics of the Indian middle classes
    2011 159 citations Amita Baviskar, Raka Ray Routledge 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
Raka Ray United States 14 535 216 204 111 88 27 857
Leela Fernandes United States 11 413 0.8× 188 0.9× 104 0.5× 112 1.0× 48 0.5× 19 805
Kathi Weeks United States 9 601 1.1× 178 0.8× 188 0.9× 33 0.3× 197 2.2× 19 990
Haleh Afshar United Kingdom 19 584 1.1× 238 1.1× 265 1.3× 42 0.4× 49 0.6× 52 951
Debby Bonnin South Africa 7 461 0.9× 170 0.8× 194 1.0× 56 0.5× 76 0.9× 26 875
Aradhana Sharma United States 9 441 0.8× 296 1.4× 99 0.5× 191 1.7× 54 0.6× 20 740
Meg Luxton Canada 15 653 1.2× 187 0.9× 312 1.5× 41 0.4× 168 1.9× 34 1.1k
Philip Corrigan United Kingdom 13 697 1.3× 408 1.9× 87 0.4× 209 1.9× 47 0.5× 49 1.1k
Caroline Osella United Kingdom 18 826 1.5× 357 1.7× 203 1.0× 328 3.0× 48 0.5× 34 1.2k
Christine Delphy France 16 690 1.3× 228 1.1× 448 2.2× 30 0.3× 59 0.7× 68 1.2k
Gail Omvedt India 19 688 1.3× 489 2.3× 113 0.6× 221 2.0× 31 0.4× 65 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Raka Ray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Raka Ray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raka Ray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Raka Ray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Raka Ray 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 Raka Ray. Raka Ray 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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Ray, Raka. (2021). The politics of masculinity in the absence of work. Oxford Development Studies. 49(4). 311–323. 4 indexed citations
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Baviskar, Amita & Raka Ray. (2020). COVID-19 at Home: Gender, Class, and the Domestic Economy in India. Feminist Studies. 46(3). 561–571. 2 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka, et al.. (2018). The Social Life of Gender. 1 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2017). A case of internal colonialism? Arlie Hochschild's Strangers in Their Own Land. British Journal of Sociology. 68(1). 129–133. 3 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2011). Handbook of gender. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Baviskar, Amita & Raka Ray. (2011). Elite and everyman : the cultural politics of the Indian middle classes. Routledge eBooks. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ray, Raka, et al.. (2010). Male Servants and the Failure of Patriarchy in Kolkata (Calcutta). Men and Masculinities. 13(1). 111–125. 19 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka, et al.. (2009). Cultures of Servitude: Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 107 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2008). India's New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 37(2). 128–129. 10 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2006). Is the Revolution Missing or Are We Looking in the Wrong Places?. Social Problems. 53(4). 459–465. 18 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka & Mary Fainsod Katzenstein. (2005). Social Movements in India: Poverty, Power, and Politics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 49 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2004). Feminism and the History of the Indian Nation. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 33(6). 640–642. 1 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka & Gül Özyeğin. (2003). Untidy Gender: Domestic Service in Turkey. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 32(3). 317–317. 49 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka & Cynthia Enloe. (2002). Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(2). 187–187. 14 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (2001). Die Last der Geschichte. Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen. 14(2). 23–33. 1 indexed citations
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Kalpagam, U., Raka Ray, Gail Omvedt, et al.. (2000). The Women's Movement in India Today-New Agendas and Old Problems. Feminist Studies. 26(3). 645–645. 9 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (1998). Women's Movements and Political Fields: A Comparison of Two Indian Cities. Social Problems. 45(1). 21–36. 31 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka, et al.. (1997). Don't Marry Me to a Plowman! Women's Everyday Lives in Rural North India. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 26(3). 328–328. 43 indexed citations
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Ray, Raka. (1993). Public agendas and women's interests : Organizing women in two Indian cities. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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