Richard Roberts

1.5k total citations
47 papers, 500 citations indexed

About

Richard Roberts is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Roberts has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 500 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Philosophy and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Richard Roberts's work include Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers), African history and culture studies (5 papers) and Christian Theology and Mission (4 papers). Richard Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (8 papers), African history and culture studies (5 papers) and Christian Theology and Mission (4 papers). Richard Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Richard Roberts's co-authors include Suzanne Miers, Ralph A. Austen, Paul E. Lovejoy, Daniel K. Schwartz, Geoffrey Samuel, Alexander Hampton, Scott Lash, David Kynaston, Andrew Quick and Patrick Manning and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The American Historical Review and Theory Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Richard Roberts

43 papers receiving 377 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Roberts United Kingdom 11 189 147 71 64 57 47 500
McKim Marriott United States 14 235 1.2× 191 1.3× 15 0.2× 98 1.5× 187 3.3× 31 569
Dave King United Kingdom 10 260 1.4× 51 0.3× 64 0.9× 21 0.3× 36 0.6× 29 687
Heinrich Meyer Germany 10 343 1.8× 56 0.4× 13 0.2× 87 1.4× 238 4.2× 51 835
David Nugent United States 13 266 1.4× 171 1.2× 17 0.2× 5 0.1× 208 3.6× 26 593
Nile Green United States 17 372 2.0× 356 2.4× 59 0.8× 47 0.7× 447 7.8× 71 933
Michael P. Kramer United States 11 203 1.1× 14 0.1× 7 0.1× 41 0.6× 61 1.1× 36 418
Samuel Richardson United Kingdom 11 77 0.4× 22 0.1× 26 0.4× 21 0.3× 21 0.4× 64 438
Cláudia Fonseca Brazil 14 300 1.6× 59 0.4× 29 0.4× 13 0.2× 52 0.9× 65 643
Gyanendra Pandey India 16 534 2.8× 369 2.5× 6 0.1× 402 6.3× 646 11.3× 48 1.3k
Marjorie Garber United States 11 472 2.5× 97 0.7× 6 0.1× 111 1.7× 90 1.6× 59 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Roberts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Roberts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Roberts

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All Works

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Roberts, Richard, et al.. (2013). Liquid Crystal Reorientation Induced by Aptamer Conformational Changes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(13). 5183–5189. 73 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (2011). The Preacher as Man of Letters. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew).
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Roberts, Richard & Rebekah Ruth Brown. (2007). Alternative Water Sources: The keys to unlocking the inhibitors of innovation and diffusion in metropolitan Melbourne. 928. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (2004). ‘Nature’, Post/Modernity and the Migration of the Sublime. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 315–337. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard & David Kynaston. (2002). City state: a contemporary history of the city of London and how money triumphed. Research Repository (Kingston University London). 8 indexed citations
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Pye, Michael & Richard Roberts. (1999). Implicit Religion in Inter-faith Perspective. Implicit Religion. 2(2). 109–112. 2 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott, Andrew Quick, & Richard Roberts. (1998). Time and Value.. 8 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard, et al.. (1998). Nature religion today : paganism in the modern world. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard, et al.. (1998). Nature Religion Today. 4 indexed citations
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Lash, Scott, Andrew Quick, & Richard Roberts. (1998). Introduction: Millenniums and catastrophic times. 2(2-3). 159–173. 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1998). The dialectics of Globalised spirituality: Some further observations. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 13(1). 65–71. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard, et al.. (1995). Sex, Intimacy, and AIDS: Lessons in Relationships from Thirteen Australian Gay Men. Aids Patient Care. 9(4). 166–171. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1995). Globalised Religion?: The ‘parliament of the world's religions’ (Chicago 1993) in theoretical perspective. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 10(2). 121–137. 5 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1994). Power and empowerment: New age managers and the dialectics of modernity/postmodernity. 9(3). 3–13. 15 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1993). Transcendental Sociology? A Critique of John Milbank's Theology and Social Theory Beyond Secular Reason. Scottish Journal of Theology. 46(4). 527–536. 6 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1992). Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Bush. Rural Society. 2(3). 13–14. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard. (1990). Hope and Its Hieroglyph: A Critical Decipherment of Ernst Bloch's Principle of Hope. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Richard & Patrick Manning. (1983). Slavery, Colonialism, and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 17(2). 351–351. 1 indexed citations

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