Robert Desjarlais

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Desjarlais is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Desjarlais has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Robert Desjarlais's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers) and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity (3 papers). Robert Desjarlais is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers) and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity (3 papers). Robert Desjarlais collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Robert Desjarlais's co-authors include Arthur Kleinman, Byron J. Good, Leon Eisenberg, C. Jason Throop, David N. Gellner, Norma C. Ware, Sabina Perrino and Joshua O. Reno and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Annual Review of Anthropology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert Desjarlais

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries

1995 537 citations Robert Desjarlais, Leon Eisenberg 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						Papers	Cites
Robert Desjarlais United States	17	695	684	621	585	340	48	2.3k
Lynn M. Morgan United States	21	386 0.6×	710 1.0×	608 1.0×	196 0.3×	251 0.7×	57	2.6k
Roland Littlewood United Kingdom	29	1.4k 2.0×	774 1.1×	582 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	138 0.4×	144	3.0k
Jenny Hockey United Kingdom	22	486 0.7×	705 1.0×	260 0.4×	186 0.3×	168 0.5×	67	1.7k
Julia Twigg United Kingdom	27	463 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	884 1.4×	183 0.3×	45 0.1×	56	3.2k
Hester Parr United Kingdom	23	279 0.4×	766 1.1×	756 1.2×	146 0.2×	31 0.1×	65	1.9k
Meredith B. McGuire United States	21	167 0.2×	1.1k 1.6×	156 0.3×	106 0.2×	186 0.5×	45	1.7k
Stephen Small United States	26	1.1k 1.6×	815 1.2×	891 1.4×	543 0.9×	51 0.1×	67	2.6k
Wendy Cadge United States	27	452 0.7×	1.5k 2.2×	283 0.5×	419 0.7×	38 0.1×	121	2.4k
Mike Hepworth United Kingdom	14	179 0.3×	645 0.9×	156 0.3×	128 0.2×	76 0.2×	35	1.6k
Elaine Showalter United States	20	436 0.6×	686 1.0×	166 0.3×	91 0.2×	91 0.3×	87	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Desjarlais

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Desjarlais

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Desjarlais, Robert, et al.. (2021). Traces of Violence. 1 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2021). The Years of Living Transformatively. Ethos. 49(3). 368–376.

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2020). Sur les traces de la violence. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra).

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2018). The Blind Man. Fordham University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2014). Liberation upon Hearing: Voice, Morality, and Death in a Buddhist World. Ethos. 42(1). 101–118. 11 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2012). Commentary: Redescriptions. Ethos. 40(1). 97–103. 7 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2011). CounterplayAn Anthropologist at the Chessboard. 6 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2002). `So: Ragged Woman'. Ethnography. 3(2). 149–175. 1 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (2000). Echoes of a Yolmo Buddhist's Life, in Death. Cultural Anthropology. 15(2). 260–293. 12 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1997). Shelter Blues. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 188 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1997). At Home in the World. American Anthropologist. 99(2). 449–450.

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1996). Some Causes and Cultures of Homelessness. American Anthropologist. 98(2). 420–425. 2 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert, Leon Eisenberg, Byron J. Good, & Arthur Kleinman. (1995). World Mental Health: Problems and Priorities in Low-Income Countries. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 537 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gellner, David N. & Robert Desjarlais. (1994). Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas. Man. 29(2). 509–509. 185 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1993). Body and Emotion. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations

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Ware, Norma C. & Robert Desjarlais. (1992). Empowerment and the Transition to Housing for Homeless Mentally Ill People: An Anthropological Perspective. New England journal of public policy. 8(1). 26. 8 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1992). Body and emotion. 19 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1991). Poetic transformations of yolmo ?sadness?. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 15(4). 387–420. 11 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1990). Samsara's sadness : Sherpa shamanism and the calling of lost souls. University Microfilms International eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Desjarlais, Robert. (1989). Sadness, Soul Loss and Healing Among the Yolmo Sherpa. HIMALAYA. 9(2). 5. 2 indexed citations

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