Robert Hurley

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Hurley is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Hurley has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Religious studies and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Robert Hurley's work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 papers). Robert Hurley is often cited by papers focused on Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 papers). Robert Hurley collaborates with scholars based in Canada and New Zealand. Robert Hurley's co-authors include Gilles Deleuze, Helen Lane, Félix Guattari, Hernán Vera, Michel Foucault, Georges Bataille, James D. Faubion, Marie-Hélène Huet, Stephen D. Behrendt and Robert S. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, BMJ and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Hurley

15 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. 1970 2026 1988 2007 1978 1970 500 1000 1.5k
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. Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia.
    1978 1.9k citations Hernán Vera, Gilles Deleuze et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
    1970 508 citations Gilles Deleuze, Robert Hurley Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Hurley Canada 9 1.3k 470 448 404 323 20 2.9k
Michel de Certeau 21 1.9k 1.5× 392 0.8× 359 0.8× 576 1.4× 142 0.4× 75 4.4k
Merl Storr United Kingdom 13 1.7k 1.3× 308 0.7× 309 0.7× 298 0.7× 308 1.0× 20 3.6k
Helen Lane United Kingdom 8 853 0.7× 293 0.6× 318 0.7× 349 0.9× 229 0.7× 24 2.0k
Michaël Gilsenan United States 17 2.3k 1.7× 309 0.7× 283 0.6× 265 0.7× 329 1.0× 36 4.5k
Francesca Moore Australia 4 1.3k 1.0× 314 0.7× 192 0.4× 283 0.7× 180 0.6× 5 3.1k
James V. Spickard United States 19 1.7k 1.3× 341 0.7× 177 0.4× 321 0.8× 226 0.7× 76 3.6k
Edmund Jephcott 12 1.5k 1.2× 370 0.8× 189 0.4× 323 0.8× 175 0.5× 24 2.9k
Renato Rosaldo United States 23 2.2k 1.7× 232 0.5× 517 1.2× 283 0.7× 162 0.5× 65 4.3k
Jean‐Luc Nancy France 25 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 2.4× 263 0.6× 550 1.4× 261 0.8× 297 3.2k
Lawrence Grossberg United States 29 2.4k 1.8× 560 1.2× 449 1.0× 568 1.4× 122 0.4× 142 4.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hurley, Robert. (2020). Récits impériaux et contre-récits bibliques : les études littéraires comme support des Empire Studies. Laval théologique et philosophique. 75(3). 431–453.
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Behrendt, Stephen D. & Robert Hurley. (2017). Liverpool as a trading port: Sailors’ residences, African migrants, occupational change and probated wealth. International Journal of Maritime History. 29(4). 875–910. 1 indexed citations
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Behrendt, Stephen D., et al.. (2012). Designing a Multi-Source Relational Database: “Liverpool as a Trading Port, 1700–1850”. International Journal of Maritime History. 24(1). 265–300.
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Hurley, Robert. (2011). De la violence divine à l’obéissance esclave, le Père et le Fils renoncent au pouvoir en Ph 2. Laval théologique et philosophique. 67(1). 87–110. 3 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert. (2009). Left to rot. BMJ. 339(sep16 2). b3788–b3788. 1 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel & Robert Hurley. (2006). The Will to Knowledge. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 166 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert. (2006). Ironie dramatique dans la mise en intrigue de l'empire en Romains 13, 1-7. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 35(1). 39–63. 2 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert. (2005). The Ethics of Biblical Interpretation. 33. 1 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert. (2003). Fear of imminent death. BMJ. 327(7408). 200–200.
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Foucault, Michel, et al.. (2001). Power. Volume 3 of Essential Works of Foucault: 1954 - 1984. SubStance. 30(3). 143–143. 31 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert. (2000). Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons Sydney H. T. Page Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1995. 295 p. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 29(3). 388–388.
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Foucault, Michel & Robert Hurley. (1990). The use of pleasure :volume 2 of The history of sexuality. 146 indexed citations
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Brain, David, Georges Canguilhem, Robert S. Cohen, et al.. (1990). From the History of Science to the Sociology of the Normal. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(6). 902–902. 1 indexed citations
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Bataille, Georges & Robert Hurley. (1989). Theory of Religion. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 107 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel & Robert Hurley. (1986). The care of the self : volume 3 of the history of sexuality. 89 indexed citations
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Foucault, Michel & Robert Hurley. (1985). Erotics. October. 33. 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Huet, Marie-Hélène, et al.. (1983). Rehearsing the Revolution: The Staging of Marat's Death, 1793-1797.. MLN. 98(4). 804–804. 11 indexed citations
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Hurley, Robert, et al.. (1982). The Nazi Question: An Essay on the Interpretations of National Socialism, 1922-1975. The American Historical Review. 87(2). 483–483. 8 indexed citations
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Vera, Hernán, et al.. (1978). Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 7(3). 310–310. 1867 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deleuze, Gilles & Robert Hurley. (1970). Spinoza: Practical Philosophy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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