Rupert Gethin

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Rupert Gethin is a scholar working on Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rupert Gethin has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Religious studies, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Rupert Gethin's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (7 papers). Rupert Gethin is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (21 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers) and Eurasian Exchange Networks (7 papers). Rupert Gethin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Rupert Gethin's co-authors include Oskar von Hinüber, Steven Collins, Fiona Bowie, Kenneth Seeskin, Robert Larmer, Niels Christian Hvidt, Gavin Flood, Roland B. Walter, Robert Garland and James Carleton Paget and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Oriental Society, History of Religions and Contemporary Buddhism.

In The Last Decade

Rupert Gethin

26 papers receiving 463 citations

Hit Papers

The Foundations of Buddhism 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 40 80 120

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rupert Gethin United Kingdom 10 306 213 171 128 83 32 584
Bhikkhu Bodhi 10 498 1.6× 158 0.7× 127 0.7× 190 1.5× 74 0.9× 28 739
Robert H. Sharf United States 11 171 0.6× 146 0.7× 220 1.3× 76 0.6× 117 1.4× 25 535
David L. McMahan United States 4 127 0.4× 97 0.5× 167 1.0× 46 0.4× 71 0.9× 10 355
Mark Siderits United States 12 56 0.2× 282 1.3× 152 0.9× 102 0.8× 263 3.2× 49 549
Walpola Rāhula 5 114 0.4× 100 0.5× 98 0.6× 73 0.6× 86 1.0× 8 337
Paul Williams United Kingdom 11 186 0.6× 58 0.3× 58 0.3× 116 0.9× 74 0.9× 55 395
Thích Nhất Hạnh 10 177 0.6× 38 0.2× 99 0.6× 91 0.7× 43 0.5× 29 363
Julia Cassaniti United States 11 60 0.2× 44 0.2× 108 0.6× 81 0.6× 29 0.3× 26 291
Stephen Batchelor United States 7 122 0.4× 38 0.2× 58 0.3× 56 0.4× 51 0.6× 19 252
Chögyam Trungpa United States 9 169 0.6× 21 0.1× 75 0.4× 134 1.0× 94 1.1× 28 426

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rupert Gethin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rupert Gethin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Gethin, Rupert. (2025). Playing with Formulas. Indo-Iranian Journal. 68(1). 35–56. 1 indexed citations
2.
Gethin, Rupert. (2020). Schemes of the Buddhist Path in the Nikāyas and Āgamas. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 5–77. 1 indexed citations
3.
Gethin, Rupert. (2019). The jhānas in the Buddhist path to liberation: the Theravāda perspective. 177–206.
4.
Gethin, Rupert. (2018). Emptiness and Unknowing. Buddhist Studies Review. 35(1-2). 81–96. 1 indexed citations
5.
Gethin, Rupert. (2012). How Theravāda is Theravāda. 3 indexed citations
6.
Gethin, Rupert. (2012). Achtsamkeit, Meditation und Therapie. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
7.
Basinger, David, Robert Larmer, Roland B. Walter, et al.. (2011). The Cambridge Companion to Miracles. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
8.
Gethin, Rupert. (2008). Sayings of the Buddha: A selection of suttas from the Pali Nikāyas. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 4 indexed citations
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Gethin, Rupert & Oskar von Hinüber. (2006). Journal of the Pali Text Society. 28. 60 indexed citations
10.
Gethin, Rupert. (2006). Mythology as meditation: from the Mahāsudassana Sutta to the Sukhāvativyuha Sūtra. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 28. 63–112. 5 indexed citations
11.
Gethin, Rupert. (2005). On the nature of dhammas: a review article. Buddhist Studies Review. 22. 175–194. 1 indexed citations
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Gethin, Rupert. (2005). On the Nature of Dhammas. Buddhist Studies Review. 22(2). 175–194. 1 indexed citations
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Gethin, Rupert. (2004). He Who Sees Dhamma Sees Dhammas: Dhamma In Early Buddhism. Journal of Indian Philosophy. 32(5-6). 513–542. 15 indexed citations
14.
Gethin, Rupert. (2002). Can Killing A Living Being ever be An Act of Compassion? The Analysis of the Act Killing in the Abhidhamma and Pali Commentaries. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 11. 167–202. 17 indexed citations
15.
Gethin, Rupert & Russell Webb. (2001). Buddhist Studies Review. Buddhist Studies Review. 18. 1 indexed citations
16.
Gethin, Rupert. (1999). Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D., ed. Karl H. Potter et al. (Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies VII), Delhi: Motilal Barnasidass, 1996. Buddhist Studies Review. 16. 91–97.
17.
Gethin, Rupert. (1998). The Foundations of Buddhism. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gethin, Rupert. (1997). Cosmology and Meditation: From the Aggañña-Sutta to the Mahāyāna. History of Religions. 36(3). 183–217. 27 indexed citations
19.
Collins, Steven & Rupert Gethin. (1995). The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhi-Pakkhiyā Dhammā. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 115(1). 157–157. 9 indexed citations
20.
Gethin, Rupert. (1992). The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 17 indexed citations

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