Thomas Barfield

1.4k total citations
41 papers, 694 citations indexed

About

Thomas Barfield is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Barfield has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 694 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Barfield's work include Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (27 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 papers). Thomas Barfield is often cited by papers focused on Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (27 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers) and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 papers). Thomas Barfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Afghanistan. Thomas Barfield's co-authors include Graham E. Johnson, Adam Kuper, Nancy Tapper, Norman Hammond, André Gunder Frank and Lawrence Krader and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Foreign Affairs and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Barfield

37 papers receiving 497 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Barfield United States 12 351 275 189 84 67 41 694
Richard White United States 14 330 0.9× 167 0.6× 259 1.4× 129 1.5× 55 0.8× 42 885
Leo Howe United Kingdom 12 354 1.0× 173 0.6× 182 1.0× 26 0.3× 47 0.7× 24 772
Donald L. Donham United States 15 551 1.6× 348 1.3× 337 1.8× 123 1.5× 25 0.4× 33 1.0k
Anatoly M. Khazanov United States 10 306 0.9× 169 0.6× 265 1.4× 165 2.0× 169 2.5× 32 841
Herbert S. Lewis United States 11 258 0.7× 138 0.5× 222 1.2× 52 0.6× 53 0.8× 52 587
Stephen P. Reyna Germany 13 222 0.6× 120 0.4× 198 1.0× 64 0.8× 25 0.4× 65 649
David Christian Australia 15 223 0.6× 131 0.5× 132 0.7× 33 0.4× 79 1.2× 77 714
Peter Skalník South Africa 10 189 0.5× 123 0.4× 158 0.8× 20 0.2× 81 1.2× 36 486
Igor Kopytoff United States 11 475 1.4× 205 0.7× 633 3.3× 53 0.6× 66 1.0× 38 1.1k
Denise Lawrence‐Zúñiga United States 6 322 0.9× 122 0.4× 172 0.9× 22 0.3× 38 0.6× 13 761

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Barfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Barfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Barfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Barfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Barfield 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 Thomas Barfield. Thomas Barfield 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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Barfield, Thomas. (2023). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2023). Shadow Empires. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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Barfield, Thomas. (2022). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2012). The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History. Princeton University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2012). Centralization/Decentralization in the Dynamics of Afghan History. 3(1). 3 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2011). Afghanistan's Ethnic Puzzle. Foreign Affairs. 7 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2011). Afghanistan’s Ethnic Puzzle: Decentralizing Power Before the U.S: Withdrawal. Foreign Affairs. 90(5). 4 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2010). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 67 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2010). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2010). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2010). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas, et al.. (2010). Bringing More Effective Governance to Afghanistan: 10 Pathways to Stability. Middle East Policy. 17(4). 40–52. 13 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2008). Culture and Custom in Nation-Building: Law in Afghanistan. 60(2). 347. 23 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2005). First Steps: The Afghan Elections. Current History. 104(680). 125–130. 2 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2003). Chapter 4. Archaeology as Anthropology of the Long Term. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 13(1). 41–49. 1 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (2000). Diccionario de Antropologia. Siglo Veintiuno Editores eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Kuper, Adam & Thomas Barfield. (1998). The Dictionary of Anthropology.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 4(4). 807–807. 120 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas. (1993). The nomadic alternative. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech). 102 indexed citations
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Barfield, Thomas, et al.. (1991). The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China.. The American Historical Review. 96(4). 1258–1258. 25 indexed citations
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Tapper, Nancy, et al.. (1983). Buzkashi: Game and Power in Afghanistan.. Man. 18(1). 213–213. 9 indexed citations

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