Thomas Barfield
Impact in
- Anthropology top 2%
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
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- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
Papers in
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- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East 27
- Military History and Strategy 4
- Islamic Studies and History 4
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- Chinese history and philosophy 6
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence 5
- Co-authors
- Graham E. Johnson (1 shared paper)Adam Kuper (1 shared paper)Norman Hammond (1 shared paper)Nancy Tapper (1 shared paper)André Gunder Frank (2 shared papers)Lawrence Krader (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Current History (5 papers)The American Historical Review (2 papers)Foreign Affairs (2 papers)Contemporary Islam (1 paper)International Journal Middle East Studies (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesIndiaGermany
In The Last Decade
Thomas Barfield
37 papers receiving 497 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 101
- Anthropology 189
- Political Science and International Relations 275
- Paleontology 67
- Sociology and Political Science 351
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 84
Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Barfield
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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Barfield
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 41 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 | 167 | |
| 2 | 1998 | 120 | |
| 3 | The nomadic alternative | 1993 | 102 |
| 4 | 2010 | 67 | |
| 5 | The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan: Pastoral Nomadism in Transition | 1981 | 28 |
| 6 | 1981 | 26 | |
| 7 | 1991 | 25 | |
| 8 | Culture and Custom in Nation-Building: Law in Afghanistan | 2008 | 23 |
| 9 | 2004 | 22 | |
| 10 | 2010 | 13 | |
| 11 | Diccionario de Antropologia | 2000 | 12 |
| 12 | 2010 | 11 | |
| 13 | 1983 | 9 | |
| 14 | 1993 | 8 | |
| 15 | Afghanistan's Ethnic Puzzle | 2011 | 7 |
| 16 | 2000 | 7 | |
| 17 | Afghanistan’s Ethnic Puzzle: Decentralizing Power Before the U.S: Withdrawal | 2011 | 4 |
| 18 | 2010 | 4 | |
| 19 | 2022 | 4 | |
| 20 | 1992 | 4 |
About Thomas Barfield
Thomas Barfield is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 41 papers that have together received 694 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (27 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers), Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 papers), Military History and Strategy (4 papers), Islamic Studies and History (4 papers) and Philippine History and Culture (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (189 citations), Political Science and International Relations (275 citations), Paleontology (67 citations), Sociology and Political Science (351 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (84 citations). Thomas Barfield has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Graham E. Johnson, Adam Kuper, Norman Hammond, Nancy Tapper, André Gunder Frank and Lawrence Krader. Their work appears in journals such as Current History, The American Historical Review, Foreign Affairs, Contemporary Islam and International Journal Middle East Studies.
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