Tobias Kelly

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tobias Kelly is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias Kelly has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 9 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Tobias Kelly's work include International Law and Human Rights (14 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (12 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (9 papers). Tobias Kelly is often cited by papers focused on International Law and Human Rights (14 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (12 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (9 papers). Tobias Kelly collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Tobias Kelly's co-authors include Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Carlos A. Forment, Steffen Jensen, Alpa Shah, Catrine Christiansen, Jeevan Sharma, Lars Buur, Daniel M. Goldstein, David Pratten and Dennis Rodgers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Development and Change.

In The Last Decade

Tobias Kelly

42 papers receiving 863 citations

Hit Papers

Surveillance studies: an overview 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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. Surveillance studies: an overview
    2008 539 citations Tobias Kelly Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tobias Kelly United Kingdom 13 704 334 89 85 79 46 1.0k
Elia Zureik Canada 14 747 1.1× 229 0.7× 46 0.5× 61 0.7× 37 0.5× 70 943
James Der Derian United States 15 876 1.2× 703 2.1× 29 0.3× 118 1.4× 70 0.9× 46 1.4k
Elspeth Guild Netherlands 19 1.2k 1.6× 984 2.9× 198 2.2× 47 0.6× 24 0.3× 217 1.7k
David Carroll Australia 14 487 0.7× 180 0.5× 48 0.5× 42 0.5× 122 1.5× 63 1.5k
Cees J. Hamelink Netherlands 17 470 0.7× 228 0.7× 33 0.4× 339 4.0× 47 0.6× 90 1.1k
Gisèle Sapiro France 19 676 1.0× 154 0.5× 19 0.2× 36 0.4× 65 0.8× 127 1.3k
Monroe E. Price United States 16 512 0.7× 289 0.9× 8 0.1× 268 3.2× 54 0.7× 88 984
Dennis Broeders Netherlands 17 658 0.9× 426 1.3× 160 1.8× 45 0.5× 13 0.2× 44 1.1k
Adrian Johns United States 13 216 0.3× 126 0.4× 18 0.2× 111 1.3× 183 2.3× 39 986
Lisa Gitelman France 12 282 0.4× 74 0.2× 22 0.2× 127 1.5× 38 0.5× 34 803

Countries citing papers authored by Tobias Kelly

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tobias Kelly

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tobias Kelly

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tobias Kelly. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tobias Kelly 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 Tobias Kelly. Tobias Kelly 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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Kelly, Tobias. (2021). Pacifist utopias: humanitarianism, tragedy and complicity in the Second World War. Social Anthropology. 29(1). 35–51. 3 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias, et al.. (2020). Introduction: the intimate life of dissent. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2020). Justice, Conscience, and War in Imperial Britain. PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 43(2). 319–333. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2019). The Struggle Against Torture: Challenges, Assumptions and New Directions. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 11(2). 324–333. 8 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias, et al.. (2018). Introduction: Whose civility?. Anthropological Theory. 18(2-3). 153–174. 29 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2018). A Divided Conscience. Public Culture. 30(3). 367–392. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias, et al.. (2018). A comparative study of the use of the Istanbul Protocol amongst civil society organizations in low-income countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(3). 14–14. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias, et al.. (2018). Response by the authors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(3). 1–1.
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Kelly, Tobias. (2015). Citizenship, Cowardice, and Freedom of Conscience: British Pacifists in the Second World War. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 57(3). 694–722. 9 indexed citations
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Good, Anthony & Tobias Kelly. (2013). Expert country evidence in asylum and immigration cases in the United Kingdom: Best Practice Guide. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias & Marie-Bénédicte Dembour. (2011). Are Human Rights for Migrants. 4 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2009). The UN Committee Against Torture: Human Rights Monitoring and the Legal Recognition of Cruelty. Human Rights Quarterly. 31(3). 777–800. 14 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2009). The Politics of Palestinian Legal Reform: Judicial Independence and Accountability under Occupation. 23–40.
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Kelly, Tobias. (2008). Surveillance studies: an overview. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 14(2). 467–467. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kelly, Tobias. (2008). The attractions of accountancy. Ethnography. 9(3). 351–376. 52 indexed citations
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Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte & Tobias Kelly. (2007). Paths to international justice : social and legal perspectives. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2006). Law, Violence and Sovereignty Among West Bank Palestinians. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tobias. (2004). Returning Home? Law, Violence, and Displacement among West Bank Palestinians. PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 27(2). 95–112. 8 indexed citations

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