Ursula Rao

826 total citations
48 papers, 341 citations indexed

About

Ursula Rao is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ursula Rao has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 341 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ursula Rao's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (7 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers). Ursula Rao is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (7 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers). Ursula Rao collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and India. Ursula Rao's co-authors include C. B. S. Dutt, J. Srinivasan, S. K. Satheesh, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, John Hutnyk, Stefanie Mauksch, P. K. Pal, Karthik Narayanan, V. Jayaraman and Parameswaran Ramachandran and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

Ursula Rao

43 papers receiving 307 citations

Peers

Ursula Rao
Joseph E. Schwartzberg United States
Camillo Boano United Kingdom
Simon Gunn United Kingdom
Miyase Christensen Sweden
John Dickie United Kingdom
Gerard Piel United States
Sujata Patel India
Yaso Nadarajah Australia
Andrea Westermann Switzerland
Andrew Davies United Kingdom
Joseph E. Schwartzberg United States
Ursula Rao
Citations per year, relative to Ursula Rao Ursula Rao (= 1×) peers Joseph E. Schwartzberg

Countries citing papers authored by Ursula Rao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ursula Rao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ursula Rao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rao, Ursula. (2022). Making Informal Sacred Geographies: Spiritual Presence, Sensual Engagement, and Wayside Shrines in Urban India. Space and Culture. 26(2). 192–203. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2022). Policy as Experimentation. Social Anthropology. 30(2). 81–100. 6 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2019). Biometric IDs and the remaking of the Indian (welfare) state. Econstor (Econstor). 21(1). 13–21. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula, et al.. (2019). Aadhaar: Governing with Biometrics. South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies. 42(3). 469–481. 55 indexed citations
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Maguire, Mark, et al.. (2018). Bodies as Evidence: Security, Knowledge, and Power. 4 indexed citations
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Mauksch, Stefanie & Ursula Rao. (2014). Fieldwork as dialogue: reflections on alternative forms of engagement. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 139(1). 23–38. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2014). Current debates in anthropology. 1 indexed citations
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Anjaria, Jonathan Shapiro & Ursula Rao. (2014). Talking back to the state: citizens' engagement after neoliberal reform in India. Social Anthropology. 22(4). 410–427. 7 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2013). Biometric marginality: UID and the shaping of homeless identities in the city. Economic and political weekly. 48(13). 71. 32 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2011). 'Inter-publics': Hindu Mobilization beyond the Bourgeois Public Sphere. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2009). RITUAL (AS) POLITICS. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 89. 173–188. 1 indexed citations
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Satheesh, S. K., C. B. S. Dutt, J. Srinivasan, & Ursula Rao. (2007). Atmospheric warming due to dust absorption over Afro‐Asian regions. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(4). 21 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula & John Hutnyk. (2006). Celebrating Transgression: Method and Politics in Anthropological Studies of Culture: A Book in Honour of Klaus Peter Köpping. Berghahn Books. 3 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2003). Negotiating the Divine : Temple Religion and Temple Politics in Contemporary Urban India. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula. (2002). How to Prove Divinities? Experiencing and Defending Divine Agency in a Modern Indian Space. Religion. 32(1). 3–11. 2 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula, et al.. (2000). Die "performative Wende": Leben - Ritual - Theater. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1–31. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula, et al.. (1991). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PERSIAN GULF OIL SPILL AND OIL-FIRE SMOKE. Current Science. 60(8). 486–492. 5 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula, et al.. (1987). The indian national satellite system-INSAT. 5(5). 339–358. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Ursula, et al.. (1969). Dehydrogenation of Butyl Alcohol in Fixed Catalyst Beds. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 8(1). 9–16. 3 indexed citations

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