Wendy Doniger

981 total citations
45 papers, 280 citations indexed

About

Wendy Doniger is a scholar working on Philosophy, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendy Doniger has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 280 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Anthropology and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Wendy Doniger's work include Indian History and Philosophy (9 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (6 papers). Wendy Doniger is often cited by papers focused on Indian History and Philosophy (9 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (6 papers). Wendy Doniger collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Wendy Doniger's co-authors include Anuj Shah, Brian K. Smith, Howard Eilberg‐Schwartz, Nicholas F. Gier, Ludo Rocher, Brian Smith, Bruce Lincoln, John H. McDowell, Donald J. Cosentino and Walter A. Strauss and has published in prestigious journals such as Pacific Affairs, The Journal of Asian Studies and Philosophy East and West.

In The Last Decade

Wendy Doniger

38 papers receiving 178 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wendy Doniger United States 9 99 74 65 56 55 45 280
John Stratton Hawley United States 9 96 1.0× 91 1.2× 94 1.4× 90 1.6× 75 1.4× 45 273
John Peter Kenney United States 7 111 1.1× 65 0.9× 94 1.4× 55 1.0× 41 0.7× 18 310
Michel Leiris Algeria 8 95 1.0× 55 0.7× 26 0.4× 27 0.5× 31 0.6× 64 236
Amy Hollywood United States 9 172 1.7× 43 0.6× 99 1.5× 56 1.0× 62 1.1× 33 332
Jonathan A. Silk Netherlands 9 129 1.3× 50 0.7× 32 0.5× 93 1.7× 33 0.6× 47 235
Alastair Hamilton United States 10 180 1.8× 66 0.9× 63 1.0× 42 0.8× 102 1.9× 63 433
Charles Robert Ageron 5 158 1.6× 87 1.2× 44 0.7× 23 0.4× 88 1.6× 11 390
Katharine Hodgkin United Kingdom 7 125 1.3× 50 0.7× 27 0.4× 13 0.2× 36 0.7× 15 275
Sanford Budick 8 109 1.1× 23 0.3× 107 1.6× 53 0.9× 39 0.7× 22 322
Robert Dale Parker 7 88 0.9× 189 2.6× 65 1.0× 48 0.9× 22 0.4× 29 405

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wendy Doniger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendy Doniger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wendy Doniger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wendy Doniger 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 Wendy Doniger. Wendy Doniger 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
1.
Doniger, Wendy. (2022). After the War. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
2.
Doniger, Wendy. (2018). Against Dharma Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics. 2 indexed citations
3.
Doniger, Wendy. (2017). The Ring of Truth. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (2017). The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (2014). On Hinduism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
6.
Doniger, Wendy. (2011). Nine Lives. in Search of the Sacred in Modern India. 4(1). 143. 3 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy, et al.. (2010). Hermeneutics, Politics, and the History of Religions. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy, et al.. (2010). Hermeneutics, Politics, and the History of Religions: The Contested Legacies of Joachim Wach and Mircea Eliade. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (2009). An Alternative Historiography for Hinduism. 2(1). 17–26.
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Doniger, Wendy. (2005). Bisexuality in the Mythology of Ancient India. Diogenes. 52(4). 50–60. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (2003). The Symbolism of Black and White Babies in the Myth of Parental Impression. Social research. 70(1). 1–44. 2 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (2001). On Translating the Kamasutra: A Gurudakshina for Daniel H. H. Ingalls. Journal of Indian Philosophy. 29(1-2). 81–94. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (1999). Logos and Mythos: A Response to Walter Burkert. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 38(2). 194. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (1999). Eating Karma, In Classical South Asian Texts. Social research. 66(1). 151–165. 5 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (1999). Presidential Address: “I Have Scinde”: Flogging a Dead (White Male Orientalist) Horse. The Journal of Asian Studies. 58(4). 940–960. 6 indexed citations
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Rocher, Ludo & Wendy Doniger. (1997). Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 117(2). 401–401. 4 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy, et al.. (1991). Animals in Four Worlds: Sculptures from India.. Pacific Affairs. 64(1). 150–150. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy & Brian K. Smith. (1989). Sacrifice and Substitution: Ritual Mystification and Mythical Demystification. Numen. 36(2). 189–224. 28 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy. (1989). Structuralist Universals versus Psychoanalytic UniversalsThe Jealous Potter. Claude Lévi-Strauss , Bénédicte Chorier. History of Religions. 28(3). 267–281. 1 indexed citations
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Doniger, Wendy, et al.. (1979). Sikh Studies- Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Tradition. 10 indexed citations

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