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Jamsheed K. Choksy

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1986
Eurasian Exchange NetworksIslamic Studies and HistoryAncient Near East HistoryHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesByzantine Studies and History

Publications

98

Citations

767

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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Jamsheed K. Choksy studies the religions and history of ancient and pre-Islamic Iran, with a particular focus on Zoroastrianism, as well as the broader religious and cultural exchanges across the Near East and Central Asia. His work spans historical texts, religious practices, and the transmission of Iranian traditions into the Islamic era, along with contemporary questions of religion and society in Iran.

Zoroastrianism and pre-Islamic Iranian religionIranian and Persian historyIslamic studies and religious historyReligious exchange across Eurasia and Central AsiaAncient Near Eastern studies

Publication activity has been steady over the last decade, averaging a few outputs per year with modest year-to-year fluctuation.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 767cohort median 1,128
h-index: 12cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 2.2cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 97% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 14 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 5 publications5182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 5 publications5212022: 2 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Comparative Sociology×5
  • Journal of Religious History×4
  • Journal of the American Oriental Society×3
  • Encyclopaedia Iranica Online×2
  • DABIR×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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