Aletta Biersack

1.3k citations
29 papers · 487 indexed · h-index 12
Topics
Anthropological Studies and Insights (11 papers)Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 papers)Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers)

In The Last Decade

Aletta Biersack

27 papers receiving 343 citations

Peers

Aletta Biersack
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  • Anthropology 174
  • Sociology and Political Science 149
  • Geography, Planning and Development 124
  • Demography 73
  • General Health Professions 52
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Countries citing papers authored by Aletta Biersack

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aletta Biersack

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aletta Biersack

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All Works

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Kava'onau and the Tongan chiefs
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The new cultural history : essays
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The Hidden God: Communication, Cosmology, and Cybernetics Among a Melanesian People.
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About Aletta Biersack

Aletta Biersack is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Demography, having authored 29 papers that have together received 487 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (11 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (124 citations), Anthropology (174 citations) and Demography (73 citations). Aletta Biersack has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Marilyn Strathern, David W. Noble, Dan Jørgensen, Lynn Hunt, Martha Macintyre, J. D. Y. Peel, Emiko Ohnuki‐Tierney, Margaret Jolly, Tony Crook and Alan Rumsey. Their work appears in journals such as American Anthropologist, Pacific Affairs and American Ethnologist.

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