Alexander Alland

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Alland is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Alland has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Alland's work include Education, sociology, and vocational training (2 papers), Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (2 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (2 papers). Alexander Alland is often cited by papers focused on Education, sociology, and vocational training (2 papers), Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (2 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (2 papers). Alexander Alland collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alexander Alland's co-authors include John J. Honigmann, Roy Ellen, Philip D. Curtin, Harshavardhan Sampath, Robert Layton, Cherry Lowman, G Ville, D. Lechevalier, Alan H. Goodman and J Vague and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Annual Review of Anthropology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Alland

43 papers receiving 762 citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of social and cultural anthropology. 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300
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. Handbook of social and cultural anthropology.
    1974 391 citations John J. Honigmann, Alexander Alland Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Alland United States 13 322 163 126 95 74 50 1.0k
Joseph G. Jorgensen United States 15 214 0.7× 129 0.8× 99 0.8× 89 0.9× 49 0.7× 41 682
Barbara Tedlock United States 13 353 1.1× 198 1.2× 84 0.7× 118 1.2× 60 0.8× 32 1.0k
A. Irving Hallowell United States 13 295 0.9× 256 1.6× 146 1.2× 178 1.9× 81 1.1× 31 1.0k
Derek Freeman Australia 14 390 1.2× 205 1.3× 47 0.4× 125 1.3× 82 1.1× 48 930
Phillip R. Kunz United States 14 591 1.8× 109 0.7× 99 0.8× 143 1.5× 100 1.4× 44 1.3k
Rosemary Firth United Kingdom 12 339 1.1× 117 0.7× 67 0.5× 157 1.7× 87 1.2× 35 967
David Parkin United Kingdom 18 402 1.2× 341 2.1× 75 0.6× 72 0.8× 52 0.7× 53 1.2k
David G. Mandelbaum United States 14 354 1.1× 155 1.0× 97 0.8× 84 0.9× 102 1.4× 45 1.1k
John A. Price Canada 12 333 1.0× 107 0.7× 84 0.7× 119 1.3× 86 1.2× 38 807
Roger Sanjek United States 14 529 1.6× 230 1.4× 138 1.1× 51 0.5× 34 0.5× 33 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Alland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Alland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Alland

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alland, Alexander. (2003). Culture in Practice: Selected Essays. American Anthropologist. 105(3). 671–672. 18 indexed citations
2.
Alland, Alexander. (1998). Contesting Art: Politics and Identity in the Modern World. American Anthropologist. 100(3). 835–836. 2 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1998). Don't Cut the Pi Yet!. American Anthropologist. 100(4). 1026–1029. 2 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander, Michael L. Blakey, C. Loring Brace, et al.. (1996). The Eternal Triangle: Race, Class, and IQThe Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life.Richard J. Herrnstein , Charles Murray. Current Anthropology. 37(S1). S143–S181. 3 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1992). Primitive Art in Civilized Places. Museum Anthropology. 16(1). 62–67. 9 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1985). Rituel masculin de procréation et symbolisme phallique. L Homme. 25(94). 37–55. 1 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander & Roy Ellen. (1984). Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations. Man. 19(2). 336–336. 116 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1983). Playing With Form. Columbia University Press eBooks. 29 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1980). To Be Human: An Introduction to Anthropology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1975). When the spider danced: Notes from an African Village. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1975). Adaptation. Annual Review of Anthropology. 4(1). 59–73. 28 indexed citations
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Honigmann, John J. & Alexander Alland. (1974). Handbook of social and cultural anthropology.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 391 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lowman, Cherry & Alexander Alland. (1973). Displays of power: art and war among the Marings of New Guinea. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
14.
Alland, Alexander. (1972). The human imperative. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
15.
Curtin, Philip D. & Alexander Alland. (1972). Adaptation in Cultural Evolution: An Approach to Medical Anthropology. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 2(3). 317–317. 99 indexed citations
16.
Alland, Alexander, et al.. (1970). Evolution and Human Behaviour. Revista española de la opinión pública. 320–320. 1 indexed citations
17.
Alland, Alexander. (1968). War and Disease: An Anthropological Perspective. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 24(6). 28–31. 2 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1968). The biology of human adaptability. Social Science & Medicine (1967). 2(4). 520–520. 1 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1966). Medical Anthropology and the Study of Biological and Cultural Adaptation1. American Anthropologist. 68(1). 40–51. 28 indexed citations
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Alland, Alexander. (1963). Residence, Domicile, and Descent Groups among the Abron of the Ivory Coast. Ethnology. 2(3). 276–276. 1 indexed citations

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