Alfred Gell

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Alfred Gell is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Gell has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Anthropology, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Alfred Gell's work include Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers). Alfred Gell is often cited by papers focused on Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 papers), Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers). Alfred Gell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Alfred Gell's co-authors include Eviatar Zerubavel, Eric Hirsch, Raymond C. Kelly, Signe Howell, Janet Hoskins, Marjorie M. Halpin, Gilbert N. Lewis, Nathalie Heinich and J. A. Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Gell

35 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Art And Agency 1993 2026 2004 2015 1998 1999 1993 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

Alfred Gell
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Anthropology 1.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.2k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 918
  • Archeology 627
  • Paleontology 551
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Countries citing papers authored by Alfred Gell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alfred Gell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Gell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alfred Gell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alfred Gell 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 Alfred Gell. Alfred Gell 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 3
2 0
3
L'art et ses agents : une théorie anthropologique
2
4 5
5
A tecnologia do encanto e o encanto da tecnologia
14
6 364
7
Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory breakdown →
1160
8 143
9
Time and Social Anthropology
7
10 3
11
Amour, connaissance et dissimulation
1
12
Wrapping in Images breakdown →
104
13
Anthropology, material culture and consumerism
1
14 97
15 76
16 25
17 6
18 83
19 53
20
Understanding the occult
3

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