Allen Johnson

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Allen Johnson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Johnson has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Allen Johnson's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (3 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 papers). Allen Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (3 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 papers). Allen Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Allen Johnson's co-authors include Timothy Earle, Karl W. Butzer, Robert L. Carneiro, Patrick D. Nolan, John V. Murra, Edward Montgomery, George S. Masnick, Terence H. Hull, Moni Nag and Sol Tax and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Allen Johnson

41 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Groups to... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 100 200 300 400
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. The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Groups to Agrarian State
    1988 473 citations Allen Johnson, Timothy Earle et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allen Johnson United States 20 712 416 411 254 239 43 2.2k
Robert L. Carneiro United States 21 752 1.1× 708 1.7× 551 1.3× 244 1.0× 163 0.7× 75 2.5k
Melvin Ember United States 29 1.0k 1.5× 334 0.8× 417 1.0× 413 1.6× 444 1.9× 85 2.4k
Roy A. Rappàport United States 14 1.2k 1.7× 306 0.7× 624 1.5× 350 1.4× 162 0.7× 29 3.0k
Keith F. Otterbein United States 17 1.2k 1.6× 201 0.5× 311 0.8× 537 2.1× 608 2.5× 58 2.1k
Nicolas Peterson Australia 18 547 0.8× 294 0.7× 853 2.1× 183 0.7× 232 1.0× 55 2.2k
Thomas N. Headland United States 18 602 0.8× 285 0.7× 487 1.2× 395 1.6× 328 1.4× 39 2.1k
Raoul Naroll United States 21 581 0.8× 282 0.7× 311 0.8× 415 1.6× 302 1.3× 58 2.0k
Carol R. Ember United States 32 1.5k 2.1× 397 1.0× 489 1.2× 749 2.9× 705 2.9× 104 3.4k
Raymond Firth United Kingdom 25 870 1.2× 117 0.3× 445 1.1× 157 0.6× 115 0.5× 112 2.4k
Nancy Howell Canada 15 554 0.8× 215 0.5× 243 0.6× 308 1.2× 492 2.1× 37 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allen Johnson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen Johnson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (2016). The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State (an excerpt). Journal of Economic Sociology. 17(5). 30–76.
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Izquierdo, Carolina & Allen Johnson. (2007). Desire, Envy and Punishment: A Matsigenka Emotion Schema in Illness Narratives and Folk Stories. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 31(4). 419–444. 8 indexed citations
3.
Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (2003). La evolución de las sociedades: desde los grupos cazadores-recolectores al estado agrario. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 99(14). 724–724. 6 indexed citations
4.
Johnson, Allen. (2003). Families of the Forest: The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon. TU Digital Collections (Thammasat University). 46 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (2000). The Evolution of Human Societies. Stanford University Press eBooks. 262 indexed citations
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Cairns, Douglas, Allen Johnson, & Douglass Price‐Williams. (1999). Oedipus Ubiquitous: The Family Complex in World Folk Literature. 6. 106–106. 20 indexed citations
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Bowen, John R., David D. Laitin, Roger D. Petersen, et al.. (1999). Critical Comparisons in Politics and Culture. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen. (1997). The Psychology of Dependence Between Landlord and Sharecropper in Northeastern Brazil. Political Psychology. 18(2). 411–438. 5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen. (1997). Moses and Civilization: The Meaning behind Freud's Myth. American Anthropologist. 99(1). 181–182. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (1988). Democracy and Despotism in Primitive Societies: A Neo-Weberian Approach to Political Theory.Ronald M. Glassman. American Journal of Sociology. 94(3). 716–719. 1 indexed citations
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Keegan, William F., Allen Johnson, & Timothy Earle. (1985). Carrying Capacity and Population Regulation: A Comment on Dewar. American Anthropologist. 87(3). 659–663. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen, Robert L. Carneiro, Paul Diener, et al.. (1982). Reductionism in Cultural Ecology: The Amazon Case [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 23(4). 413–428. 23 indexed citations
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Arhin, Kwame, P. T. W. Baxter, Tommy Carlstein, et al.. (1980). Does Labor Time Decrease With Industrialization? A Survey of Time-Allocation Studies [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 21(3). 279–298. 62 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen. (1978). Quantification in Cultural Anthropology : An Introduction to Research Design. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Nag, Moni, Terence H. Hull, Allen Johnson, et al.. (1978). An Anthropological Approach to the Study of the Economic Value of Children in Java and Nepal [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 19(2). 293–306. 120 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen. (1974). ethnoecology and planting practices in a swidden agricultural system1. American Ethnologist. 1(1). 87–101. 43 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & George C. Bond. (1974). Kinship, Friendship, and Exchange in Two Communities: A Comparative Analysis of Norms and Behavior. Journal of Anthropological Research. 30(1). 55–68. 4 indexed citations
18.
Johnson, Allen. (1972). Individuality and experimentation in traditional agriculture. Human Ecology. 1(2). 149–159. 100 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen. (1971). Sharecroppers of the sertão : economics and dependence on a Brazilian plantation. Stanford University Press eBooks. 34 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & Bernard J. Siegel. (1969). Wages and Income in Ceará, Brazil. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 25(1). 1–13. 1 indexed citations

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