Anthony Synnott

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Anthony Synnott is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Synnott has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Gender Studies and 2 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Anthony Synnott's work include Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper). Anthony Synnott is often cited by papers focused on Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper). Anthony Synnott collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Anthony Synnott's co-authors include Constance Classen, David Howes, Arthur W. Frank, Penny Van Esterik, Nancy Foner, Mike Hepworth, Bryan S. Turner and Mike Featherstone and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, British Journal of Sociology and The Canadian Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Synnott

23 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell

1994 482 citations Constance Classen, David Howes et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony Synnott Canada	16	506	227	212	166	161	24	1.6k
Constance Classen Canada	15	463 0.9×	66 0.3×	313 1.5×	333 2.0×	72 0.4×	28	2.0k
Dennis D. Waskul United States	19	556 1.1×	263 1.2×	80 0.4×	90 0.5×	218 1.4×	38	1.1k
Carolyn Korsmeyer United States	18	233 0.5×	94 0.4×	102 0.5×	47 0.3×	35 0.2×	63	992
Paul Stoller United States	21	965 1.9×	70 0.3×	123 0.6×	299 1.8×	69 0.4×	106	2.1k
Phillip R. Kunz United States	14	591 1.2×	139 0.6×	100 0.5×	109 0.7×	103 0.6×	44	1.3k
Joyce Davidson Canada	23	788 1.6×	167 0.7×	61 0.3×	451 2.7×	360 2.2×	39	1.9k
Elaine Scarry United States	11	998 2.0×	206 0.9×	230 1.1×	98 0.6×	246 1.5×	30	2.8k
Garry Chick United States	25	1.4k 2.7×	197 0.9×	249 1.2×	128 0.8×	177 1.1×	96	2.2k
Alma Gottlieb United States	19	508 1.0×	129 0.6×	80 0.4×	69 0.4×	158 1.0×	58	1.3k
William Jankowiak United States	16	467 0.9×	137 0.6×	443 2.1×	25 0.2×	218 1.4×	55	1.1k

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Synnott, Anthony. (2024). Re-Thinking Men.

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Synnott, Anthony. (2016). Re-Thinking Men. 3 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (2006). The Beauty Mystique. Facial Plastic Surgery. 22(3). 163–174. 16 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (2006). The Promise Keepers: Servants, Soldiers and Godly Men, by John P. Bartkowski. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004, 184pp.; $60.00 USD (cloth), $21.95 USD (paper). Sociology of Religion. 67(1). 109–111. 1 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony, et al.. (2004). Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920. Sociology of Religion. 65(3). 311–311. 55 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony, et al.. (2003). Sociologia del olor (Sociology of Smell). Revista Mexicana de Sociología. 65(2). 431–431. 8 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (2003). Sociología del olor. 65(2). 431–464. 6 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (2003). Tubuh Sosial : Simbolisme, Diri dan Masyarakat. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 34 indexed citations

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Classen, Constance, David Howes, & Anthony Synnott. (2002). Aroma. 30 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (2002). The Body Social. 163 indexed citations

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Frank, Arthur W. & Anthony Synnott. (1995). The Body Social: Symbolism, Self and Society. The Canadian Journal of Sociology. 20(4). 576–576. 230 indexed citations

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Esterik, Penny Van & Anthony Synnott. (1994). The Body Social: Symbolism, Self and Society. Anthropologica. 36(1). 121–121. 107 indexed citations

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Classen, Constance, David Howes, & Anthony Synnott. (1994). Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Synnott, Anthony. (1992). Tomb, Temple, Machine and Self: The Social Construction of the Body. British Journal of Sociology. 43(1). 79–79. 54 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (1992). Tomb, temple, machine and self: the social construction of the body.. PubMed. 43(1). 79–110. 61 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (1991). A sociology of smell. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 28(4). 437–459. 54 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (1990). Truth and Goodness, Mirrors and Masks Part II: A Sociology of Beauty and the Face. British Journal of Sociology. 41(1). 55–55. 15 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (1989). Truth and Goodness, Mirrors and Masks -- Part I: A Sociology of Beauty and the Face. British Journal of Sociology. 40(4). 607–607. 50 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony. (1987). Shame and Glory: A Sociology of Hair. British Journal of Sociology. 38(3). 381–381. 126 indexed citations

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Synnott, Anthony & Nancy Foner. (1981). Jamaica Farewell: Jamaican Migrants in London.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(1). 135–135. 34 indexed citations

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