Ben Finney

1.1k total citations
54 papers, 636 citations indexed

About

Ben Finney is a scholar working on Demography, Geography, Planning and Development and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Finney has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 636 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Demography, 14 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 12 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Ben Finney's work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (17 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (14 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers). Ben Finney is often cited by papers focused on Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (17 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (14 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers). Ben Finney collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Ben Finney's co-authors include Karen Ann Watson‐Gegeo, Eric M. Jones, Ernest S. Dodge, G. B. Milner, William A. Lessa, Steven M. Horvath, Jerry H. Bentley, Thomas G. Harding, W. W. Mendell and Michael D. Lieber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Annals of Tourism Research and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Ben Finney

46 papers receiving 462 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Finney United States 14 256 183 151 114 83 54 636
J. C. Beaglehole Switzerland 8 133 0.5× 49 0.3× 55 0.4× 55 0.5× 88 1.1× 25 390
Robert Tonkinson Australia 18 245 1.0× 158 0.9× 286 1.9× 116 1.0× 421 5.1× 54 1.1k
Victoria R. Bricker United States 12 46 0.2× 38 0.2× 82 0.5× 133 1.2× 83 1.0× 58 578
Frances F. Berdan United States 14 71 0.3× 66 0.4× 38 0.3× 336 2.9× 232 2.8× 45 711
G. R. Crone 12 175 0.7× 24 0.1× 182 1.2× 23 0.2× 155 1.9× 72 702
James L. Flexner Australia 12 214 0.8× 64 0.3× 139 0.9× 199 1.7× 246 3.0× 55 684
Elizabeth Wright United Kingdom 14 57 0.2× 28 0.2× 187 1.2× 101 0.9× 92 1.1× 61 905
Ethan E. Cochrane United States 13 318 1.2× 70 0.4× 84 0.6× 290 2.5× 121 1.5× 45 607
David Christian Australia 15 38 0.1× 28 0.2× 223 1.5× 79 0.7× 132 1.6× 77 714
Patrick D. Nolan United States 13 26 0.1× 128 0.7× 295 2.0× 85 0.7× 69 0.8× 30 647

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Finney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Finney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Finney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Finney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Finney 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 Ben Finney. Ben Finney 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
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Finney, Ben. (2004). Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging. 29 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (2000). SETI, Consilience and the Unity of Knowledge. 213. 641. 3 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben & Jerry H. Bentley. (1998). A tale of two analogues: learning at a distance from the ancient greeks and maya and the problem of deciphering extraterrestrial radio transmissions. Acta Astronautica. 42(10-12). 691–696. 4 indexed citations
4.
Harding, Thomas G. & Ben Finney. (1997). Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia.. Pacific Affairs. 70(1). 157–157. 1 indexed citations
5.
Finney, Ben, et al.. (1995). Tsiolkovsky - Russian Cosmism and Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Quarterly journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 36. 369. 8 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1994). Polynesian-South America Round Trip Canoe Voyages. eVols (University of Hawaii). 8(2). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1992). From sea to space. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1991). Myth, Experiment, and the Reinvention of Polynesian Voyaging. American Anthropologist. 93(2). 383–404. 19 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1988). Solar system colonization and interstellar migration. Acta Astronautica. 18. 225–230. 3 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1987). Business development in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 18 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1987). Anthropology and the humanization of space. Acta Astronautica. 15(3). 189–194. 7 indexed citations
12.
Finney, Ben. (1986). Andrew Strathern, ed., Inequality in New Guinea Highlands Societies. Pacific studies. 10(1). 137–139. 3 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1985). SETI and interstellar migration.. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 38(6). 274–275. 4 indexed citations
14.
Finney, Ben & Karen Ann Watson‐Gegeo. (1979). A new kind of sugar tourism in the pacific. Annals of Tourism Research. 6(4). 469–471. 40 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1977). Voyaging Canoes and the Settlement of Polynesia. Science. 196(4296). 1277–1285. 56 indexed citations
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Horvath, Steven M. & Ben Finney. (1969). Paddling Experiments and the Question of Polynesian Voyaging1. American Anthropologist. 71(2). 271–276. 12 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1968). Bigfellow Man Belong Business in New Guinea. Ethnology. 7(4). 394–394. 25 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1966). Resource Distribution and Social Structure in Tahiti. Ethnology. 5(1). 80–80. 5 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben, et al.. (1966). Surfing, the sport of Hawaiian kings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Finney, Ben. (1965). Polynesian peasants and proletarians : socio-economic change among the Tahitians of French Polynesia. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations

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