Bruce Kapferer

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bruce Kapferer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Kapferer has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Bruce Kapferer's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (19 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (7 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers). Bruce Kapferer is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (19 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (7 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (5 papers). Bruce Kapferer collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Australia. Bruce Kapferer's co-authors include Jonathan Spencer, James J. Davis, Diane P. Mines, R. L. Stirrat, Don Handelman, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Thomas J. Scheff, Ivan Karp and Michael P. Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Kapferer

67 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Legends of People, Myths of State: Violence, Intolerance,... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300

Peers

Bruce Kapferer
Comparison fields: 5 of 117
  • Sociology and Political Science 949
  • Anthropology 689
  • Political Science and International Relations 417
  • Geography, Planning and Development 181
  • Philosophy 175
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Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Kapferer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Kapferer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Kapferer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Kapferer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Kapferer 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 Bruce Kapferer. Bruce Kapferer 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
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2 4
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Ritual Practice and Anthropological Theory
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4 19
5 18
6
Contemporary religiosities : emergent socialities and the post-nation-state
19
7 16
8 7
9 1
10 10
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Aesthetics in performance: Formations of symbolic construction and experience
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12 11
13
State, Sovereignty, War, and Civil Violence in Emerging Global Realities
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14 10
15 3
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Beyond rationalism : rethinking magic, witchcraft and sorcery
43
17 16
18 39
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The sorcery of consciousness: a Sinhala Buddhist discourse on the dynamics of consciousness
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20 5

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