Danilyn Rutherford

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 651 citations indexed

About

Danilyn Rutherford is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Danilyn Rutherford has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 651 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Danilyn Rutherford's work include Asian Studies and History (13 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (6 papers). Danilyn Rutherford is often cited by papers focused on Asian Studies and History (13 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (6 papers). Danilyn Rutherford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Argentina. Danilyn Rutherford's co-authors include R. H. Barnes, Joseph F. McNeel, Adrian Vickers, Webb Keane, Benedict Anderson, John T. Sidel, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Elizabeth Chin, Kristina Douglass and Kirk A. Maasch and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Anthropology, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Danilyn Rutherford

37 papers receiving 496 citations

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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.

In the Shadow of the Palms: More-than-Human Becomings in West Papua

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Danilyn Rutherford United States	15	347	245	147	119	71	46	651
Denise Lawrence‐Zúñiga United States	6	322 0.9×	172 0.7×	122 0.8×	137 1.2×	55 0.8×	13	761
Michael E. Harkin United States	13	301 0.9×	163 0.7×	52 0.4×	94 0.8×	45 0.6×	43	605
Neil L. Whitehead United States	17	239 0.7×	445 1.8×	103 0.7×	135 1.1×	45 0.6×	71	853
Robert Wessing Netherlands	13	422 1.2×	266 1.1×	224 1.5×	65 0.5×	39 0.5×	39	697
Dimitrios Theodossopoulos United Kingdom	15	390 1.1×	124 0.5×	116 0.8×	61 0.5×	80 1.1×	39	589
Soumhya Venkatesan United Kingdom	12	205 0.6×	228 0.9×	130 0.9×	125 1.1×	28 0.4×	38	542
Stephen Nugent United Kingdom	13	243 0.7×	270 1.1×	159 1.1×	57 0.5×	33 0.5×	35	753
Gastón Gordillo Canada	14	259 0.7×	350 1.4×	298 2.0×	172 1.4×	31 0.4×	44	819
Kapil Raj France	10	153 0.4×	196 0.8×	77 0.5×	73 0.6×	34 0.5×	35	679
Orin Starn United States	16	399 1.1×	312 1.3×	286 1.9×	37 0.3×	47 0.7×	37	828

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Chin, Elizabeth, Christa Craven, Kristina Douglass, et al.. (2025). Writing in community: Relationship building and accountability in knowledge production. American Anthropologist. 127(2). 319–338.

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2021). Raiding the Land of the Foreigners. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2021). Toward an Anthropological Understanding of Masculinities, Maleness, and Violence. Current Anthropology. 62(S23). S1–S4. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2021). Becoming an operating system. American Ethnologist. 48(2). 139–152. 6 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2020). Proximity to Disability. Anthropological Quarterly. 93(1). 1453–1481. 7 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2018). Living in the Stone Age: Reflections on the Origins of a Colonial Fantasy.

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Rutherford, Danilyn, et al.. (2018). Humanism. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 8(1-2). 1–5. 12 indexed citations

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Sidel, John T., et al.. (2016). A Life Beyond Boundaries: A Memoir. Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia. 31(2). 575–621. 8 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2015). Introduction: About Time. Anthropological Quarterly. 88(2). 241–249. 13 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2012). Commentary: What affect produces. American Ethnologist. 39(4). 688–691. 6 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (2009). SYMPATHY, STATE BUILDING, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF EMPIRE. Cultural Anthropology. 24(1). 1–32. 42 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn, et al.. (2001). From Irian Java to Papua: The Limits of Primordialism in Indonesia's Troubled East. Indonesia. 72. 115–115. 17 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (1999). Waiting for the End in Biak: Violence, Order, and a Flag Raising. Indonesia. 67. 39–39. 15 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn & Webb Keane. (1998). Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society. Indonesia. 66. 196–196. 9 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (1997). Raiding the land of the foreigners : power, history and difference in Biak, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (1997). Review of Sea Hunters of Indonesia: Fishers and Weavers of Lamalera. eCommons (Cornell University).

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Rutherford, Danilyn & R. H. Barnes. (1997). Sea Hunters of Indonesia: Fishers and Weavers of Lamalera. Indonesia. 64. 149–149. 35 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (1996). Of Birds and Gifts: Reviving Tradition on an Indonesian Frontier. Cultural Anthropology. 11(4). 577–616. 18 indexed citations

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McNeel, Joseph F. & Danilyn Rutherford. (1994). Modelling Harvester-Forwarder System Performance in a Selection Harvest. 6(1). 7–14. 27 indexed citations

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Rutherford, Danilyn. (1993). Unpacking a National Heroine: Two Kartinis and Their People. Indonesia. 55. 23–23. 6 indexed citations

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