David Abram

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

David Abram is a scholar working on Surgery, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Abram has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Surgery, 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 1 paper in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in David Abram's work include Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (1 paper), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (1 paper) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 paper). David Abram is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (1 paper), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (1 paper) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 paper). David Abram collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. David Abram's co-authors include DNN, Tomislav Pribanić, Hrvoje Džapo, Mario Cifrek, David W. Jardine, Warren Linds and Minh‐Ha Tran and has published in prestigious journals such as Dialogues in Human Geography, Environmental Ethics and Transfusion and Apheresis Science.

In The Last Decade

David Abram

13 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More Than Human World

1997 984 citations DNN, David Abram Colonial Waterbirds profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Abram United States	7	392	277	224	215	205	16	1.5k
Timothy Ingold United States	11	541 1.4×	171 0.6×	143 0.6×	446 2.1×	71 0.3×	22	1.8k
Steven Feld United States	23	580 1.5×	148 0.5×	103 0.5×	277 1.3×	28 0.1×	68	2.5k
Charbel Niño El-Hani Brazil	23	361 0.9×	251 0.9×	552 2.5×	31 0.1×	63 0.3×	183	1.9k
Arnold Berleant United States	18	233 0.6×	158 0.6×	54 0.2×	135 0.6×	171 0.8×	118	1.2k
Iris van der Tuin Netherlands	15	525 1.3×	83 0.3×	139 0.6×	220 1.0×	33 0.2×	52	1.4k
Roger Scruton United Kingdom	24	450 1.1×	136 0.5×	131 0.6×	66 0.3×	57 0.3×	140	1.7k
Kay Anderson Australia	18	692 1.8×	97 0.4×	95 0.4×	541 2.5×	64 0.3×	54	1.6k
John Ryan Australia	14	229 0.6×	146 0.5×	103 0.5×	119 0.6×	154 0.8×	112	1.3k
Cary Wolfe United States	13	247 0.6×	86 0.3×	34 0.2×	551 2.6×	101 0.5×	52	1.2k
Harry Heft United States	19	402 1.0×	646 2.3×	194 0.9×	82 0.4×	18 0.1×	43	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David Abram

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Abram

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Abram

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Abram. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Abram 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 David Abram. David Abram is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Abram, David, et al.. (2026). Topology beyond application: Drawing social and mathematical worlds into rhythm. Dialogues in Human Geography.

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Abram, David & Minh‐Ha Tran. (2023). Effect of erythropoietin on perioperative blood transfusions in primary total hip arthroplasty: A systematic review. Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 62(4). 103718–103718.

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Abram, David. (2017). On Wild Ethics. Tikkun. 32(1). 13–15.

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Abram, David. (2013). UM MUNDO ALÉM DO HUMANO. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 7(2). 64–64. 1 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2013). The invisibles: toward a phenomenology of the spirits. 132–140. 1 indexed citations

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Abram, David, et al.. (2012). A brief introduction to OpenCV. International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics. 1725–1730. 176 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2010). The Discourse of the Birds. Biosemiotics. 3(3). 263–275. 3 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2010). Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 178 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2010). BECOMING ANIMAL. Green Letters. 13(1). 7–21. 110 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2007). Earth in Eclipse. 29(4). 10–22. 2 indexed citations

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Abram, David. (2005). Between the Body and the Breathing Earth. Environmental Ethics. 27(2). 171–190. 4 indexed citations

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Linds, Warren, et al.. (2001). Unfolding bodymind : exploring possibility through education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations

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Abram, David & David W. Jardine. (2000). All Knowledge is Carnal Knowledge: A Correspondence. Canadian journal of environmental education. 5(1). 167–177. 7 indexed citations

14.

Abram, David. (2000). La magia de los sentidos. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 33(2). 159–67. 1 indexed citations

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DNN & David Abram. (1997). The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More Than Human World. Colonial Waterbirds. 20(1). 152–152. 984 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abram, David. (1988). Merleau-Ponty and the Voice of the Earth. Environmental Ethics. 10(2). 101–120. 37 indexed citations

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