David B. Coplan

112 total papers · 1.6k total citations
51 papers, 633 citations indexed

About

David B. Coplan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Coplan has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 633 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in David B. Coplan’s work include South African History and Culture (24 papers), African history and culture studies (16 papers) and Music History and Culture (10 papers). David B. Coplan is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (24 papers), African history and culture studies (16 papers) and Music History and Culture (10 papers). David B. Coplan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Ireland. David B. Coplan's co-authors include Richard W. Hull, Landeg White, Leroy Vail, Peter Manuel, Veit Erlmann, Tim Quinlan, Ivan Karp, Charles S. Bird, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette and Martin Stokes and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and American Ethnologist.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David B. Coplan

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

David B. Coplan

45 papers receiving 396 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by David B. Coplan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by David B. Coplan

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