David Sneath

2.2k total citations
52 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

David Sneath is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sneath has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in David Sneath's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (31 papers), Soviet and Russian History (9 papers) and China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (8 papers). David Sneath is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (31 papers), Soviet and Russian History (9 papers) and China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (8 papers). David Sneath collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and Germany. David Sneath's co-authors include Caroline Humphrey, Martin Holbraad, Morten Axel Pedersen, David C. Lewis, Lijuan Miao, Zhanli Sun, Bin He, Xuefeng Cui, Christopher Kaplonski and Hildegard Diemberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Natural Hazards and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

David Sneath

49 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Sneath United Kingdom 18 609 539 283 224 170 52 1.2k
Michael Bollig Germany 22 583 1.0× 397 0.7× 127 0.4× 109 0.5× 98 0.6× 71 1.3k
David Turton United Kingdom 23 296 0.5× 573 1.1× 222 0.8× 339 1.5× 95 0.6× 57 1.3k
John G. Galaty Canada 19 683 1.1× 389 0.7× 156 0.6× 125 0.6× 91 0.5× 61 1.1k
James Axtell United States 19 244 0.4× 405 0.8× 434 1.5× 255 1.1× 98 0.6× 95 1.7k
Kay Milton United Kingdom 13 234 0.4× 423 0.8× 226 0.8× 102 0.5× 118 0.7× 24 1.5k
Robert McC. Netting United States 20 272 0.4× 422 0.8× 324 1.1× 150 0.7× 90 0.5× 34 2.1k
Emily T. Yeh United States 25 584 1.0× 840 1.6× 169 0.6× 591 2.6× 127 0.7× 58 2.1k
Kimberley Peters United Kingdom 20 347 0.6× 574 1.1× 105 0.4× 232 1.0× 70 0.4× 55 1.4k
Richard Grove United Kingdom 18 293 0.5× 414 0.8× 305 1.1× 137 0.6× 36 0.2× 35 1.6k
Paul Nadasdy United States 12 146 0.2× 369 0.7× 189 0.7× 166 0.7× 344 2.0× 15 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Sneath

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sneath

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sneath

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sneath, David, et al.. (2025). The Mongolian state and the coronavirus pandemic: policy, messaging and the nationalist imaginary. Central Asian Survey. 44(4). 503–519.
2.
Sneath, David. (2018). Mongolia Remade. Amsterdam University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2018). Commonwealth, inalienable possessions, and theres publica: The anthropology of aristocratic order and the landed estate. History and Anthropology. 29(3). 324–341. 6 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2016). Tribe. 9 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2014). Nationalising civilisational resources: sacred mountains and cosmopolitical ritual in Mongolia. Asian Ethnicity. 15(4). 458–472. 18 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2012). The ‘age of the market’ and the regime of debt: the role of credit in the transformation of pastoral Mongolia1. Social Anthropology. 20(4). 458–473. 35 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2010). Political mobilization and the construction of collective identity in Mongolia. Central Asian Survey. 29(3). 251–267. 34 indexed citations
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Sneath, David & Christopher Kaplonski. (2010). The History of Mongolia. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2008). Editorial Introduction. Inner Asia. 10(2). 207–210.
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Sneath, David. (2007). The Headless State. Columbia University Press eBooks. 119 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2003). BEYOND THE WILLOW PALISADE: MANCHURIA AND THE HISTORY OF CHINA'S INNER ASIAN FRONTIER. Asian Affairs. 34(1). 3–11. 3 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2003). Land use, the environment and development in post-socialist Mongolia. Oxford Development Studies. 31(4). 441–459. 64 indexed citations
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Sneath, David. (2000). Changing Inner Mongolia. 38 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Caroline & David Sneath. (1996). The pastoral economy and the environment. 2 indexed citations
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Sneath, David, et al.. (1996). An economic assessment of pasture degradation.. 189–197. 3 indexed citations
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Batjav, Batbuyan, et al.. (1996). Proposal for the adoption of ecologically appropriate regions for herding in Inner Asia.. 198–208. 3 indexed citations
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Sneath, David, et al.. (1996). Socio-economic aspects of the pastoral movement patterns of Mongolian herders.. 58–110. 11 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Caroline & David Sneath. (1996). Culture and Environment in Inner Asia. 20 indexed citations
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Sneath, David, et al.. (1996). Culture and environment in Inner Asia. Volume 2: Society and culture.. 1 indexed citations

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