David Trigger

1.5k total citations
78 papers, 888 citations indexed

About

David Trigger is a scholar working on Anthropology, Health and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, David Trigger has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 888 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Anthropology, 22 papers in Health and 20 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in David Trigger's work include Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (22 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (14 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (13 papers). David Trigger is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (22 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (14 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (13 papers). David Trigger collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Russia and Portugal. David Trigger's co-authors include Jane Mulcock, Lesley Head, Richard J. Martin, Andrea Gaynor, Carla Meurk, Martin Forsey, Gareth Griffiths, Peter Carstens, Kim de Rijke and Julia Keenan and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, The Medical Journal of Australia and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

David Trigger

68 papers receiving 759 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 Trigger Australia 16 253 232 219 178 124 78 888
Lisa Palmer Australia 18 118 0.5× 287 1.2× 156 0.7× 99 0.6× 120 1.0× 64 1.0k
Laklak Burarrwanga Australia 13 427 1.7× 368 1.6× 151 0.7× 235 1.3× 166 1.3× 22 1.1k
Paul Nadasdy United States 12 270 1.1× 369 1.6× 189 0.9× 215 1.2× 344 2.8× 15 1.2k
Brad Coombes New Zealand 13 130 0.5× 226 1.0× 78 0.4× 133 0.7× 146 1.2× 18 641
Bawaka Country Australia 9 320 1.3× 288 1.2× 108 0.5× 166 0.9× 126 1.0× 14 798
Banbapuy Ganambarr Australia 13 333 1.3× 299 1.3× 118 0.5× 173 1.0× 124 1.0× 20 835
Martha Macintyre Australia 19 179 0.7× 358 1.5× 192 0.9× 58 0.3× 68 0.5× 46 1.1k
Ritjilili Ganambarr Australia 13 330 1.3× 298 1.3× 118 0.5× 172 1.0× 123 1.0× 20 832
Djawundil Maymuru Australia 13 330 1.3× 298 1.3× 118 0.5× 172 1.0× 123 1.0× 20 832
Sarah Hunt Canada 11 220 0.9× 647 2.8× 222 1.0× 389 2.2× 218 1.8× 14 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Trigger

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Trigger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Trigger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Trigger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Trigger 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 Trigger. David Trigger 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
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Merlan, Francésca, et al.. (2025). Introduction to ‘Anthropology and change over the land rights era’. The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 36(1). 8–18.
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Trigger, David, et al.. (2023). Trusting the copies? Historical photographs and native title claims. Archives and Records. 45(1). 19–39.
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Trigger, David. (2021). Contesting Ideologies of Natural Resource Development in British Columbia, Canada. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 16(1). 55–69.
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Ulm, Sean, et al.. (2010). Berajondo and Mill Point: remembering place and landscape. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 89(11). 460–3. 1 indexed citations
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Trigger, David & Lesley Head. (2010). Restored Nature, Familiar Culture: Contesting Visions for Preferred Environments in Australian Cities. Nature and Culture. 5(3). 231–250. 26 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (2009). 'Sustaining fictions: Challenging the politics of embarrassment', review of 'The politics of suffering: Indigenous Australia and the end of the liberal consensus' by Peter Sutton.. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 316. 42–43. 2 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (2008). 'Refugees from wild time', review of the 'The tall man: Death and life on Palm Island' by Chloe Hooper & 'Gone for a song: A death in custody on Palm Island by Geoff Waters. 304. 9–10. 3 indexed citations
10.
Head, Lesley, David Trigger, & Jane Mulcock. (2005). Culture as concept and influence in environmental research and management. Conservation and Society. 3(2). 251–264. 43 indexed citations
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Trigger, David & Gareth Griffiths. (2003). Disputed Territories: Land, Culture and Identity in Settler Societies. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1–340. 30 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (2002). Large-Scale Mining in Aboriginal Australia: Cultural Dispositions and Economic Aspirations in Indigenous Communities. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 189–193. 3 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (2002). Large-scale mining in Aboriginal Australia: cultural dispositions & economic aspirations in Indigenous communities. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 7(6). 189–194. 1 indexed citations
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Trigger, David & Michael Robinson. (2001). Mining, Land Claims and the Negotiation of Indigenous Interests : Research from the Queensland Gulf Country and Pilbara Region of Western Australia. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 59(59). 101–116. 4 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (1999). Hunter-gatherer peoples and nation-states. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (1997). Reflections on Century Mine: preliminary thoughts on the politics of indigenous responses. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 170. 110–128. 10 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (1997). Land rights & the reproduction of Aboriginal Culture in Australia's Gulf Country. Social Analysis. 41(3). 84–106. 11 indexed citations
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Turner, D. W. & David Trigger. (1993). Whitefella Comin': Aboriginal Responses to Colonialism in Northern Australia.. Pacific Affairs. 66(1). 145–145. 10 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (1987). Inland, coast and islands: traditional Aboriginal society and material culture in a region of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 21(2). 69–84. 8 indexed citations
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Trigger, David. (1980). Aborigines, anthropologists and the Aboriginal relics issue in Queensland. Museum Anthropology. 10. 148–154. 1 indexed citations

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