Derek Freeman

1.6k total citations
48 papers, 930 citations indexed

About

Derek Freeman is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and General Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Freeman has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 930 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in General Psychology. Recurrent topics in Derek Freeman's work include Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (10 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (6 papers). Derek Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (10 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (6 papers). Derek Freeman collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. Derek Freeman's co-authors include Rosemary Firth, Margaret Mead, James E. Côté, Melford E. Spiro, Monica R. Freeman, George N. Appell, Bonnie Nardi, George Gaylord Simpson, Ernst Mayr and Charles Coulston Gillispie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Derek Freeman

44 papers receiving 680 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Freeman Australia 14 390 205 125 96 83 48 930
C. R. Hallpike Canada 13 269 0.7× 135 0.7× 171 1.4× 32 0.3× 75 0.9× 31 876
Adam Kuper Netherlands 8 301 0.8× 203 1.0× 86 0.7× 35 0.4× 39 0.5× 24 832
Rosemary Firth United Kingdom 12 339 0.9× 117 0.6× 157 1.3× 34 0.4× 70 0.8× 35 967
James Urry New Zealand 12 434 1.1× 371 1.8× 50 0.4× 47 0.5× 85 1.0× 51 1.1k
Bennetta Jules‐Rosette United States 15 504 1.3× 301 1.5× 104 0.8× 21 0.2× 38 0.5× 84 1.1k
Barbara H. Rosenwein United States 16 363 0.9× 117 0.6× 104 0.8× 81 0.8× 38 0.5× 56 1.3k
Caroline Walker Bynum United States 20 540 1.4× 276 1.3× 62 0.5× 111 1.2× 31 0.4× 91 2.2k
Alain Corbin France 14 367 0.9× 110 0.5× 49 0.4× 123 1.3× 29 0.3× 96 1.0k
Waldo E. Haisley 4 258 0.7× 85 0.4× 102 0.8× 31 0.3× 35 0.4× 4 781
Erich Auerbach United States 12 435 1.1× 210 1.0× 56 0.4× 45 0.5× 26 0.3× 42 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Freeman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Freeman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Freeman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Freeman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Freeman 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 Derek Freeman. Derek Freeman 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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Freeman, Derek. (2021). Report on the Iban.
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Freeman, Derek. (2001). "Words have no words for words that are not true": a rejoinder to Serge Tcherkezoff.. PubMed. 110(3). 301–11. 1 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (2000). Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa and Boasian Culturalism. Politics and the Life Sciences. 19(1). 101–103. 4 indexed citations
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Côté, James E., Margaret Mead, & Derek Freeman. (1999). The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead: A Historical Analysis of Her Samoan Research. Pacific Affairs. 72(2). 308–308. 67 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1996). Rien n'est Beau que le Vrai. 55(3). 548. 1 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1991). There's Tricks i' th' World: An Historical Analysis of the Samoan Researches of Margaret Mead. Visual Anthropology Review. 7(1). 103–128. 9 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1989). Holmes, Mead, and Samoa. American Anthropologist. 91(3). 758–762. 3 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1987). Comment on Holmes's Quest for the Real Samoa. American Anthropologist. 89(4). 930–935. 4 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1985). A Reply to Ember's Reflections on the Freeman‐Mead Controversy. American Anthropologist. 87(4). 910–917. 6 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1985). Response to Reyman and Hammond. American Anthropologist. 87(2). 394–395. 3 indexed citations
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Goodale, Jane C. & Derek Freeman. (1984). Margaret Mead and Samoa. The Making and Unmaking of an Anthorpological Myth.. Pacific Affairs. 57(1). 180–180. 1 indexed citations
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Handler, Richard, Derek Freeman, & Judith Modell. (1984). Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, and the Growth of American Anthropology. Journal of American History. 71(2). 364–364. 3 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1984). “O Rose thou art sick!” A Rejoinder to Weiner, Schwartz, Holmes, Shore, and Silverman1. American Anthropologist. 86(2). 400–405. 2 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek, et al.. (1984). In the Steps of Margaret Mead. The Women s Review of Books. 1(11). 14–14. 1 indexed citations
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Kuklick, Henrika, et al.. (1984). Ourselves and Others. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 13(5). 558–558. 3 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1978). Towards An Anthropology Both Scientific And Humanistic. 1(3). 44–69. 5 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1971). Aggression: Instinct or Symptom?. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 5(2). 66–77. 5 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek, et al.. (1970). On Harris' Rise of Anthropological Theory. Current Anthropology. 11(1). 65–67. 1 indexed citations
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Freeman, Derek. (1966). Social Anthropology and the Scientific Study of Human Behaviour. Man. 1(3). 330–330. 9 indexed citations

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