Edith Turner

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Edith Turner is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Edith Turner has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in General Health Professions, 6 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Edith Turner's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and Religious Tourism and Spaces (4 papers). Edith Turner is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and Religious Tourism and Spaces (4 papers). Edith Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Edith Turner's co-authors include Victor Turner, Renato Rosaldo, Mark Glazer, Margaret Thompson Drewal, David Johnson, Ann Fienup‐Riordan, Allen F. Roberts, Roy Willis, Roy Willis and John McCall and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Anthropologist and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Edith Turner

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture 1979 2026 1994 2010 1980 1979 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture
    1980 414 citations Renato Rosaldo, Victor Turner et al. Anthropological Quarterly profile →
  2. Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture
    1979 253 citations Victor Turner, Edith Turner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edith Turner United States 13 742 496 270 171 135 45 1.4k
Sylvia Wynter 7 1.1k 1.5× 276 0.6× 252 0.9× 153 0.9× 72 0.5× 9 2.0k
Simon Coleman United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.6× 620 1.3× 523 1.9× 172 1.0× 137 1.0× 103 1.9k
Michael Carrithers United Kingdom 17 536 0.7× 184 0.4× 408 1.5× 165 1.0× 115 0.9× 42 1.3k
Don Handelman Israel 20 773 1.0× 124 0.3× 359 1.3× 134 0.8× 207 1.5× 70 1.5k
Christina Sharpe Kenya 7 894 1.2× 211 0.4× 194 0.7× 98 0.6× 64 0.5× 14 1.6k
Linda Woodhead United Kingdom 18 1.4k 1.9× 273 0.6× 104 0.4× 404 2.4× 180 1.3× 69 2.0k
David Chidester South Africa 18 966 1.3× 186 0.4× 276 1.0× 359 2.1× 225 1.7× 80 1.6k
Vincent Crapanzano United States 20 1.0k 1.4× 169 0.3× 687 2.5× 256 1.5× 201 1.5× 56 2.2k
Catherine Bell Canada 5 550 0.7× 139 0.3× 352 1.3× 166 1.0× 72 0.5× 23 1.4k
Hortense J. Spillers United States 9 1.0k 1.4× 129 0.3× 171 0.6× 143 0.8× 122 0.9× 41 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Edith Turner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edith Turner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edith Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Turner, Edith. (2016). Anthropologists and Healers: Radical Empiricists. Social Analysis. 60(1). 1 indexed citations
2.
Turner, Edith. (2008). Exploring the Work of Victor Turner. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33(4). 26–44. 5 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith. (2006). Advances in the Study of Spirit Experience: Drawing Together Many Threads. Anthropology of Consciousness. 17(2). 33–61. 9 indexed citations
4.
Turner, Edith. (2004). Shamanism and spirit. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 46(1). 12–15.
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Turner, Edith. (1997). The Beautiful and the Dangerous: Encounters with the Zuni Indians. American Ethnologist. 24(1). 223–224. 2 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith. (1997). There Are No Peripheries to Humanity: Northern Alaska Nuclear Dumping and the Iñupiat's Search for Redress. Anthropology & Humanism. 22(1). 95–109. 5 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith. (1996). "A Delicate Science" Revisited. Anthropology & Humanism. 21(2). 187–188. 2 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith & Ann Fienup‐Riordan. (1995). Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them. The American Indian Quarterly. 19(4). 595–595. 68 indexed citations
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Brady, Ivan & Edith Turner. (1994). Introduction. Anthropology & Humanism. 19(1). 3–11. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Allen F., Victor Turner, & Edith Turner. (1993). Blazing the Trail: Way Marks in the Exploration of Symbols.. Man. 28(3). 632–632. 69 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith. (1993). American Eskimos Celebrate the Whale: Structural Dichotomies and Spirit Identities among the Inupiat of Alaska. TDR/The Drama Review. 37(1). 98–98. 5 indexed citations
12.
Willis, Roy, et al.. (1993). Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing.. Man. 28(2). 403–403. 14 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith, et al.. (1993). Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing. Ethnohistory. 41(1). 208–208. 6 indexed citations
14.
Turner, Edith. (1992). Style and the Double Mind in Inupiat Eskimo Traditional Performance. Performing Arts Journal. 14(1). 87–87. 1 indexed citations
15.
Turner, Edith. (1989). From Shamans to Healers: The Survival of an Inupiaq Eskimo Skill. Anthropologica. 31(1). 3–3. 10 indexed citations
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Willis, Roy, Edith Turner, & Victor Turner. (1988). The Spirit and the Drum: A Memoir of Africa. Journal of Religion in Africa. 18(3). 274–274. 15 indexed citations
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Turner, Edith. (1987). Zambia's Kankanga Dances: The Changing Life of Ritual. Performing Arts Journal. 10(3). 57–57. 8 indexed citations
18.
Turner, Edith. (1986). Philip Kabwita, Ghost Doctor: The Ndembu in 1985. The Drama Review TDR. 30(4). 12–12. 4 indexed citations
19.
Turner, Edith. (1985). Girl into Woman. 10(2). 27–32. 1 indexed citations
20.
Rosaldo, Renato, Victor Turner, & Edith Turner. (1980). Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture. Anthropological Quarterly. 53(1). 77–77. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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