Edwin Ardener

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Edwin Ardener is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Edwin Ardener has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Anthropology, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Edwin Ardener's work include African history and culture studies (5 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (4 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (4 papers). Edwin Ardener is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (5 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (4 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (4 papers). Edwin Ardener collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Edwin Ardener's co-authors include Mary Douglas, Marcel Griaule, Shirley Ardener, Phyllis M. Kaberry, William M. Kephart, David Zeitlyn, Igor de Garine, George Peter Murdock, Frederick Quinn and Michael G. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

In The Last Decade

Edwin Ardener

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo.

1967 1.9k citations Edwin Ardener, Mary Douglas Man profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edwin Ardener United Kingdom	14	985	438	282	216	189	37	2.4k
Raymond Firth United Kingdom	25	870 0.9×	445 1.0×	216 0.8×	269 1.2×	125 0.7×	112	2.4k
Bronisław Malinowski United Kingdom	19	1.2k 1.2×	531 1.2×	241 0.9×	242 1.1×	168 0.9×	66	2.6k
William McCormack United States	6	1.5k 1.5×	436 1.0×	364 1.3×	291 1.3×	282 1.5×	10	3.5k
Ward H. Goodenough United States	23	806 0.8×	344 0.8×	160 0.6×	227 1.1×	166 0.9×	82	2.7k
W. D. Halls United Kingdom	8	1.2k 1.2×	391 0.9×	467 1.7×	133 0.6×	172 0.9×	39	2.6k
Melvin M. Tumin United States	14	1.3k 1.3×	356 0.8×	352 1.2×	95 0.4×	202 1.1×	53	2.9k
Vine Deloria United States	20	1.0k 1.0×	528 1.2×	292 1.0×	202 0.9×	364 1.9×	82	2.8k
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States	15	1.2k 1.3×	612 1.4×	377 1.3×	127 0.6×	192 1.0×	22	3.2k
Marc Augé France	18	1.1k 1.2×	264 0.6×	263 0.9×	332 1.5×	169 0.9×	124	2.6k
Melford E. Spiro United States	25	977 1.0×	377 0.9×	359 1.3×	89 0.4×	172 0.9×	82	2.2k

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All Works

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Ardener, Edwin. (2017). The Voice of Prophecy. Berghahn Books.

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Ardener, Edwin. (2013). Some Observations on Language Variety and Plurilingualism. 263–290. 2 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (2013). Sociolinguistics and the Ethnography of Speaking. 153–200. 27 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (2013). Malinowski, Firth, and the 'Context of Situation'. 139–152. 7 indexed citations

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Connell, Bruce & Edwin Ardener. (1997). Mòkpè (Bakweri)-English dictionary. 1 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (1996). KINGDOM ON MOUNT CAMEROON. Berghahn Books. 13 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (1989). The voice of prophecy and other essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 98 indexed citations

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Clarke, John, Edwin Ardener, & Shirley Ardener. (1972). Specimens of dialects. 2 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin & David Brokensha. (1968). Applied Anthropology in English-Speaking Africa. Man. 3(2). 330–330. 2 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (1968). West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century. African Affairs. 67(269). 365–367. 28 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (1967). The nature of the reunification of Cameroon. Oxford University Press eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin & Mary Douglas. (1967). Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo.. Man. 2(1). 139–139. 1855 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ardener, Edwin & George Peter Murdock. (1966). Culture and Society: Twenty-Four Essays.. Man. 1(3). 409–409. 6 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin & Marcel Griaule. (1966). Conversations with Ogotemmeli: An Introduction to Dogon Religious Ideas.. Man. 1(3). 415–415. 66 indexed citations

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Ardener, Shirley & Edwin Ardener. (1965). A Directory Study of Social Anthropologists. British Journal of Sociology. 16(4). 295–295. 10 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin, et al.. (1963). 20. Man. 63. 16–16. 1 indexed citations

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Kephart, William M. & Edwin Ardener. (1963). Divorce and Fertility: An African Study.. American Sociological Review. 28(3). 502–502. 5 indexed citations

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Goldthorpe, J. E., et al.. (1962). Plantation and Village in the Cameroons. British Journal of Sociology. 13(1). 83–83. 1 indexed citations

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Lorimer, Frank, et al.. (1961). Plantation and Village in the Cameroons. Some Economic and Social Studies.. Population Studies. 15(1). 87–87. 1 indexed citations

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Ardener, Edwin. (1956). Coastal Bantu of the Cameroons : the Kpe-Mboko, Duala-Limba and Tanga-Yasa groups of the British and French Trusteeship Territories of the Cameroons. University Microfilms International eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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