Elizabeth Colson
Impact in
- Anthropology top 0.5%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Archeology top 2%
Papers in
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- Migration and Labor Dynamics 8
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration 3
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- African history and culture analysis 6
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography 3
- Co-authors
- Clifford Geertz (1 shared paper)Thayer Scudder (11 shared papers)Charles Fisher (1 shared paper)Max Gluckman (4 shared papers)Stuart A. Marks (1 shared paper)John O’Neill (1 shared paper)Ruth Landes (1 shared paper)Armand Mattelart (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Africa (5 papers)American Anthropologist (5 papers)Current Anthropology (4 papers)British Journal of Sociology (3 papers)American Sociological Review (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustraliaUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Elizabeth Colson
66 papers receiving 5.1k citations
Elizabeth Colson's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 174
- Anthropology 783
- Archeology 85
- Sociology and Political Science 3.0k
- Geography, Planning and Development 264
- Communication 327
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 76 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 5084 |
| 2 | 1979 | 129 | |
| 3 | The social consequences of resettlement;: The impact of the Kariba resettlement upon the Gwembe Tonga | 1971 | 110 |
| 4 | 2003 | 97 | |
| 5 | 1972 | 82 | |
| 6 | Marriage and the Family among the Plateau Tonga of Northern Rhodesia. | 1958 | 68 |
| 7 | 1953 | 64 | |
| 8 | 1951 | 60 | |
| 9 | 1990 | 58 | |
| 10 | Seven tribes of British Central Africa | 1951 | 53 |
| 11 | Social organization of the Gwembe Tonga | 1960 | 50 |
| 12 | 1978 | 48 | |
| 13 | Tradition and Contract: The Problem of Social Order | 1974 | 41 |
| 14 | 1976 | 41 | |
| 15 | 1963 | 40 | |
| 16 | 1975 | 38 | |
| 17 | 1995 | 38 | |
| 18 | 1969 | 35 | |
| 19 | 1954 | 32 | |
| 20 | 2006 | 29 |
About Elizabeth Colson
Elizabeth Colson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology, Demography and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 76 papers that have together received 6.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (9 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 papers), African history and culture analysis (6 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers) and Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (783 citations), Archeology (85 citations), Sociology and Political Science (3.0k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (264 citations) and Communication (327 citations). Elizabeth Colson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Clifford Geertz, Thayer Scudder, Charles Fisher, Max Gluckman, Stuart A. Marks, John O’Neill, Ruth Landes, Armand Mattelart, Lucy Mair and Robert V. Kemper. Their work appears in journals such as Africa, American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology, British Journal of Sociology and American Sociological Review.
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