Elman R. Service

1.9k total citations
29 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Elman R. Service is a scholar working on Anthropology, Literature and Literary Theory and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Elman R. Service has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Anthropology, 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Elman R. Service's work include Indigenous Cultures and History (3 papers), History and Politics in Latin America (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). Elman R. Service is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Cultures and History (3 papers), History and Politics in Latin America (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). Elman R. Service collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elman R. Service's co-authors include Morris Dembo, A. Irving Hallowell, Ronald Cohen, Oscar Lewis, George M. Foster, Michael G. Smith, Alfred G. Smith, James Urry, Marshall Sahlins and David H. Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Elman R. Service

25 papers receiving 751 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elman R. Service United States 12 305 293 262 126 91 29 975
Morton H. Fried United States 15 534 1.8× 410 1.4× 345 1.3× 201 1.6× 124 1.4× 42 1.4k
Edward H. Spicer United States 16 264 0.9× 291 1.0× 90 0.3× 116 0.9× 32 0.4× 35 974
Evon Z. Vogt United States 17 229 0.8× 362 1.2× 485 1.9× 116 0.9× 97 1.1× 64 1.4k
Benjamin Keen United States 16 119 0.4× 295 1.0× 160 0.6× 148 1.2× 49 0.5× 83 899
David Henige United States 15 315 1.0× 487 1.7× 73 0.3× 154 1.2× 75 0.8× 145 1.1k
Charles Gibson United States 20 147 0.5× 375 1.3× 315 1.2× 187 1.5× 63 0.7× 89 1.6k
Barbara J. Price United States 13 165 0.5× 526 1.8× 759 2.9× 110 0.9× 184 2.0× 24 1.3k
John J. TePaske United States 17 150 0.5× 396 1.4× 104 0.4× 158 1.3× 38 0.4× 76 951
Stephen Hugh‐Jones United Kingdom 15 326 1.1× 487 1.7× 214 0.8× 114 0.9× 143 1.6× 41 1.3k
Norman Yoffee United States 14 204 0.7× 396 1.4× 608 2.3× 99 0.8× 355 3.9× 49 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Elman R. Service

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elman R. Service

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elman R. Service

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Service, Elman R.. (1988). Morton Herbert Fried (1923‐1986). American Anthropologist. 90(1). 148–152.
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Urry, James & Elman R. Service. (1986). A Century of Controversy: Ethnological Issues from 1860 to 1960.. Man. 21(4). 767–767. 29 indexed citations
3.
Service, Elman R., Alan Barnard, Y. Michal Bodemann, et al.. (1981). The Mind of Lewis H. Morgan [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(1). 25–43. 1 indexed citations
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Helms, Mary W., Ronald Cohen, & Elman R. Service. (1981). Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evolution. Ethnohistory. 28(3). 279–279. 13 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael G., Ronald Cohen, & Elman R. Service. (1979). Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evolution.. Man. 14(3). 568–568. 63 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald & Elman R. Service. (1977). ORIGINS OF THE STATE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLITICAL EVOLUTION. Anthropology News. 18(9). 23–23. 87 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1969). Models for the Methodology of Mouthtalk. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 25(1). 68–80. 7 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1968). The Prime-Mover of Cultural Evolution. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 24(4). 396–409. 10 indexed citations
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Hallowell, A. Irving & Elman R. Service. (1964). Primitive Social Organization: An Evolutionary Perspective.. American Sociological Review. 29(2). 314–314. 167 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1962). The Children of Sánchez; Autobiography of a Mexican Family. Hispanic American Historical Review. 42(3). 426–428. 15 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R. & Oscar Lewis. (1962). The Children of Sanchez; Autobiography of a Mexican Family.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 42(3). 426–426. 111 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W., Gertrude E. Dole, Robert L. Carneiro, et al.. (1961). Essays in the Science of Culture in Honor of Leslie A. White.. American Sociological Review. 26(3). 475–475. 62 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1960). Kinship Terminology and Evolution1. American Anthropologist. 62(5). 747–763. 8 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1960). Culture and conquest: America’s Spanish heritage. Hispanic American Historical Review. 40(4). 602–603. 2 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R., et al.. (1955). Tobati: Paraguayan Town.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 35(3). 409–409. 3 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1954). Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 10 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1954). Paraguay, a Riverside Nation. Hispanic American Historical Review. 34(4). 535–536.
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Service, Elman R.. (1951). The Encomienda in Paraguay. Hispanic American Historical Review. 31(2). 230–230. 6 indexed citations
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Service, Elman R.. (1951). The Encomienda in Paraguay. Hispanic American Historical Review. 31(2). 230–252.

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