Franz Boas

10.0k total citations
46 papers, 591 citations indexed

About

Franz Boas is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Boas has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 591 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Language and Linguistics, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Franz Boas's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (5 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Franz Boas is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (5 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Franz Boas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Franz Boas's co-authors include George W. Stocking, Douglas L. Cole, Evelyn C. Rohner, Ronald P. Rohner, John Wesley Powell, William Bright, Arnold Krupat, Samuel P. Huntington, Roland Β. Dixon and Ruth Benedict and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Free Radical Research and Social Text.

In The Last Decade

Franz Boas

35 papers receiving 422 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franz Boas United States 12 165 156 85 80 59 46 591
Aram A. Yengoyan United States 9 181 1.1× 205 1.3× 58 0.7× 81 1.0× 85 1.4× 42 630
Robert Brightman United States 9 157 1.0× 181 1.2× 136 1.6× 27 0.3× 55 0.9× 19 545
George Spindler United States 15 314 1.9× 103 0.7× 119 1.4× 35 0.4× 45 0.8× 35 749
Anthony Seeger United States 15 143 0.9× 278 1.8× 132 1.6× 34 0.4× 28 0.5× 63 924
Janet Chernela United States 12 165 1.0× 236 1.5× 100 1.2× 66 0.8× 27 0.5× 54 665
James Urry New Zealand 12 434 2.6× 371 2.4× 59 0.7× 34 0.4× 47 0.8× 51 1.1k
Gregory Forth Canada 13 309 1.9× 281 1.8× 23 0.3× 89 1.1× 46 0.8× 94 838
Ellen B. Basso United States 11 75 0.5× 155 1.0× 55 0.6× 105 1.3× 11 0.2× 37 449
Gary H. Gossen United States 12 83 0.5× 153 1.0× 20 0.2× 62 0.8× 98 1.7× 37 545
L. R. Hiatt Australia 13 118 0.7× 207 1.3× 70 0.8× 36 0.5× 38 0.6× 24 562

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Boas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Boas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franz Boas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franz Boas 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 Franz Boas. Franz Boas 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
1.
Boas, Franz, et al.. (2024). Os índios Bella-Coola do Capitão Jacobsen. 13. e023016–e023016.
2.
Boas, Franz. (2024). Classification of American Indian Languages. Language. 100(1). 167–171.
3.
Boas, Franz. (2021). Anthropology and Modern Life. 10 indexed citations
4.
Boas, Franz. (2017). The Mexicano (Nahuatl) Dialect of Pochutla, Oaxaca. International Journal of American Linguistics. 83(2). 365–442.
5.
Boas, Franz, et al.. (2017). Changes in Bodily Form of Descendants of Immigrants: Final Report.
6.
Boas, Franz. (2014). The Social Organization and the Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl Indians. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 38 indexed citations
7.
Boas, Franz. (2013). The Development of Folk-Tales and Myths. Free Radical Research. 38(9). 963–8. 1 indexed citations
8.
Boas, Franz. (2013). Vocabularies of the Tlingit Haida and Tsimshian Languages. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
9.
Boas, Franz. (2012). Rasse und Kultur . 2012(2). 116–129. 2 indexed citations
10.
Boas, Franz, et al.. (2011). JULIAN STEWARD VE KARL WİTTFOGEL İLİŞKİSİ: ANTROPOLOJİK BİR İNCELEME. Uluslararasi Kibris Universitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi. 17(65). 127–140.
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Boas, Franz, et al.. (2009). Franz Boas and Paul Rivet's Relationship: Militancy as a Scientific Commitment. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 36(1). 10–21. 1 indexed citations
12.
Boas, Franz. (2007). Las limitaciones del método comparativo de la antropología social. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 139–148.
13.
Boas, Franz. (2004). Anthropology & modern life. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 1 indexed citations
14.
Willard, William, et al.. (2000). American Anthropologists on the Neva: 1930-1940. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 27(1). 3–9. 1 indexed citations
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Cole, Douglas L. & Franz Boas. (1992). "One Does Not Get as Much from the Girls": Franz Boas and Women Students. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 19(2). 3–5. 1 indexed citations
16.
Gamio, Manuel, et al.. (1990). Álbum de colecciones arqueológicas. 3 indexed citations
17.
Boas, Franz & George W. Stocking. (1974). The shaping of American anthropology, 1883-1911 : a Franz Boas reader. Basic Books. 120 indexed citations
18.
Boas, Franz. (1969). The religion of the Kwakiutl Indians. AMS Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
19.
Boas, Franz, et al.. (1969). The ethnography of Franz Boas. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 35 indexed citations
20.
Bright, William, et al.. (1967). Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages. Language. 43(2). 584–584. 44 indexed citations

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