Fred Eggan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 521 citations indexed

About

Fred Eggan is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Eggan has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 521 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Fred Eggan's work include Philippine History and Culture (6 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (3 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Fred Eggan is often cited by papers focused on Philippine History and Culture (6 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (3 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Fred Eggan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Fred Eggan's co-authors include Edward H. Spicer, A. R. Radcliffe‐Brown, Paul Bohannan, George C. Homans, Edward P. Dozier, V. T. Sreedevi, George W. Stocking, Wilcomb E. Washburn, A. Irving Hallowell and Raymond D. Fogelson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, The American Historical Review and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Fred Eggan

33 papers receiving 318 citations

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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.

Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison*

1954 154 citations Fred Eggan American Anthropologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred Eggan United States	12	175	161	60	47	47	45	521
Ernestine Friedl United States	13	303 1.7×	133 0.8×	72 1.2×	22 0.5×	64 1.4×	30	736
Stanley Diamond United States	11	170 1.0×	118 0.7×	58 1.0×	36 0.8×	32 0.7×	48	553
Marc J. Swartz United States	13	226 1.3×	184 1.1×	99 1.6×	24 0.5×	33 0.7×	47	576
Harriet Whitehead United States	6	256 1.5×	181 1.1×	80 1.3×	27 0.6×	51 1.1×	9	654
Phyllis M. Kaberry United Kingdom	13	138 0.8×	188 1.2×	54 0.9×	22 0.5×	22 0.5×	34	435
Cora Du Bois United States	9	164 0.9×	108 0.7×	62 1.0×	81 1.7×	22 0.5×	25	488
John Gillin United States	7	143 0.8×	83 0.5×	30 0.5×	35 0.7×	23 0.5×	25	422
Paul Radin	9	116 0.7×	96 0.6×	26 0.4×	24 0.5×	23 0.5×	31	409
Judith Campbell	3	218 1.2×	106 0.7×	81 1.4×	18 0.4×	27 0.6×	3	487
Richard M. Dorson United States	12	197 1.1×	173 1.1×	40 0.7×	25 0.5×	14 0.3×	128	786

Countries citing papers authored by Fred Eggan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fred Eggan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Eggan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fred Eggan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fred Eggan 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 Fred Eggan. Fred Eggan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Brown, Alistair R., et al.. (1999). The savage mind . Structure and function in primitive society. 1 indexed citations

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Colby, Benjamin N., David F. Aberle, & Fred Eggan. (1987). Navajo‐Hopi Land Dispute in 1986–1987. Anthropology News. 28(8). 1–12.

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Eggan, Fred, et al.. (1982). The Zunis of Cibola. Ethnohistory. 29(1). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

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Radcliffe‐Brown, A. R., et al.. (1980). Struktur dan fungsi dalam masyarakat primitif : karangan dan syarahan.

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Eggan, Fred, Richard O. Clemmer, & Martin Duberman. (1980). Hopi Indians Redux. Radical History Review. 1980(24). 177–187. 1 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred, et al.. (1979). Hopi material culture : artifacts gathered by H.R. Voth in the Fred Harvey Collection. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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Heizer, Robert F., Raymond D. Fogelson, Fred Eggan, et al.. (1977). Contributions to Anthropology: Selected Papers of A. Irving Hallowell. The American Indian Quarterly. 3(3). 260–260. 21 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1975). La antropología social y el método de la comparación controlada. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 179–202. 1 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1973). Selected bibliography of the Philippines, topically arranged and annotated. Greenwood Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1963). FAY‐COOPER COLE 1881–1961. American Anthropologist. 65(3). 641–648.

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Eggan, Fred, et al.. (1962). The Sapilada Religion: Reformation and Accommodation among the Igorots of Northern Luzon. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 18(2). 95–113. 3 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1961). Some Anthropological Approaches to the Understanding of Ethnological Cultures. Ethnohistory. 8(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Cole, Fay‐Cooper & Fred Eggan. (1959). ROBERT RED FIELD* 1897–1958. American Anthropologist. 61(4). 652–662. 3 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1958). GENERAL AND THEORETICAL: Comparative Studies of North American Indians. Harold E. Driver and William C. Massey. American Anthropologist. 60(6). 1204–1206. 1 indexed citations

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Bohannan, Paul, A. R. Radcliffe‐Brown, & Fred Eggan. (1958). A Natural Science of Society.. American Sociological Review. 23(2). 218–218. 39 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred & Donn V. Hart. (1956). The Philippine Plaza Complex: A Focal Point in Culture Change.. The Far Eastern Quarterly. 15(4). 634–634. 3 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred & W. Lloyd Warner. (1956). ALFRED REGINALD RADCLIFFE‐BROWN* 1881–1955. American Anthropologist. 58(3). 544–547. 3 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1954). Some social institutions in the Mountain Province, Northern Luzon, and their significance for historical and comparative studies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred, et al.. (1953). A Sagada Igorot Ballad. Journal of American Folklore. 66(261). 239–239. 2 indexed citations

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Eggan, Fred. (1951). The Philippines and the Bell Report. Human Organization. 10(1). 16–21. 2 indexed citations

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