Frederick Errington

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Frederick Errington is a scholar working on Anthropology, Geography, Planning and Development and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Errington has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Anthropology, 16 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Frederick Errington's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (14 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (11 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers). Frederick Errington is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (14 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (11 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers). Frederick Errington collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Frederick Errington's co-authors include Deborah Gewertz, James Clifford, Harvey Whitehouse, Fredrik Barth, James G. Carrier, Michael G. Peletz, Andrew Strathern, Geoffrey M. White, Lisette Josephides and James Peacock and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Anthropologist and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Errington

56 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Routes: Travel and Transl... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century.
    1998 2.0k citations Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington et al. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Frederick Errington 1.5k 770 754 414 330 58 3.0k
Deborah Gewertz 1.4k 0.9× 792 1.0× 755 1.0× 433 1.0× 302 0.9× 62 2.9k
Edward M. Bruner 2.2k 1.5× 646 0.8× 540 0.7× 580 1.4× 248 0.8× 58 3.8k
Nicholas Thomas 978 0.7× 962 1.2× 422 0.6× 505 1.2× 214 0.6× 92 2.5k
Jonathan Friedman 1.9k 1.3× 973 1.3× 466 0.6× 244 0.6× 349 1.1× 121 3.8k
Renato Rosaldo 2.2k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 398 0.5× 446 1.1× 517 1.6× 65 4.3k
Andrew Strathern 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.7× 559 0.7× 801 1.9× 188 0.6× 160 3.9k
Webb Keane 1.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.9× 226 0.3× 571 1.4× 241 0.7× 61 3.9k
Richard Handler 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 333 0.4× 477 1.2× 502 1.5× 126 4.4k
Johannes Fabian 2.2k 1.4× 1.8k 2.4× 260 0.3× 456 1.1× 548 1.7× 94 5.2k
Mary Louise Pratt 1.4k 1.0× 867 1.1× 278 0.4× 313 0.8× 575 1.7× 74 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Errington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Errington

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gewertz, Deborah & Frederick Errington. (2019). Cheap Meat. 9 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick & Deborah Gewertz. (2019). Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown". 2 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick, et al.. (2019). The Noodle Narratives. 2 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick. (2019). Karavar. Cornell University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick & Deborah Gewertz. (2018). Managing an endangered species: Palliative care for the pallid sturgeon. American Ethnologist. 45(2). 186–200. 9 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick, et al.. (2012). Instant Noodles as an Antifriction Device: Making the BOP with PPP in PNG. American Anthropologist. 114(1). 19–31. 31 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick & Deborah Gewertz. (2010). Expanding definitions, contracting contexts: a comment on Mosko's ‘Partible penitents’. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 16(2). 250–252. 9 indexed citations
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Gewertz, Deborah, et al.. (2001). Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference. Pacific Affairs. 74(2). 295–295. 43 indexed citations
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Tonkinson, Robert, Frederick Errington, & Deborah Gewertz. (1996). Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown.". Pacific Affairs. 69(4). 607–607. 2 indexed citations
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Knauft, Bruce M., Frederick Errington, & Deborah Gewertz. (1996). Articulating Change in the "Last Unknown". Ethnohistory. 43(4). 731–731. 3 indexed citations
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Gewertz, Deborah & Frederick Errington. (1993). Responses from the Field Response: Deborah B. Gewertz and Frederick K. Errington. Pacific studies. 16(1). 111–116.
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White, Geoffrey M., Deborah Gewertz, & Frederick Errington. (1993). Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in a World System.. Pacific Affairs. 66(1). 150–150. 16 indexed citations
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Gewertz, Deborah & Frederick Errington. (1993). First Contact with God: Individualism, Agency, and Revivalism in the Duke of York Islands. Cultural Anthropology. 8(3). 279–305. 12 indexed citations
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McKellin, William H., et al.. (1988). Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea.. Pacific Affairs. 61(4). 720–720. 12 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick & Deborah Gewertz. (1987). of unfinished dialogues and paper pigs. American Ethnologist. 14(2). 367–376. 5 indexed citations
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Peletz, Michael G. & Frederick Errington. (1985). Manners and Meaning in West Sumatra. The Social Context of Consciousness.. Pacific Affairs. 58(2). 374–374. 24 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick, et al.. (1985). Manners and Meaning in West Sumatra. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 24(1). 115–115. 8 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick, et al.. (1975). Karavar: Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual.. Pacific Affairs. 48(1). 147–147. 4 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick. (1974). indigenous ideas of order, time, and transition in a New Guinea cargo movement1. American Ethnologist. 1(2). 255–267. 37 indexed citations
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Errington, Frederick. (1971). The eyes of the Tubuan : a study of the symbols of social relations. University Microfilms eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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