Gage Averill

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 494 citations indexed

About

Gage Averill is a scholar working on Religious studies, Cultural Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gage Averill has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 494 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Religious studies, 11 papers in Cultural Studies and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gage Averill's work include Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (13 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Cuban History and Society (7 papers). Gage Averill is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (13 papers), Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers) and Cuban History and Society (7 papers). Gage Averill collaborates with scholars based in United States. Gage Averill's co-authors include George Lipsitz, Robert A. Stebbins, Shannon Dudley, Donald J. Cosentino, Kenneth Bilby, Jocelyne Guilbault, Elizabeth McAlister, Denis‐Constant Martin, Max Peter Baumann and Andrew Jamison and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Notes and Ethnomusicology.

In The Last Decade

Gage Averill

21 papers receiving 267 citations

Hit Papers

Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, Postmodernism and th... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, Postmodernism and the Poetics of Place.
    1996 282 citations Gage Averill, George Lipsitz Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gage Averill United States 9 254 209 134 52 47 26 494
Robin Moore United States 11 304 1.2× 302 1.4× 225 1.7× 58 1.1× 28 0.6× 39 603
Frank Kofsky United States 6 115 0.5× 205 1.0× 56 0.4× 55 1.1× 9 0.2× 15 422
Frances R. Aparicio Portugal 12 127 0.5× 180 0.9× 249 1.9× 18 0.3× 7 0.1× 44 480
Zora Neale Hurston 8 40 0.2× 163 0.8× 91 0.7× 54 1.0× 26 0.6× 29 338
Coco Fusco United States 8 50 0.2× 154 0.7× 96 0.7× 34 0.7× 8 0.2× 29 333
Arnold Rampersad United States 11 53 0.2× 288 1.4× 68 0.5× 26 0.5× 18 0.4× 36 502
Jesse Weaver Shipley United States 8 80 0.3× 146 0.7× 26 0.2× 91 1.8× 21 0.4× 18 279
Christopher Balme Germany 10 76 0.3× 167 0.8× 55 0.4× 50 1.0× 5 0.1× 60 491
Ralph Ellison United States 10 157 0.6× 282 1.3× 77 0.6× 27 0.5× 7 0.1× 25 654
Peter Nazareth United States 12 29 0.1× 247 1.2× 120 0.9× 91 1.8× 27 0.6× 112 585

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gage Averill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gage Averill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Averill, Gage. (2008). Ballad Hunting in the Black Republic: Alan Lomax in Haiti, 1936-37. 36(2). 3–22. 8 indexed citations
2.
Martin, Denis‐Constant, et al.. (2004). Vivre la guinguette. Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles. 17. 365–365. 1 indexed citations
3.
Averill, Gage. (2003). Ethnomusicologists as Public Intellectuals: Engaged Ethnomusicology in the University. IUScholarWorks (Indiana University). 2 indexed citations
4.
Averill, Gage. (2003). Four Parts, No Waiting. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
5.
Waxer, Lise, et al.. (2002). Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity. Ethnomusicology. 46(3). 564–564. 1 indexed citations
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McAlister, Elizabeth, et al.. (2002). Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou. Ethnomusicology. 46(1). 184–184. 1 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage & Robert A. Stebbins. (2000). The Barbershop Singer: Inside the Social World of a Musical Hobby. Ethnomusicology. 44(2). 341–341. 47 indexed citations
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Cosentino, Donald J. & Gage Averill. (2000). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. African Arts. 33(2). 15–15. 4 indexed citations
9.
Averill, Gage, Ron Eyerman, & Andrew Jamison. (1999). Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 31. 135–135. 1 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage, et al.. (1998). Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite.. Latin American Music Review. 19(1). 117–117. 1 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage. (1997). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. African Arts. 33(2). 15. 37 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage. (1997). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey. 36 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage, et al.. (1997). The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 29. 164–164. 3 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage, et al.. (1997). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 29. 178–178.
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Averill, Gage & George Lipsitz. (1996). Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, Postmodernism and the Poetics of Place.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(1). 116–116. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Averill, Gage, et al.. (1996). My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940. Notes. 53(1). 88–88. 5 indexed citations
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Guilbault, Jocelyne, et al.. (1995). Zouk: World Music in the West Indies. Notes. 52(1). 123–123. 6 indexed citations
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Averill, Gage & Max Peter Baumann. (1994). Intercultural Music Studies 2--Music in the Dialogue of Cultures: Traditional Music and Cultural Policy. Ethnomusicology. 38(3). 515–515.
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Averill, Gage. (1994). Anraje to Angaje: Carnival Politics and Music in Haiti. Ethnomusicology. 38(2). 217–217. 13 indexed citations
20.
Averill, Gage. (1989). Haitian Dance Bands, 1915-1970: Class, Race, and Authenticity. Latin American Music Review. 10(2). 203–203. 11 indexed citations

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