Gerd Spittler

706 total citations
35 papers, 249 citations indexed

About

Gerd Spittler is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Spittler has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 249 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Gerd Spittler's work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Sociology and Education Studies (4 papers). Gerd Spittler is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture and Rural Development Research (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Sociology and Education Studies (4 papers). Gerd Spittler collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Austria. Gerd Spittler's co-authors include Michael Bourdillon, Peter Probst, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Kurt Beck, Mamadou Diawara and Richard Werbner and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Sociologia Ruralis and European Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Spittler

32 papers receiving 163 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerd Spittler Germany 7 117 64 50 29 26 35 249
R. S. Rattray 3 95 0.8× 89 1.4× 41 0.8× 12 0.4× 18 0.7× 3 230
John H. Hamer United States 10 132 1.1× 65 1.0× 126 2.5× 14 0.5× 20 0.8× 30 312
Jeanne Koopman United States 5 139 1.2× 42 0.7× 46 0.9× 19 0.7× 16 0.6× 7 229
Bambi Ceuppens Belgium 6 208 1.8× 72 1.1× 77 1.5× 13 0.4× 17 0.7× 12 301
Rhoda H. Halperin United States 8 112 1.0× 71 1.1× 44 0.9× 9 0.3× 18 0.7× 19 295
Susan Drucker‐Brown United Kingdom 8 152 1.3× 106 1.7× 51 1.0× 13 0.4× 6 0.2× 23 301
G.J. Abbink Algeria 7 125 1.1× 64 1.0× 69 1.4× 16 0.6× 7 0.3× 36 222
William A. Shack United States 9 148 1.3× 121 1.9× 84 1.7× 8 0.3× 9 0.3× 30 324
René Devisch Belgium 9 164 1.4× 125 2.0× 64 1.3× 9 0.3× 59 2.3× 70 308
Olufẹmi Vaughan United States 9 182 1.6× 98 1.5× 46 0.9× 14 0.5× 18 0.7× 19 309

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerd Spittler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerd Spittler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spittler, Gerd. (2015). Anthropologie der Arbeit. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 4 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (2014). Dichte Teilnahme und darüber hinaus. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 64(2). 207–230. 4 indexed citations
3.
Spittler, Gerd. (2012). Handeln in einer Hungerkrise : das Beispiel der Kel Ewey Tuareg. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 3 indexed citations
4.
Spittler, Gerd & Michael Bourdillon. (2012). African children at work : working and learning in growing up for life. Lit eBooks. 54 indexed citations
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Farias, Paulo Fernando de Moraes, et al.. (2006). Heinrich Barth et l'Afrique. 5 indexed citations
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Probst, Peter, et al.. (2004). Between resistance and expansion : explorations of local vitality in Africa. Lit eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (2004). Explorations in African Vitality : Local Actions in Conquest, Resistance, Famine and Interethnic Relations. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 2 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (2002). Arbeit - Transformation von Objekten oder Interaktion mit Subjekten?. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 22. 2 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (2001). Teilnehmende Beobachtung als Dichte Teilnahme. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 126(1). 1–25. 48 indexed citations
10.
Spittler, Gerd. (1996). Explorers in transit: Travels to timbuktu and agades in the nineteenth century. History and Anthropology. 9(2-3). 231–253. 2 indexed citations
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Beck, Kurt & Gerd Spittler. (1996). Arbeit in Afrika. 2 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1993). Les Touaregs face aux sècheresses et aux famines Les Kel Ewey de l'Aïr (Niger). ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 2 indexed citations
13.
Spittler, Gerd. (1987). European Explorers as Caravan Travellers in the West Sudan : Some thoughts on the Methodology of Journeys of Exploration. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 33. 391–406. 4 indexed citations
14.
Spittler, Gerd. (1987). Tschajanow und die Theorie der Familienwirtschaft. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth).
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Spittler, Gerd. (1985). Dürren im Air : eine historische Analyse. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 1 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1980). Herrschaft über Bauern. Die Ausbreitung staatlicher Herrschaft und einer islamisch-urbanen Kultur in Gobir (Niger). Verfassung in Recht und Übersee. 13(1). 79–79. 2 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1980). Streitregelung im Schatten des Leviathan. Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie. 1(1). 4–32. 7 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1979). Peasants and the State in Niger. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 8(1). 30–47. 6 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1977). URBAN EXODUS URBAN‐RURAL and RURAL‐RURAL MIGRATION IN GOBIR (NIGER)*. Sociologia Ruralis. 17(1). 223–235. 5 indexed citations
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Spittler, Gerd. (1967). Norm und Sanktion : Untersuchungen zum Sanktionsmechamismus. 1 indexed citations

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