Harry Wels

1.4k total citations
48 papers, 724 citations indexed

About

Harry Wels is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Wels has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 724 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Harry Wels's work include African history and culture studies (11 papers), South African History and Culture (6 papers) and Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (6 papers). Harry Wels is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (11 papers), South African History and Culture (6 papers) and Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (6 papers). Harry Wels collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, South Africa and Algeria. Harry Wels's co-authors include Marja Spierenburg, Frans Kamsteeg, Dvora Yanow, Sierk Ybema, Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Maano Ramutsindela, Darshan Vigneswaran, Andrew D. Spiegel, Kees van der Waal and Anna Spenceley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Antipode and Anthrozoös.

In The Last Decade

Harry Wels

44 papers receiving 638 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harry Wels Netherlands 14 338 145 131 77 71 48 724
Wendy Harcourt Netherlands 17 495 1.5× 116 0.8× 21 0.2× 43 0.6× 59 0.8× 77 1.1k
John S. Akama Kenya 15 793 2.3× 102 0.7× 129 1.0× 43 0.6× 124 1.7× 27 1.1k
Jane Dyson Australia 15 381 1.1× 152 1.0× 14 0.1× 85 1.1× 94 1.3× 33 752
Peter Groote Netherlands 17 482 1.4× 117 0.8× 45 0.3× 28 0.4× 91 1.3× 72 1.1k
John Hannigan Canada 13 666 2.0× 137 0.9× 44 0.3× 22 0.3× 152 2.1× 31 1.2k
Conrad Phillip Kottak United States 16 300 0.9× 80 0.6× 18 0.1× 198 2.6× 84 1.2× 49 930
George Monbiot United Kingdom 11 255 0.8× 91 0.6× 42 0.3× 21 0.3× 81 1.1× 25 683
R. L. Stirrat United Kingdom 15 538 1.6× 48 0.3× 35 0.3× 211 2.7× 35 0.5× 34 1.1k
Margo Huxley United Kingdom 14 431 1.3× 113 0.8× 19 0.1× 51 0.7× 73 1.0× 36 1.3k
Stephen Gudeman United States 20 494 1.5× 55 0.4× 29 0.2× 327 4.2× 58 0.8× 70 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Harry Wels

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harry Wels

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harry Wels

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Harry Wels. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Harry Wels 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 Harry Wels. Harry Wels 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
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2022). Camels in the Bedouin Community of Oman: Beyond the Human–Animal Binary. Anthrozoös. 36(1). 1–14. 4 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2020). Lion Conservation and the Lion Bone Trade in South Africa: On CITES, Shifting Paradigms, “Sustainable Use” and Rehabilitation. The Oriental Anthropologist A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man. 20(2). 303–314. 2 indexed citations
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Donskis, Leonidas, Ida Sabelis, Frans Kamsteeg, & Harry Wels. (2019). Academia in Crisis. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 8 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2017). Authenticity lost? The significance of cultural villages in the conservation of heritage in South Africa. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 13(2). 181–193. 14 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2016). Facebook : a tool to enhance teaching and learning for postgraduate research students. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 14(3). 91–110. 2 indexed citations
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Vigneswaran, Darshan, et al.. (2011). Waiting in liminal space: Migrants' queuing for Home Affairs in South Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa. 34(1-2). 30–37. 33 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja & Harry Wels. (2010). Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa. Antipode. 42(3). 647–670. 24 indexed citations
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Ybema, Sierk, Dvora Yanow, Harry Wels, & Frans Kamsteeg. (2009). Organizational Ethnography: Studying the Complexities of Everyday Life. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 272 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja, et al.. (2008). Enclosing the Local for the Global Commons: Community Land Rights in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Conservation and Society. 6(1). 87–97. 37 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja & Harry Wels. (2006). Culture, organization and management in South Africa. Nova Science Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja, et al.. (2006). Resistance of local communities against marginalization in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Focaal. 2006(47). 18–31. 20 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja & Harry Wels. (2006). "Securing Space". Space and Culture. 9(3). 294–312. 37 indexed citations
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Evers, Sandra J.T.M., Marja Spierenburg, & Harry Wels. (2005). Competing jurisdictions. Settling land claims in Africa. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 51 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2005). The Vrije Universiteit and South Africa. From 1880 to the present and towards the future: images, practice and policies. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Spierenburg, Marja, et al.. (2005). Introduction — Competing jurisdictions: Settling land claims in Africa, including Madagascar. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1–19. 4 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry, et al.. (2004). [Review of: W.H.J. Liefde, de (2003) Lekgotla. The art of leadership through dialogue]. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 39(1). 247–251. 3 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry. (2004). About romance and reality - popular European imagery in postcolonial tourism in southern Africa.. VU Research Portal. 76–94. 4 indexed citations
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Wels, Harry. (2002). A critical reflection on cultural tourism in Africa: the power of European imagery. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 55–67. 12 indexed citations
20.
Musschenga, Albert W., et al.. (2001). Het ideaal van de multiculturele samenleving. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 21–35.

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