Ian Cunnison

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ian Cunnison is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Cunnison has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ian Cunnison's work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 papers). Ian Cunnison is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 papers). Ian Cunnison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Ian Cunnison's co-authors include E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, Melvin M. Tumin, Lucy Mair, I. M. Lewis, David M. Schneider, Max Gluckman, Wendy James and R. G. Abrahams and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Ian Cunnison

18 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies.

1956 2.0k citations Melvin M. Tumin, Ian Cunnison et al. American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Cunnison United Kingdom	10	998	474	306	194	169	19	2.4k
Melvin M. Tumin United States	14	1.3k 1.3×	356 0.8×	352 1.2×	238 1.2×	188 1.1×	53	2.9k
W. D. Halls United Kingdom	8	1.2k 1.2×	391 0.8×	467 1.5×	165 0.9×	186 1.1×	39	2.6k
Max Gluckman United Kingdom	24	1.4k 1.4×	760 1.6×	498 1.6×	166 0.9×	150 0.9×	66	3.0k
Raymond Firth United Kingdom	25	870 0.9×	445 0.9×	216 0.7×	111 0.6×	278 1.6×	112	2.4k
J. Clyde Mitchell United Kingdom	15	970 1.0×	238 0.5×	182 0.6×	133 0.7×	159 0.9×	37	2.3k
Lucy Mair United Kingdom	32	1.3k 1.3×	883 1.9×	522 1.7×	148 0.8×	177 1.0×	180	3.0k
Michael Banton United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.1×	214 0.5×	462 1.5×	87 0.4×	188 1.1×	62	1.9k
P. H. Gulliver Canada	24	858 0.9×	466 1.0×	376 1.2×	116 0.6×	102 0.6×	57	2.1k
N. S. Timasheff United States	13	2.1k 2.1×	192 0.4×	858 2.8×	267 1.4×	144 0.9×	43	3.6k
Edwin Ardener United Kingdom	14	985 1.0×	438 0.9×	282 0.9×	68 0.4×	92 0.5×	37	2.4k

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Abrahams, R. G., Ian Cunnison, & Wendy James. (1974). Essays in Sudan Ethnography. Man. 9(3). 508–508. 15 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian & I. M. Lewis. (1969). History and Social Anthropology. Man. 4(2). 302–302. 71 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian, et al.. (1968). Baggara Arabs: Power and the Lineage in a Sudanese Nomad Tribe. Geographical Review. 58(1). 150–150. 9 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian, et al.. (1967). Baggara Arabs: Power and the Lineage in a Sudanese Nomad Tribe.. Man. 2(1). 145–145. 35 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian & Lucy Mair. (1966). An Introduction to Social Anthropology.. Man. 1(4). 570–570. 78 indexed citations

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Schneider, David M., et al.. (1963). Politics of the Kula Ring: An Analysis of the Findings of Bronislaw Malinowski.. American Sociological Review. 28(3). 501–501. 24 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1963). The position of women among the Humr. 24–34. 1 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1962). The technical and moral position of the anthropologist in relation to the economic development of tribal societies. 15–27. 1 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian, et al.. (1961). The Luapula Peoples of Northern Rhodesia. British Journal of Sociology. 12(3). 296–296. 37 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1961). Kazembe and the Portuguese 1798–1832. The Journal of African History. 2(1). 61–76. 4 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1959). The Luapula peoples of Northern Rhodesia : custom and history in tribal politics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 20 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1958). Giraffe Hunting Among the Humr Tribe. 39. 49–60. 4 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1957). History and Genealogies in a Conquest State¹. American Anthropologist. 59(1). 20–31. 12 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1957). Anthropology in Administration. African Affairs. 56(223). 162–163. 4 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1956). Headmanship and the Ritual of Luapula Villages. Africa. 26(1). 2–16. 2 indexed citations

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Tumin, Melvin M., et al.. (1956). The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies.. American Sociological Review. 21(2). 249–249. 1989 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cunnison, Ian, et al.. (1956). Bwamba: A Structural-Functional Analysis of a Patrilineal Society.. American Sociological Review. 21(6). 812–812. 9 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1952). Good Company, A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages. African Affairs. 51(204). 255–256. 60 indexed citations

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Cunnison, Ian. (1951). A WATCHTOWER ASSEMBLY IN CENTRAL AFRICA¹. International Review of Mission. 40(160). 456–469. 3 indexed citations

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