Igor Kopytoff

6.8k total citations
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Igor Kopytoff is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Kopytoff has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Igor Kopytoff's work include African history and culture studies (10 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and African history and culture analysis (3 papers). Igor Kopytoff is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (10 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers) and African history and culture analysis (3 papers). Igor Kopytoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. Igor Kopytoff's co-authors include Jay Spaulding, Suzanne Miers, Robert Edgar Conrad, Ronald A. Cohen, Toyin Falọla, Felix K. Ekechi, Leonard Thompson, Phyllis M. Kaberry, Murray Last and Joseph C. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The American Historical Review and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Igor Kopytoff

34 papers receiving 713 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Igor Kopytoff United States 11 633 475 205 76 66 38 1.1k
Jay Spaulding United States 14 419 0.7× 442 0.9× 310 1.5× 47 0.6× 39 0.6× 80 980
Wyatt MacGaffey United States 21 629 1.0× 532 1.1× 174 0.8× 73 1.0× 39 0.6× 113 1.2k
Leroy Vail Zambia 16 563 0.9× 591 1.2× 155 0.8× 31 0.4× 25 0.4× 32 1.1k
I. Schapera United Kingdom 18 355 0.6× 412 0.9× 86 0.4× 114 1.5× 44 0.7× 63 899
Richard Werbner United Kingdom 19 651 1.0× 740 1.6× 181 0.9× 44 0.6× 121 1.8× 70 1.4k
David Henige United States 15 487 0.8× 315 0.7× 154 0.8× 68 0.9× 73 1.1× 145 1.1k
Joan Vincent United States 14 431 0.7× 529 1.1× 256 1.2× 15 0.2× 37 0.6× 41 1.2k
Thomas Spear United States 18 833 1.3× 451 0.9× 284 1.4× 72 0.9× 23 0.3× 62 1.4k
Jean‐Pierre Warnier France 16 362 0.6× 565 1.2× 145 0.7× 37 0.5× 35 0.5× 64 1.1k
Edward H. Spicer United States 16 291 0.5× 264 0.6× 116 0.6× 24 0.3× 90 1.4× 35 974

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Fields of papers citing papers by Igor Kopytoff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Kopytoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kopytoff, Igor. (2006). A short history of anthropology at penn. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 48(1). 29–36. 2 indexed citations
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Lindisfarne, Nancy, et al.. (2002). Comment. Anthropology Today. 18(4). 20–22. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Leonard & Igor Kopytoff. (1990). The African Frontier: The Reproduction of Traditional African Societies.. The American Historical Review. 95(3). 878–878. 24 indexed citations
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Müller, Jean-Claude & Igor Kopytoff. (1989). The African Frontier. The Reproduction of African Societies. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 23(1). 177–177. 1 indexed citations
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Spaulding, Jay & Igor Kopytoff. (1987). The African Frontier: The Reproduction of Traditional African Societies. African Economic History. 135–135. 286 indexed citations
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Peel, J. D. Y., Suzanne Miers, & Igor Kopytoff. (1982). Slavery in Africa: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives. British Journal of Sociology. 33(2). 289–289. 4 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1981). Knowledge and belief in Suku thought. Africa. 51(3). 709–723. 6 indexed citations
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Mair, Lucy, Suzanne Miers, Igor Kopytoff, & James L. Watson. (1980). Slavery in Africa.. RAIN. 11–11. 3 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1980). Revitalization and the genesis of cults in pragmatic religion: the Kita rite of passage among the Suku. 183–212. 1 indexed citations
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Miers, Suzanne, et al.. (1979). Slavery in Africa: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives. ASA Review of Books. 5. 1–1. 11 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald A., Suzanne Miers, & Igor Kopytoff. (1978). Slavery in Africa: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives.. Man. 13(3). 494–494. 146 indexed citations
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Miers, Suzanne, et al.. (1978). Slavery in Africa: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives. African Economic History. 37–37. 43 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1977). Speculations about the internal African frontier. 1 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1977). matrilineality, residence, and residential zones. American Ethnologist. 4(3). 539–558. 6 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor, et al.. (1972). Traditional Bamenda: The Pre-Colonial History and Ethnography of the Bamenda Grassfields.. Man. 7(4). 664–664. 20 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1963). Congo Disaster. Colin Legum. American Anthropologist. 65(1). 171–172. 1 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1961). Extension of conflict as a method of conflict resolution among the Suku of the Congo. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 5(1). 61–69. 7 indexed citations
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Kopytoff, Igor. (1960). Suku religion : a study in internally induced reinterpretation. 2 indexed citations

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