Irven DeVore

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Irven DeVore is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irven DeVore has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Social Psychology, 2 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Irven DeVore's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (2 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (1 paper). Irven DeVore is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (2 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (1 paper). Irven DeVore collaborates with scholars based in United States. Irven DeVore's co-authors include Richard Borshay Lee, Richard B. Lee, K. R. L. Hall, S. L. Washburn, Robert C. Bailey, Richard Lee, Joseph G. Jorgensen, Alison Redmayne and Lorna Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Scientific American and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Irven DeVore

14 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.

Man the Hunter

1966 883 citations Richard Borshay Lee, Irven DeVore Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers

1976 416 citations Richard B. Lee, Irven DeVore Harvard University Press eBooks profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Irven DeVore	759	467	439	413	313	15	2.1k
Robert Layton	690 0.9×	879 1.9×	425 1.0×	205 0.5×	464 1.5×	80	2.7k
S. L. Washburn	1.1k 1.4×	354 0.8×	301 0.7×	447 1.1×	411 1.3×	61	2.6k
Kathleen R. Gibson	1.4k 1.8×	403 0.9×	325 0.7×	540 1.3×	384 1.2×	42	3.2k
Brian M. Wood	764 1.0×	354 0.8×	626 1.4×	741 1.8×	259 0.8×	53	3.0k
Elizabeth Cashdan	748 1.0×	485 1.0×	898 2.0×	908 2.2×	140 0.4×	49	3.2k
Thomas N. Headland	395 0.5×	487 1.0×	602 1.4×	328 0.8×	102 0.3×	39	2.1k
Keith F. Otterbein	537 0.7×	311 0.7×	1.2k 2.6×	608 1.5×	115 0.4×	58	2.1k
Barry S. Hewlett	1.5k 1.9×	418 0.9×	1.5k 3.5×	1.2k 2.8×	199 0.6×	79	4.7k
A. Magdalena Hurtado	1.2k 1.5×	364 0.8×	1.1k 2.5×	1.5k 3.5×	221 0.7×	31	3.3k
Lawrence H. Keeley	407 0.5×	1.2k 2.5×	594 1.4×	338 0.8×	84 0.3×	34	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irven DeVore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Irven DeVore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Irven DeVore 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 Irven DeVore. Irven DeVore is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Lee, Richard Borshay & Irven DeVore. (2017). Man the Hunter. 13 indexed citations

2.

DeVore, Irven. (2001). Extraterrestrial Intelligence? Not Likely. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 950(1). 276–288.

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DeVore, Irven. (1990). Introduction: Current studies on primate socioecology and evolution. International Journal of Primatology. 11(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Bailey, Robert C. & Irven DeVore. (1989). Research on the Efe and Lese populations of the Ituri forest, Zaire. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78(4). 459–471. 41 indexed citations

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Redmayne, Alison, Lorna Marshall, Richard B. Lee, & Irven DeVore. (1978). The Kung of Nyae Nyae. Journal of Religion in Africa. 9(3). 222–222. 1 indexed citations

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DeVore, Irven, et al.. (1977). The new science of genetic self-interest.. PubMed. 10(9). 42–46+. 10 indexed citations

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DeVore, Irven. (1977). Devore Explains Sociobiology Film Interviews. Anthropology News. 18(8). 2–14. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Richard B. & Irven DeVore. (1976). Kalahari Hunter-Gatherers. Harvard University Press eBooks. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jorgensen, Joseph G., Richard B. Lee, & Irven DeVore. (1972). Man the Hunter. Ethnohistory. 19(1). 83–83. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Richard Borshay & Irven DeVore. (1966). Man the Hunter. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 883 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hall, K. R. L. & Irven DeVore. (1965). Baboon Social Behavior. 281 indexed citations

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DeVore, Irven. (1965). Primate Behavior: Field Studies of Monkeys and Apes.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 250 indexed citations

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DeVore, Irven & Richard Lee. (1963). Communications - Mitteilungen. Folia Primatologica. 1(1). 66–72. 1 indexed citations

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Washburn, S. L. & Irven DeVore. (1961). Social Behavior of Baboons and Early Man. 75 indexed citations

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Washburn, S. L. & Irven DeVore. (1961). The Social Life of Baboons. Scientific American. 204(6). 62–71. 133 indexed citations

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