James Leach

1.4k total citations
51 papers, 644 citations indexed

About

James Leach is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Leach has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 644 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in James Leach's work include Diversity and Impact of Dance (8 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers). James Leach is often cited by papers focused on Diversity and Impact of Dance (8 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers). James Leach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Australia. James Leach's co-authors include Harri Englund, Lorraine V. Aragon, Scott deLahunta, Richard Davis, Dawn Nafus, Catherine Stevens, Darrell Tryon, Christian Kaufmann, Robert E. Butts and Matei Candea and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

James Leach

41 papers receiving 498 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Leach United Kingdom 13 233 229 116 79 64 51 644
Donald Brenneis United States 13 205 0.9× 180 0.8× 53 0.5× 64 0.8× 104 1.6× 31 820
Ton Otto Denmark 13 242 1.0× 213 0.9× 141 1.2× 61 0.8× 14 0.2× 52 735
Susanne Küchler United Kingdom 9 192 0.8× 275 1.2× 144 1.2× 50 0.6× 15 0.2× 28 773
Jean‐Pierre Warnier France 16 565 2.4× 362 1.6× 74 0.6× 145 1.8× 23 0.4× 64 1.1k
Malcolm Crick Australia 13 434 1.9× 176 0.8× 100 0.9× 73 0.9× 52 0.8× 25 879
Regina Bendix Germany 18 396 1.7× 163 0.7× 114 1.0× 87 1.1× 26 0.4× 76 1.1k
Judith Adler Canada 12 628 2.7× 110 0.5× 177 1.5× 49 0.6× 44 0.7× 24 1.2k
Miriam Kahn United States 13 379 1.6× 248 1.1× 268 2.3× 50 0.6× 19 0.3× 34 943
Janet Hoskins United States 16 388 1.7× 356 1.6× 119 1.0× 152 1.9× 10 0.2× 45 988
Eric Gable United States 14 369 1.6× 359 1.6× 121 1.0× 107 1.4× 13 0.2× 54 948

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Leach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Leach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Leach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Leach 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 James Leach. James Leach 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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Leach, James, et al.. (2022). Making something together: A conversation about creating and sharing dance knowledge. International Journal of Cultural Property. 29(2). 141–155. 1 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2022). Ownership and transmission in contemporary dance and beyond: A short introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Cultural Property. 29(2). 103–106. 1 indexed citations
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Leach, James, et al.. (2021). Drawing on Human and Plant Correspondences on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea. Anthropological Forum. 31(4). 352–376. 4 indexed citations
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Biersack, Aletta, Laurence Goldman, Katie Glaskin, et al.. (2021). Reading and Remembering the Anthropologist James F. Weiner. Oceania. 91(1). 2–25. 1 indexed citations
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Leach, James & Catherine Stevens. (2020). Relational creativity and improvisation in contemporary dance. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 45(1). 95–116. 2 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2020). The mystery of the dying language. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 10(2). 660–663.
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Leach, James. (2020). Creativity in an Occidental mode. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 45(1). 41–45.
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Leach, James & Scott deLahunta. (2015). Dance Becoming Knowledge: Designing a Digital “Body”. Leonardo. 50(5). 461–467. 13 indexed citations
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Stevens, Catherine & James Leach. (2015). Bodystorming: effects of collaboration and familiarity on improvising contemporary dance. Cognitive Processing. 16(S1). 403–407. 9 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2012). The Death of the Drum: Unique things on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 58. 28–47. 2 indexed citations
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Leach, James, et al.. (2010). Reite Plants. An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English. ANU Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2009). Choreographic Objects: Traces and Artefacts of Physical Intelligence.
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Leach, James. (2007). Situated connections. Rights and intellectual resources in a Rai Coast society. Social Anthropology. 8(2). 163–179. 3 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2005). 'Being in Between': Art-science Collaborations and a Technological Culture. Social Analysis. 49(1). 15 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (2002). Drum and voice: aesthetics and social process on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 8(4). 713–734. 34 indexed citations
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Englund, Harri & James Leach. (2000). Ethnography and the Meta‐Narratives of Modernity. Current Anthropology. 41(2). 225–248. 189 indexed citations
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Leach, James. (1966). Dray on Rational Explanation. Philosophy of Science. 33(1). 61–69. 3 indexed citations

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