James P. Spradley

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

James P. Spradley is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Spradley has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in Social Psychology and 1 paper in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in James P. Spradley's work include South African History and Culture (2 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (1 paper) and French Historical and Cultural Studies (1 paper). James P. Spradley is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (2 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (1 paper) and French Historical and Cultural Studies (1 paper). James P. Spradley collaborates with scholars based in United States. James P. Spradley's co-authors include Nicola Tannenbaum, John Van Maanen, David W. McCurdy, Dianna Shandy, Mark Phillips, David W. McCurdy, Alan Jay Lincoln, Elvi Whittaker and Jeffrey E. Nash and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

James P. Spradley

26 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Participant Observation 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 1980 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Participant Observation
    1980 491 citations Nicola Tannenbaum, James P. Spradley Anthropological Quarterly profile →
  2. Participant Observation.
    1980 376 citations James P. Spradley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James P. Spradley United States 17 793 466 312 210 191 26 2.2k
Danny L. Jorgensen United States 11 867 1.1× 411 0.9× 298 1.0× 237 1.1× 221 1.2× 25 2.3k
Irwin Deutscher United States 15 612 0.8× 189 0.4× 278 0.9× 211 1.0× 229 1.2× 46 1.8k
Pertti J. Pelto United States 22 674 0.8× 290 0.6× 496 1.6× 209 1.0× 176 0.9× 72 2.3k
Rom Harré United Kingdom 9 724 0.9× 396 0.8× 326 1.0× 620 3.0× 490 2.6× 15 2.6k
Judith Goetz United States 10 477 0.6× 584 1.3× 159 0.5× 191 0.9× 121 0.6× 20 1.6k
John M. Johnson United States 12 778 1.0× 280 0.6× 254 0.8× 182 0.9× 184 1.0× 41 1.7k
Mary Anne Pitman United States 6 488 0.6× 603 1.3× 210 0.7× 166 0.8× 152 0.8× 13 1.7k
David A. Erlandson United States 8 419 0.5× 665 1.4× 192 0.6× 176 0.8× 191 1.0× 31 1.7k
David R. Maines United States 22 1.6k 2.0× 435 0.9× 291 0.9× 357 1.7× 219 1.1× 82 3.0k
Leonard Schatzman United States 9 619 0.8× 366 0.8× 404 1.3× 192 0.9× 258 1.4× 17 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James P. Spradley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James P. Spradley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James P. Spradley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James P. Spradley 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 P. Spradley. James P. Spradley 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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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1991). Electronic Media Management, 2nd ed.:. 2 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P.. (1988). You Owe Yourself a Drunk: An Ethnography of Urban Nomads. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 171 indexed citations
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McCurdy, David W. & James P. Spradley. (1987). Issues in Cultural Anthropology: Selected Readings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1981). The Work/Stress Connection: How to Cope With Job Burnout. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 51 indexed citations
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Tannenbaum, Nicola & James P. Spradley. (1980). Participant Observation. Anthropological Quarterly. 53(4). 260–260. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1979). Les bars, les femmes et la culture : femmes au travail dans un monde d'hommes. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1978). Deaf like me. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Whittaker, Elvi, et al.. (1977). Ethics and Anthropology: Dilemmas in Field Work.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(4). 508–508. 59 indexed citations
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Lincoln, Alan Jay, et al.. (1977). The Cocktail Waitress: Woman's Work in a Man's World. Teaching Sociology. 4(2). 227–227. 83 indexed citations
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Nash, Jeffrey E. & James P. Spradley. (1976). Sociology : a descriptive approach. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1976). The Cocktail Waitress: Women's Work in a Man's World.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(5). 664–664. 25 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1975). The Nacirema : readings on American culture. Little, Brown eBooks. 29 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P. & David W. McCurdy. (1975). Anthropology--The Cultural Perspective. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1974). The Cocktail Waitress: Women's Work in a Man's World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 112 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P.. (1973). Other: Migration and Anthropology: Proceedings of the 1970 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Ethnological Society. ROBERT F. SPENCER. American Anthropologist. 75(2). 545–546. 2 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P.. (1972). Culture and cognition: rules, maps, and plans. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 107 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P.. (1972). The cultural experience. 48 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P. & David W. McCurdy. (1972). Spradley, James, and David McCurdy, The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society . Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1972.. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 5 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1970). Guests Never Leave Hungry; The Autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian. American Quarterly. 22(2). 281–281. 18 indexed citations
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Spradley, James P., et al.. (1969). Guests Never Leave Hungry: The Autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian.. Man. 4(3). 480–480. 6 indexed citations

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