James S. Boster

3.5k total citations
52 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

James S. Boster is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Boster has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 10 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James S. Boster's work include Categorization, perception, and language (15 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (8 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). James S. Boster is often cited by papers focused on Categorization, perception, and language (15 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (8 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers). James S. Boster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. James S. Boster's co-authors include Steven J. C. Gaulin, Jeffrey C. Johnson, Melissa Bowerman, Asifa Majid, Richard Sosis, Helen M. Kress, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Miriam van Staden, Jeffrey A. Kurland and Lee Sailer and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

James S. Boster

49 papers receiving 1.7k 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 S. Boster United States 26 729 488 399 227 163 52 2.0k
Eugene S. Hunn United States 19 262 0.4× 205 0.4× 164 0.4× 371 1.6× 62 0.4× 51 1.7k
Cecil H. Brown United States 23 567 0.8× 184 0.4× 133 0.3× 277 1.2× 110 0.7× 81 1.9k
Roy Ellen United Kingdom 26 141 0.2× 184 0.4× 581 1.5× 321 1.4× 44 0.3× 145 2.3k
Elizabeth Cashdan United States 28 908 1.2× 748 1.5× 898 2.3× 31 0.1× 239 1.5× 49 3.2k
Luisa Maffi United States 13 350 0.5× 296 0.6× 138 0.3× 339 1.5× 20 0.1× 20 1.8k
Daniel J. Hruschka United States 31 446 0.6× 782 1.6× 845 2.1× 101 0.4× 93 0.6× 91 3.6k
Norbert Roß United States 15 239 0.3× 455 0.9× 219 0.5× 58 0.3× 287 1.8× 32 1.1k
William James United States 19 205 0.3× 344 0.7× 297 0.7× 306 1.3× 141 0.9× 77 2.2k
George A. Collier United States 15 831 1.1× 494 1.0× 243 0.6× 31 0.1× 130 0.8× 38 2.1k
Irven DeVore United States 9 413 0.6× 759 1.6× 439 1.1× 32 0.1× 131 0.8× 15 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James S. Boster

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All Works

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Gaulin, Steven J. C., et al.. (2014). Functional Variation in Sensitivity to Cues that a Partner is Cheating with a Rival. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 43(7). 1267–1279. 3 indexed citations
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Boster, James S.. (2012). Cognitive Anthropology Is a Cognitive Science. Topics in Cognitive Science. 4(3). 372–378. 7 indexed citations
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Majid, Asifa, James S. Boster, & Melissa Bowerman. (2008). The cross-linguistic categorization of everyday events: A study of cutting and breaking. Cognition. 109(2). 235–250. 102 indexed citations
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Boster, James S., et al.. (2008). Recall, Similarity Judgment, and Identification of Trees: A Comparison of Experts and Novices. Ethos. 36(2). 171–193. 10 indexed citations
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Majid, Asifa, Melissa Bowerman, Miriam van Staden, & James S. Boster. (2007). The semantic categories of cutting and breaking events: A crosslinguistic perspective. Cognitive Linguistics. 18(2). 96 indexed citations
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Boster, James S., et al.. (2005). A Crystal Seen From Each of Its Vertices: European Views of European National Characters. Cross-Cultural Research. 40(1). 47–64. 13 indexed citations
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Majid, Asifa, Miriam van Staden, James S. Boster, & Melissa Bowerman. (2004). Event categorization: A cross-linguistic perspective. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 2004(26). 885–890. 12 indexed citations
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Boster, James S.. (2003). Arutam and cultural change. 165–185. 2 indexed citations
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Boster, James S.. (2003). Blood feud and table manners: a Neo-Hobbesian approach to Jivaroan warfare. 153–164. 2 indexed citations
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Johnson, Jeffrey C., James S. Boster, & Lawrence A. Palinkas. (2003). Social roles and the evolution of networks in extreme and isolated environments. Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 27(2-3). 89–121. 58 indexed citations
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Palinkas, Lawrence A., et al.. (2003). Social support and depressed mood in isolated and confined environments. Acta Astronautica. 54(9). 639–647. 49 indexed citations
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Boster, James S. & Horacio Fàbrega. (1993). Semantic Structures and Psychiatric Diagnosis. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 181(1). 54–58. 2 indexed citations
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Gaulin, Steven J. C. & James S. Boster. (1992). Human marriage systems and sexual dimorphism in stature. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 89(4). 467–475. 26 indexed citations
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Gaulin, Steven J. C. & James S. Boster. (1991). Dowry and Female Competition: A Reply to Dickemann. American Anthropologist. 93(4). 946–948. 4 indexed citations
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Fábrega, Horacio, Chul Ahn, James S. Boster, & Juan E. Mezzich. (1990). DSM III as a systemic culture pattern: Studying intracultural variation among psychiatrists. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 24(2). 139–154. 6 indexed citations
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Gaulin, Steven J. C. & James S. Boster. (1990). Dowry as Female Competition. American Anthropologist. 92(4). 994–1005. 110 indexed citations
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Boster, James S. & Jeffrey C. Johnson. (1989). Form or Function: A Comparison of Expert and Novice Judgments of Similarity Among Fish. American Anthropologist. 91(4). 866–889. 172 indexed citations
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Boster, James S., Jeffrey C. Johnson, & Susan C. Weller. (1987). Social position and shared knowledge: Actors' perceptions of status, role, and social structure. Social Networks. 9(4). 375–387. 31 indexed citations
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Gaulin, Steven J. C. & James S. Boster. (1985). Cross-cultural differences in sexual dimorphism. Ethology and Sociobiology. 6(4). 219–225. 49 indexed citations
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Sailer, Lee, Steven J. C. Gaulin, James S. Boster, & Jeffrey A. Kurland. (1985). Measuring the relationship between dietary quality and body size in primates. Primates. 26(1). 14–27. 85 indexed citations

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