Jennifer Cole

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Cole is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Cole has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Cole's work include Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (12 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers). Jennifer Cole is often cited by papers focused on Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (12 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (9 papers) and Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers). Jennifer Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Jennifer Cole's co-authors include A. R. Lurii︠a︡, Lynn M. Thomas, Harry Daniels, James V. Wertsch, Karen Middleton, Elliot W. Eisner, A. R. Luria, Roy Pea, John R. Watt and David R. Olson and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Current Anthropology and Review of Research in Education.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Cole

38 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Cognitive development : i... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 250 500 750 1000
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. Cognitive development : its cultural and social foundations
    1976 1.0k citations Jennifer Cole, A. R. Lurii︠a︡ et al. Harvard University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jennifer Cole United States 16 744 551 508 300 268 46 2.3k
Dorothy Holland United States 20 1.2k 1.6× 977 1.8× 293 0.6× 536 1.8× 167 0.6× 43 3.4k
Martin Melaver 9 552 0.7× 744 1.4× 303 0.6× 237 0.8× 82 0.3× 20 2.4k
Ewa M. Thompson United States 11 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 2.0× 330 0.6× 325 1.1× 325 1.2× 44 4.8k
John Trimbur United States 16 728 1.0× 1.1k 2.0× 465 0.9× 154 0.5× 148 0.6× 52 3.6k
Vern W. McGee 6 473 0.6× 780 1.4× 321 0.6× 248 0.8× 55 0.2× 6 2.2k
Kathleen McLaughlin 7 829 1.1× 350 0.6× 156 0.3× 298 1.0× 171 0.6× 8 2.9k
Wolfgang Iser Germany 23 1.2k 1.6× 702 1.3× 296 0.6× 236 0.8× 222 0.8× 82 4.6k
Alessandro Duranti United States 27 869 1.2× 494 0.9× 375 0.7× 390 1.3× 264 1.0× 57 4.7k
Margaret Eisenhart United States 28 827 1.1× 2.3k 4.2× 545 1.1× 290 1.0× 29 0.1× 88 3.6k
Albert J. Wehrle United States 5 386 0.5× 528 1.0× 179 0.4× 162 0.5× 71 0.3× 10 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Cole

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jennifer Cole

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Cole

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jennifer Cole. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jennifer Cole 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 Jennifer Cole. Jennifer Cole 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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Pea, Roy & Jennifer Cole. (2019). The Living Hand of the Past: The Role of Technology in Development. Human Development. 62(1-2). 14–39. 14 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2019). Twentieth Century China. 1 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2018). Editorial. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 11 (2). Psychology in Russia State of Art. 11(2). 2–6. 1 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2015). For the Sake of the Songs of the Men Made Free: James Speed and the Emancipationists’ Dilemma in Nineteenth-century Kentucky. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).
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Cole, Jennifer. (2014). Thetélèphone malgache: Transnational gossip and social transformation among Malagasy marriage migrants in France. American Ethnologist. 41(2). 276–289. 10 indexed citations
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Olson, David R. & Jennifer Cole. (2013). Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society. Psychology Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2012). The Love of Jesus Never Disappoints: Reconstituting Female Personhood in Urban Madagascar. Journal of Religion in Africa. 42(4). 384–407. 13 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2011). Ambitious Form. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2011). A Cultural Dialectics of Generational Change. Review of Research in Education. 35(1). 60–88. 24 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer & Lynn M. Thomas. (2009). Love in Africa. 189 indexed citations
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Daniels, Harry, et al.. (2007). The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 369 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2005). Foreword: Collective Memory and the Politics of Reproduction in Africa. Africa. 75(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer. (2004). Painful Memories: Ritual and the Transformation of Community Trauma. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 28(1). 87–105. 30 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer, et al.. (2002). Forget Colonialism? Sacrifice and the Art of Memory in Madagascar. African Studies Review. 45(3). 72–72. 22 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer, et al.. (2001). Rethinking Ancestors and Colonial Power in Madagascar. Africa. 71(1). 1–1.
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Harris, Subrena & Jennifer Cole. (1999). A stages-of-change perspective on motivation to learn in a leadership development context: An empirical examination. 1 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer, et al.. (1994). To Achieve Security and Wealth: The Qing Imperial State and the Economy, 1644-1911. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 37(4). 363–363. 11 indexed citations
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Cole, Jennifer, et al.. (1987). Shaohsing: Competition and Cooperation in Nineteenth-Century China.. Pacific Affairs. 60(3). 501–501. 3 indexed citations
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Zelin, Madeleine & Jennifer Cole. (1987). Shaohsing: Competition and Cooperation in Nineteenth-Century China. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 107(4). 827–827.
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Cole, Jennifer, et al.. (1976). Cognitive development : its cultural and social foundations. Harvard University Press eBooks. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →

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