John Borrows

2.4k citations

41 papers · 950 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Health top 2%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
Law top 0.5%
- Law in Society and Culture

Papers in ⓘ

Sociology and Political Science 22
- Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies 15
- Canadian Identity and History 7
Law 15
- Law in Society and Culture 10
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law 5
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations 4
- Legal principles and applications 4
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies 3

Co-authors: Michael Asch (1 shared paper)James Tully (1 shared paper)Philip Barker (1 shared paper)Robert L. Wilby (1 shared paper)James Youngblood Henderson (2 shared papers)Jeremy Webber (1 shared paper)Robert C. Hamilton (1 shared paper)Val Napoleón (1 shared paper)
Journals: Hydrological Sciences Journal (1 paper)Law & Society Review (1 paper)American Ethnologist (1 paper)PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (1 paper)Canadian Historical Review (1 paper)
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

John Borrows

37 papers receiving 752 citations

Hit Papers

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Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law 2002 · 213 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law

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1	Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law John Borrows Hit paper breakdown →	2002	213
2	Canada's Indigenous Constitution Medical Entomology and Zoology ·John Borrows	2010	170
3	Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings James Tully, Michael Asch, John Borrows	2018	61
4	Living between Water and Rocks: First Nations, Environmental Planning and Democracy University of Toronto Law Journal ·John Borrows	1997	59
5	Sovereignty's Alchemy: An Analysis of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia Osgoode Hall law journal ·John Borrows	1999	58
6	A 200-year precipitation index for the central English Lake District / Un indice de précipitation de 200 ans pour la Région des Lacs en Angleterre Hydrological Sciences Journal ·Philip Barker, Robert L. Wilby, John Borrows	2004	37
7	Law's Indigenous Ethics University of Toronto Press eBooks ·John Borrows	2019	34
8	Frozen Rights in Canada: Constitutional Interpretation and the Trickster American Indian Law Review ·John Borrows	1997	34
9	The Sui Generis Nature of Aboriginal Rights: Does it Make a Difference Alberta Law Review ·John Borrows, Leonard I. Rotman	1997	25
10	Indigenous Legal Traditions in Canada Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis) ·John Borrows	2005	24
11	Listening for a Change: The Courts and Oral Tradition Osgoode Hall law journal ·John Borrows	2001	23
12	With or Without You: First Nations Law (in Canada) UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria) ·John Borrows	1996	19
13	UNDRIP Implementation: More Reflections on the Braiding of International, Domestic and Indigenous Laws Aimée Craft, Brenda L. Gunn, Cheryl Knockwood, Gordon Christie, H. Askew, James Youngblood Henderson, John Borrows, Joshua Ben David Nichols, Kerry Wilkins, Larry Chartrand, Oonagh E. Fitzgerald, Robert C. Hamilton, Ryan Beaton, Sarah Morales, Sheryl Lightfoot	2018	19
14	Challenging Historical Frameworks: Aboriginal Rights, The Trickster, and Originalism Canadian Historical Review ·John Borrows	2017	17
15	Domesticating Doctrines: Aboriginal Peoples after the Royal Commission McGill Law Journal ·John Borrows	2001	14
16	Heroes, Tricksters, Monsters, and Caretakers: Indigenous Law and Legal Education McGill Law Journal ·John Borrows	2016	13
17	Creating an Indigenous Legal Community McGill Law Journal ·John Borrows	2005	12
18	Aboriginal Title and Private Property Supreme Court law review ·John Borrows	2015	12
19	Constitutional Law from a First Nation Perspective: Self-Government and the Royal Proclamation UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria) ·John Borrows	1994	12
20	OUTSIDER EDUCATION: INDIGENOUS LAW AND LAND-BASED LEARNING SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·John Borrows	2017	11

About John Borrows

John Borrows is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law, Health, Political Science and International Relations and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 41 papers that have together received 950 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (15 papers), Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (10 papers), Law in Society and Culture (10 papers), Canadian Identity and History (7 papers), Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law (5 papers), Legal Education and Practice Innovations (4 papers), Legal principles and applications (4 papers) and Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (414 citations), Law (203 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (71 citations), Sociology and Political Science (485 citations) and Building and Construction (143 citations). John Borrows has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Michael Asch, James Tully, Philip Barker, Robert L. Wilby, James Youngblood Henderson, Jeremy Webber, Robert C. Hamilton, Val Napoleón and Sheryl Lightfoot. Their work appears in journals such as Hydrological Sciences Journal, Law & Society Review, American Ethnologist, PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review and Canadian Historical Review.

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