John E. Pfeiffer

731 total citations
20 papers, 412 citations indexed

About

John E. Pfeiffer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Archeology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Pfeiffer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Archeology and 2 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in John E. Pfeiffer's work include History of Science and Natural History (1 paper), Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper) and Technology, Environment, Urban Planning (1 paper). John E. Pfeiffer is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (1 paper), Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper) and Technology, Environment, Urban Planning (1 paper). John E. Pfeiffer collaborates with scholars based in United States. John E. Pfeiffer's co-authors include Phillips Stevens, Andrée Rosenfeld, Theodore A. Wertime, Lawrence Guy Straus, Clive Gamble, Randall White, Milla Y. Ohel, Lewis R. Binford, Thomas Weber and Paul G. Bahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

John E. Pfeiffer

17 papers receiving 312 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John E. Pfeiffer United States 8 144 110 102 85 59 20 412
Nancy M. Tanner United States 7 141 1.0× 90 0.8× 145 1.4× 157 1.8× 116 2.0× 12 535
Aram A. Yengoyan United States 9 205 1.4× 85 0.8× 63 0.6× 181 2.1× 64 1.1× 42 630
Arnold R. Pilling United States 5 136 0.9× 48 0.4× 53 0.5× 152 1.8× 103 1.7× 31 444
Leland Donald Canada 9 128 0.9× 107 1.0× 49 0.5× 129 1.5× 49 0.8× 21 405
John Paddock Mexico 9 72 0.5× 103 0.9× 89 0.9× 217 2.6× 132 2.2× 20 462
Merrilee H. Salmon United States 12 97 0.7× 104 0.9× 29 0.3× 116 1.4× 54 0.9× 28 665
Paul Graves United Kingdom 5 212 1.5× 147 1.3× 82 0.8× 24 0.3× 53 0.9× 9 382
Harold E. Driver United States 11 195 1.4× 146 1.3× 51 0.5× 126 1.5× 58 1.0× 34 637
Kirk Endicott United States 11 195 1.4× 66 0.6× 76 0.7× 196 2.3× 59 1.0× 20 525
J. Christopher Crocker United Kingdom 9 139 1.0× 34 0.3× 36 0.4× 78 0.9× 87 1.5× 11 448

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Pfeiffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1989). America's history in depth. Nature. 337(6203). 127–127. 2 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1988). Out of the ivory tower. Nature. 332(6159). 25–26. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1985). The Emergence of Humankind. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 50 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1984). Believing in hunters and gatherers. Nature. 308(5962). 796–796. 5 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Andrée & John E. Pfeiffer. (1984). The Creative Explosion: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Art and Religion.. Man. 19(4). 678–678. 24 indexed citations
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Stevens, Phillips & John E. Pfeiffer. (1983). The Creative Explosion: An Inquiry into the Origins of Art and Religion. African Arts. 17(1). 31–31. 63 indexed citations
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White, Randall, Paul G. Bahn, Lewis R. Binford, et al.. (1982). Rethinking the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 23(2). 169–192. 96 indexed citations
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Wertime, Theodore A. & John E. Pfeiffer. (1978). The Emergence of Society: A Prehistory of the Establishment. Technology and Culture. 19(3). 509–509. 15 indexed citations
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Friedl, John & John E. Pfeiffer. (1977). Anthropology: The study of people. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Peter J., et al.. (1975). More Thoughts on the Ik and Anthropology [and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 16(3). 343–358. 18 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1970). The Emergence of Man. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 103 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1968). New look at education : systems analysis in our schools and colleges. 20 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1968). Decision Making in Action. Chapter 2, New Look at Education: Systems Analysis in our Schools and Colleges..
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1963). The search for early man. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1962). The thinking machine. Lippincott eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1958). Making Popular Science More Popular. Science. 127(3304). 955–957. 2 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1956). Atom Harvest. Science. 124(3218). 409–409. 2 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1955). The human brain. 2 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, John E.. (1953). Some Comments on Popular-Science Books. Science. 117(3042). 399–403. 1 indexed citations

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