John Lamphear

774 total citations
27 papers, 402 citations indexed

About

John Lamphear is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Lamphear has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 402 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Lamphear's work include African history and culture analysis (9 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers). John Lamphear is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (9 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers). John Lamphear collaborates with scholars based in United States. John Lamphear's co-authors include Lee V. Cassanelli, Doron Cohen, John K. Thornton, Richard Waller, Ivan Karp, Cherry Gertzel, Megan Vaughan, Edward I. Steinhart, Jenny Munro and Jon Abbink and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Ethnohistory.

In The Last Decade

John Lamphear

25 papers receiving 282 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 Lamphear United States 10 145 144 133 117 30 27 402
Jay O'Brien United States 9 174 1.2× 102 0.7× 102 0.8× 124 1.1× 28 0.9× 25 386
James L. Giblin United States 13 145 1.0× 188 1.3× 135 1.0× 51 0.4× 47 1.6× 31 472
John Markakis Greece 12 385 2.7× 141 1.0× 165 1.2× 432 3.7× 21 0.7× 41 679
Günther Schlee Germany 12 348 2.4× 175 1.2× 237 1.8× 239 2.0× 43 1.4× 109 635
John H. Hamer United States 10 132 0.9× 65 0.5× 86 0.6× 126 1.1× 14 0.5× 30 312
Mario I. Aguilar United Kingdom 10 171 1.2× 127 0.9× 72 0.5× 105 0.9× 15 0.5× 61 352
William A. Shack United States 9 148 1.0× 121 0.8× 41 0.3× 84 0.7× 13 0.4× 30 324
Joan P. Mencher United States 11 166 1.1× 90 0.6× 19 0.1× 84 0.7× 21 0.7× 26 370
Barbara H. Chasin United States 9 239 1.6× 37 0.3× 43 0.3× 87 0.7× 41 1.4× 21 450
Patricia Caplan United Kingdom 9 152 1.0× 80 0.6× 15 0.1× 78 0.7× 17 0.6× 12 368

Countries citing papers authored by John Lamphear

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Lamphear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Lamphear

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (2002). Warfare in Atlantic Africa 1500-1800. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 35(1). 242–242. 1 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (2000). Making Ethnic Ways: Communities and Their Transformations in Taita, Kenya, 1800-1950. The American Historical Review. 105(3). 1056–1056. 15 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & John K. Thornton. (2000). Warfare in Atlantic Africa 1500-1800. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33(3). 711–711. 26 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (2000). Uganda's Katikiro in England. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33(1). 236–236. 2 indexed citations
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Abbink, Jon & John Lamphear. (1994). The Scattering Time: Turkana Responses to Colonial Rule. Ethnohistory. 41(3). 510–510. 1 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & Megan Vaughan. (1993). Curing Their Ills: Colonial Power and African Illness. Ethnohistory. 40(4). 681–681. 6 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (1993). The Pastoral Son and the Spirit of Patriarchy: Religion, Society and Person among East African Stock Keepers. Journal of Religion in Africa. 23(4). 372–372. 2 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John. (1986). The persistence of hunting and gathering in a "pastoral" world. 7(2). 7 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & Lee V. Cassanelli. (1983). The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900. The American Historical Review. 88(4). 1038–1038. 56 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (1982). A Political History of Uganda. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 15(4). 785–785. 58 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & Ivan Karp. (1979). Fields of Change among the Iteso of Kenya. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 12(4). 676–676. 5 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, et al.. (1978). Mountain Warriors: The Pre-Colonial Meru of Mt. Kenya. ASA Review of Books. 4. 107–107. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Doron & John Lamphear. (1977). The Traditional History of the Jie of Uganda. The American Historical Review. 82(4). 1035–1035. 42 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & Cherry Gertzel. (1976). Party and Locality in Northern Uganda, 1945-1962. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 9(2). 346–346. 5 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John, Jenny Munro, & Robert L. Tignor. (1976). Colonial Rule and the Kamba: Social Change in the Kenya Highlands, 1889-1939. The American Historical Review. 81(4). 927–927. 4 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John. (1976). Aspects of Turkana Leadership during the Era of Primary Resistance. The Journal of African History. 17(2). 225–243. 15 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John. (1972). The traditional history of the Jie of Uganda.. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 46 indexed citations
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Lamphear, John & Jane Webster. (1971). The Jie-Acholi War: Oral Evidence from Two Sides of the Battle Front. 35. 23–42. 2 indexed citations

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