John R. Topic

946 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 505 citations indexed

About

John R. Topic is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Topic has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 505 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 3 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in John R. Topic's work include Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Indigenous Cultures and History (3 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 papers). John R. Topic is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Indigenous Cultures and History (3 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 papers). John R. Topic collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and Peru. John R. Topic's co-authors include Christine A. Hastorf, Michael E. Moseley, Terence N. D’Altroy, Frank Salomon, John V. Murra, Katharina Schreiber, David L. Browman, Timothy Earle, Thomas P. Myers and Izumi Shimada and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

John R. Topic

15 papers receiving 431 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]

1985 276 citations Terence N. D’Altroy, Timothy Earle et al. Current Anthropology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John R. Topic Canada	9	340	194	152	122	87	15	505
Gordon F. McEwan United States	12	308 0.9×	115 0.6×	214 1.4×	116 1.0×	99 1.1×	21	448
Deborah L. Nichols United States	12	354 1.0×	174 0.9×	211 1.4×	73 0.6×	85 1.0×	32	449
Thomas P. Myers United States	10	358 1.1×	299 1.5×	90 0.6×	83 0.7×	155 1.8×	32	597
Laura Finsten United States	11	345 1.0×	179 0.9×	168 1.1×	83 0.7×	75 0.9×	19	480
Geoffrey W. Conrad United States	8	252 0.7×	178 0.9×	168 1.1×	71 0.6×	54 0.6×	20	414
R. Alan Covey United States	11	282 0.8×	127 0.7×	191 1.3×	135 1.1×	82 0.9×	33	521
Mary G. Hodge United States	9	334 1.0×	182 0.9×	239 1.6×	74 0.6×	92 1.1×	13	430
Barry L. Isaac United States	12	252 0.7×	176 0.9×	119 0.8×	66 0.5×	40 0.5×	28	450
Susan A. Niles Sweden	9	261 0.8×	168 0.9×	147 1.0×	55 0.5×	116 1.3×	19	455
Cynthia Robin United States	13	377 1.1×	239 1.2×	132 0.9×	105 0.9×	81 0.9×	32	512

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John R. Topic

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All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Topic, John R., et al.. (2013). El palacio, la plaza y la fiesta en el imperio Inca. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 9 indexed citations

2.

Topic, John R.. (2010). Lower-Class Social And Economic Organization At Chan Chan. 145–175. 4 indexed citations

3.

Topic, John R.. (2009). La arqueología y la etnohistoria : un encuentro andino. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Topic, John R.. (2003). From Stewards to Bureaucrats: Architecture and Information Flow at Chan Chan, Peru. Latin American Antiquity. 14(3). 243–274. 26 indexed citations

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Topic, John R.. (2003). From Stewards to Bureaucrats: Architecture and Information Flow at Chan Chan, Peru. Latin American Antiquity. 14(3). 243–243. 4 indexed citations

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Topic, John R., et al.. (2000). Hacia la comprensión del fenómeno Huari: una perspectiva norteña. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 181–217. 15 indexed citations

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Topic, John R.. (1998). Ethnogenesis in Huamachuco. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 5(1). 10. 5 indexed citations

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Topic, John R. & Izumi Shimada. (1996). Pampa Grande and the Mochica Culture.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2(1). 160–160. 3 indexed citations

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Topic, John R. & Christine A. Hastorf. (1994). Agriculture and the Onset of Political Inequality before the Inka. Man. 29(3). 714–714. 81 indexed citations

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Topic, John R.. (1991). Huari And Huamachuco. 141–164. 21 indexed citations

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Topic, John R., et al.. (1987). A Comment on the Breeding and Herding of Llamas and Alpacas on the North Coast of Peru. American Antiquity. 52(4). 832–835. 20 indexed citations

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Sandweiss, Daniel H., et al.. (1986). Perspectives on Andean Prehistory and Protohistory: Papers from the Third Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 5 indexed citations

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D’Altroy, Terence N., Timothy Earle, David L. Browman, et al.. (1985). Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 26(2). 187–206. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

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Topic, John R. & Michael E. Moseley. (1983). CHAN CHAN: A CASE STUDY OF URBAN CHANGE IN PERU. Ñawpa Pacha. 21(1). 153–182. 17 indexed citations

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Topic, John R., et al.. (1978). Prehistoric Fortification Systems of Northern Peru. Current Anthropology. 19(3). 618–619. 18 indexed citations

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