Jonathan Spencer

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Spencer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Spencer has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 15 papers in Anthropology and 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Spencer's work include Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (14 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (10 papers). Jonathan Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (14 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (10 papers). Jonathan Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sri Lanka. Jonathan Spencer's co-authors include Claudia Martínez Gómez, Lowell W. Busenitz, Bruce Kapferer, Alan Barnard, K. J. Kirby, C. J. Fuller, Richard Burghart, Paul M. Dolman, Nicholas B. Dirks and Bart Klem and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Academy of Management Journal and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Spencer

51 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

COUNTRY INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES: UNLOCKING ENTREPRENEURIAL PHENOMENA.

2000 923 citations Jonathan Spencer et al. Academy of Management Journal profile →
Legends of People, Myths of State: Violence, Intolerance, and Political Culture in Sri Lanka and Australia.

1989 328 citations Jonathan Spencer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Spencer	786	662	423	392	368	58	2.4k
J. Clyde Mitchell	970 1.2×	128 0.2×	182 0.4×	238 0.6×	168 0.5×	37	2.3k
Raymond A. Dart	594 0.8×	463 0.7×	27 0.1×	409 1.0×	395 1.1×	54	1.8k
Frederic L. Pryor	598 0.8×	107 0.2×	448 1.1×	51 0.1×	67 0.2×	148	2.1k
Susan Wright	1.1k 1.4×	54 0.1×	870 2.1×	146 0.4×	220 0.6×	97	3.0k
Anthony Oberschall	2.0k 2.5×	75 0.1×	933 2.2×	99 0.3×	112 0.3×	69	3.1k
Cris Shore	1.6k 2.0×	59 0.1×	1.4k 3.2×	340 0.9×	311 0.8×	86	4.0k
David Arnold	975 1.2×	33 0.0×	500 1.2×	707 1.8×	164 0.4×	149	3.0k
S. Ν. Eisenstadt	2.3k 2.9×	52 0.1×	1.1k 2.5×	352 0.9×	224 0.6×	171	4.0k
Fletcher Linder	856 1.1×	399 0.6×	374 0.9×	23 0.1×	154 0.4×	7	2.7k
Sarah Turner	1.3k 1.7×	57 0.1×	710 1.7×	88 0.2×	45 0.1×	142	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Spencer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Spencer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Spencer

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All Works

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Green, Rhys E., Mark A. Taggart, Deborah J. Pain, et al.. (2025). The proportion of common pheasants shot using lead shotgun ammunition in Britain has barely changed over five years of voluntary efforts to switch from lead to non-lead ammunition. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 22. 18–25.

Sherlaw‐Johnson, Chris, Theo Georghiou, Sarah Orleans Reed, et al.. (2024). Investigating innovations in outpatient services: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(38). 1–162.

Fulop, Naomi, Melissa Hill, Jean Ledger, et al.. (2023). Rapid evaluation of the Special Measures for Quality and challenged provider regimes: a mixed-methods study. PubMed. 11(19). 1–139.

Green, Rhys E., Mark A. Taggart, Deborah J. Pain, et al.. (2021). Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 18. 1–9. 14 indexed citations

Kelly, Tobias, et al.. (2020). Introduction: the intimate life of dissent. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

Hudson, Joanna L., Rona Moss‐Morris, Sam Norton, et al.. (2017). Tailored online cognitive behavioural therapy with or without therapist support calls to target psychological distress in adults receiving haemodialysis: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 102. 61–70. 26 indexed citations

Spencer, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace in Eastern Sri Lanka. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 3 indexed citations

Spencer, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque. Pluto Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations

Spencer, Jonathan, et al.. (2014). Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 11 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan, et al.. (2013). Achieving landscape‐scale deer management for biodiversity conservation: The need to consider sources and sinks. Journal of Wildlife Management. 77(4). 726–736. 30 indexed citations

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Norgaard, Martin, et al.. (2013). Testing cognitive theories by creating a pattern-based probabilistic algorithm for melody and rhythm in jazz improvisation.. Psychomusicology Music Mind and Brain. 23(4). 243–254. 12 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2010). Comment on P. Werbner. Notes from a small place: anthropological blues in the face of global terror. Current Anthropology. 1 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2010). The Perils of Engagement. Current Anthropology. 51(S2). S289–S299. 14 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2008). A Nationalism without Politics?The illiberal consequences of liberal institutions in Sri Lanka. Third World Quarterly. 29(3). 611–629. 19 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2007). Anthropological Order and Political Disorder. 1 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2004). Buying and Believing: Sri Lankan Advertising and Consumers in a Transnational World. American Anthropologist. 106(1). 193–195. 2 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (2001). HOW RELEVANT IS UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCH TO PRIVATE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FIRMS? A UNITED STATES-JAPAN COMPARISON.. Academy of Management Journal. 44(2). 432–440. 75 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (1997). Fatima and the Enchanted Toffees: An Essay on Contingency, Narrative and Therapy. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 3(4). 693–693. 11 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan. (1994). La democracia como sistema cultural. Escenas de las elecciones de 1982 en Sri Lanka. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 5–28. 2 indexed citations

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Spencer, Jonathan & K. J. Kirby. (1992). An inventory of ancient woodland for England and Wales. Biological Conservation. 62(2). 77–93. 131 indexed citations

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