Karen E. Fields

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Fields is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Fields has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Fields's work include Religion, Society, and Development (3 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers) and African history and culture studies (2 papers). Karen E. Fields is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Society, and Development (3 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers) and African history and culture studies (2 papers). Karen E. Fields collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Karen E. Fields's co-authors include Émile Durkheim, Mary Douglas, Donald A. Nielsen, Susan Geiger, T. O. Beidelman, Roger Bastide, Marcel Fournier, Philip Smith, Philippe Besnard and Jeffrey C. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Fields

18 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1996 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
    1996 917 citations Mary Douglas, Émile Durkheim et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  2. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
    1996 497 citations Donald A. Nielsen, Émile Durkheim et al. Sociology of Religion profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen E. Fields United States 11 1.3k 357 250 233 182 19 2.0k
Vincent Crapanzano United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 687 1.9× 332 1.3× 201 0.9× 98 0.5× 56 2.2k
Melford E. Spiro United States 25 977 0.8× 377 1.1× 359 1.4× 427 1.8× 102 0.6× 82 2.2k
Michael Banton United Kingdom 25 1.9k 1.4× 332 0.9× 701 2.8× 167 0.7× 161 0.9× 153 3.1k
Louise Lamphere United States 19 1.3k 1.0× 474 1.3× 297 1.2× 199 0.9× 105 0.6× 66 2.8k
David Chidester South Africa 18 966 0.7× 276 0.8× 197 0.8× 225 1.0× 80 0.4× 80 1.6k
Bruce Kapferer Norway 21 949 0.7× 689 1.9× 417 1.7× 151 0.6× 81 0.4× 77 1.9k
James Laidlaw United Kingdom 14 1.1k 0.8× 743 2.1× 437 1.7× 146 0.6× 66 0.4× 32 2.0k
Don Handelman Israel 20 773 0.6× 359 1.0× 153 0.6× 207 0.9× 39 0.2× 70 1.5k
Keith H. Basso United States 15 515 0.4× 479 1.3× 127 0.5× 177 0.8× 191 1.0× 33 2.1k
Avery F. Gordon United States 13 1.2k 0.9× 245 0.7× 240 1.0× 278 1.2× 52 0.3× 34 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen E. Fields

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Fields, Karen E.. (2016). Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life. Journal of American History. 102(4). 1150–1151. 154 indexed citations
2.
Alexander, Jeffrey C., Jeffrey C. Alexander, Philip Smith, et al.. (2005). The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 57 indexed citations
3.
Fields, Karen E.. (2002). Individuality and the intellectuals: An imaginary conversation between W. E. B. Du Bois and Emile Durkheim. Theory and Society. 31(4). 435–462. 15 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E.. (1999). Durkheim and the Jews of France. Ivan Strenski. The Journal of Religion. 79(1). 172–174. 1 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E. & Mark R. Schneider. (1998). Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920.. Journal of American History. 85(2). 706–706.
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Douglas, Mary, Émile Durkheim, & Karen E. Fields. (1996). The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(4). 467–467. 917 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nielsen, Donald A., Émile Durkheim, & Karen E. Fields. (1996). The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Sociology of Religion. 57(3). 328–328. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fields, Karen E.. (1996). Durkheim and the idea of soul. Theory and Society. 25(2). 193–203. 3 indexed citations
9.
Fields, Karen E. & Judith Rollins. (1996). Between Women: Domestics and Their Employers.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(4). 448–448. 4 indexed citations
10.
Fields, Karen E., et al.. (1989). An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1868-1960. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(1). 174–174. 8 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E., et al.. (1987). Revival and Rebellion in Colonial Central Africa. Sociological Analysis. 47(4). 364–364. 3 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E., et al.. (1987). Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(4). 469–469. 2 indexed citations
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Geiger, Susan & Karen E. Fields. (1986). Revival and Rebellion in Colonial Central Africa.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 15(5). 722–722. 128 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E. & T. O. Beidelman. (1984). Colonial Evangelism: A Socio-Historical Study of an East African Mission at the Grassroots. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 23(1). 102–102. 74 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E., et al.. (1984). Lemon Swamp and Other Places: A Carolina Memoir.. The Journal of Southern History. 50(3). 493–493. 22 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E.. (1982). Political Contingencies of Witchcraft in Colonial Central Africa: Culture and the State in Marxist Theory. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 16(3). 567–567. 12 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E.. (1982). Political Contingencies of Witchcraft in Colonial Central Africa: Culture and the State in Marxist Theory. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 16(3). 567–593. 26 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E. & Roger Bastide. (1981). The African Religions of Brazil.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(1). 141–141. 46 indexed citations
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Fields, Karen E., et al.. (1980). The Clash of Cultures: Christian Missionaries and the Shona of Rhodesia. ASA Review of Books. 6. 39–39. 3 indexed citations

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