Keith F. Otterbein

3.6k total citations
58 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Keith F. Otterbein is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith F. Otterbein has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Keith F. Otterbein's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers), Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (6 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (4 papers). Keith F. Otterbein is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers), Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (6 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (4 papers). Keith F. Otterbein collaborates with scholars based in United States. Keith F. Otterbein's co-authors include Bruce M. Knauft, Robert Knox Dentan, Christopher Boehm, Lars Rodseth, Laura Betzig, Susan Kent, Jonathan D. Hill, Harold B. Barclay, Steve Rayner and Marie-Claude Dupré and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Keith F. Otterbein

54 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith F. Otterbein United States	17	1.2k	608	537	311	251	58	2.1k
Carol R. Ember United States	32	1.5k 1.3×	705 1.2×	749 1.4×	489 1.6×	244 1.0×	104	3.4k
Melvin Ember United States	29	1.0k 0.9×	444 0.7×	413 0.8×	417 1.3×	151 0.6×	85	2.4k
Bruce M. Knauft United States	21	1.1k 1.0×	388 0.6×	278 0.5×	517 1.7×	139 0.6×	50	1.9k
Napoleon A. Chagnon United States	23	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 2.5×	793 1.5×	333 1.1×	204 0.8×	50	3.9k
Allen Johnson United States	20	712 0.6×	239 0.4×	254 0.5×	411 1.3×	180 0.7×	43	2.2k
William Irons United States	15	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 2.2×	669 1.2×	141 0.5×	147 0.6×	32	2.7k
Christopher Boehm United States	24	1.8k 1.5×	896 1.5×	872 1.6×	182 0.6×	216 0.9×	47	2.9k
Ward H. Goodenough United States	23	806 0.7×	398 0.7×	438 0.8×	344 1.1×	244 1.0×	82	2.7k
Thomas N. Headland United States	18	602 0.5×	328 0.5×	395 0.7×	487 1.6×	123 0.5×	39	2.1k
James L. Boone United States	15	489 0.4×	428 0.7×	260 0.5×	153 0.5×	84 0.3×	35	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Otterbein, Keith F.. (2011). The Earliest Evidence for Warfare?. Current Anthropology. 52(3). 439–439. 6 indexed citations

Otterbein, Keith F.. (2011). Warfare and Its Relationship to the Origins of Agriculture. Current Anthropology. 52(2). 267–268. 3 indexed citations

Otterbein, Keith F.. (2004). How War Began. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 52 indexed citations

Harrison, Simon, et al.. (1995). Feuding and Warfare: Selected Works of Keith F. Otterbein.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(3). 665–665. 12 indexed citations

Otterbein, Keith F.. (1994). Ethnic soldiers, messiahs, and cockalorums. Reviews in Anthropology. 23(3). 213–225. 2 indexed citations

Otterbein, Keith F.. (1993). Feuding and Warfare: Selected Works of Keith F. Otterbein. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations

Rodseth, Lars, Richard W. Wrangham, Alisa M. Harrigan, et al.. (1991). The Human Community as a Primate Society [and Comments]. Current Anthropology. 32(3). 221–254. 265 indexed citations

Hoebel, E. Adamson & Keith F. Otterbein. (1988). The Ultimate Coercive Sanction: A Cross-Cultural Study of Capital Punishment.. Man. 23(2). 415–415. 12 indexed citations

Knauft, Bruce M., Martin Daly, Margo Wilson, et al.. (1987). Reconsidering Violence in Simple Human Societies: Homicide among the Gebusi of New Guinea [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 28(4). 457–500. 137 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1985). Feuding— dispute resolution or dispute continuation?. Reviews in Anthropology. 12(1). 73–83. 4 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1979). A cross-cultural study of rape. Aggressive Behavior. 5(4). 425–435. 16 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1977). Warfare. American Behavioral Scientist. 20(5). 693–710. 10 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1976). warfare, territorial expansion, and cultural evolution. American Ethnologist. 3(4). 825–827. 1 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1975). Changing house types in Long Bay Cays : the evolution of folk housing in an out island Bahamian community. 5 indexed citations

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Mair, Lucy & Keith F. Otterbein. (1973). Comparative Cultural Analysis: An Introduction to Anthropology. Man. 8(1). 122–122. 11 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1970). The Developmental Cycle of the Andros Household: A Diachronic Analysis¹. American Anthropologist. 72(6). 1412–1419. 6 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1969). Basic Steps in Conducting a Cross-Cultural Study. 4(3). 221–236. 18 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1968). Higi Armed Combat. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 24(2). 195–213. 11 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1966). OTTERBEIN'S REPLY TO GOODE. American Anthropologist. 68(2). 493–497. 3 indexed citations

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Otterbein, Keith F.. (1964). 56. Principles Governing the Usage of In-Law Terminology on Andros Island, Bahamas. Man. 64. 54–54. 1 indexed citations

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