Leopold Pospíšil

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 865 citations indexed

About

Leopold Pospíšil is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Law and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Leopold Pospíšil has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 865 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 7 papers in Law and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Leopold Pospíšil's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers), Law in Society and Culture (6 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 papers). Leopold Pospíšil is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (11 papers), Law in Society and Culture (6 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (6 papers). Leopold Pospíšil collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. Leopold Pospíšil's co-authors include Ronald M. Pipkin, John Hartung, Eugenie C. Scott, William D. Wilder, Mildred Dickemann, John Maynard Smith, Boris Skalka, Tommy Carlstein, Charles J. Erasmus and P. T. W. Baxter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Social Forces and Journal of Conflict Resolution.

In The Last Decade

Leopold Pospíšil

38 papers receiving 631 citations

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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.

Anthropology of Law: A Comparative Theory.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leopold Pospíšil United States	13	270	124	101	100	94	47	865
Jane F. Collier United States	17	468 1.7×	124 1.0×	256 2.5×	21 0.2×	106 1.1×	43	1.1k
John Western United States	10	462 1.7×	59 0.5×	93 0.9×	22 0.2×	89 0.9×	27	899
Judith Okely United Kingdom	12	408 1.5×	60 0.5×	91 0.9×	30 0.3×	29 0.3×	35	856
Phillip R. Kunz United States	14	591 2.2×	17 0.1×	113 1.1×	100 1.0×	138 1.5×	44	1.3k
Joan Vincent United States	14	529 2.0×	110 0.9×	256 2.5×	19 0.2×	74 0.8×	41	1.2k
I. Schapera United Kingdom	18	412 1.5×	88 0.7×	86 0.9×	22 0.2×	46 0.5×	63	899
Lyndon Harries United States	8	274 1.0×	17 0.1×	78 0.8×	108 1.1×	57 0.6×	36	667
David C. Itzkowitz United States	9	330 1.2×	71 0.6×	118 1.2×	13 0.1×	18 0.2×	11	932
Alexander Alland United States	13	322 1.2×	14 0.1×	71 0.7×	74 0.7×	40 0.4×	50	1.0k
Rhoda E. Howard Canada	16	618 2.3×	110 0.9×	273 2.7×	45 0.5×	36 0.4×	55	1.0k

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Pospíšil, Leopold, et al.. (2004). DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVIDENCE OF CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE IN PATIENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT STENOSIS OF A. CAROTIS OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC ORIGIN. 77(3).

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Pospíšil, Leopold, et al.. (2004). Chlamydiae in the ejaculate: their influence on the quality and morphology of sperm. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 83(7). 656–660. 57 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (2001). Corrections of a Reappraisal of Leopold Pospisil. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law. 33(46). 115–120. 2 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold, et al.. (1993). Sprache, Symbole und Symbolverwendungen in Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Religion und Recht : Festschrift für Rüdiger Schott zum 65. Geburtstag. Duncker & Humblot eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1984). Myths in political anthropology. Reviews in Anthropology. 11(1). 20–28. 2 indexed citations

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Skalka, Boris, et al.. (1983). Further observations of corynebacterium renale as an indicator organism in the detection of the exfoliation-positive strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene 1 Abt Originale A Medizinische Mikrobiologie Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie. 256(2). 168–174. 20 indexed citations

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Hartung, John, Mildred Dickemann, Leopold Pospíšil, et al.. (1982). Polygyny and Inheritance of Wealth [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 23(1). 1–12. 136 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1976). General, Applied, and Theoretical: Power, Law, and Society: A Study of the Will to Power and the Will to Law. Edgar Bodenheimer. American Anthropologist. 78(2). 402–403.

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Pospíšil, Leopold, et al.. (1976). Die lipolytische Aktivität einiger Candida-Arten. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene Zweite Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung Allgemeine Landwirtschaftliche und Technische Mikrobiologie. 131(8). 692–696. 1 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1969). Law among the Kapauku of Netherlands New Guinea. University Microfilms International eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1967). Legal levels and multiplicity of legal systems in human societies. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 11(1). 2–26. 34 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1966). : Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society . Max Gluckman.. American Anthropologist. 68(6). 1521–1524. 1 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1965). A Formal Analysis of Substantive Law: Kapauku Papuan Laws of Land Tenure¹. American Anthropologist. 67(5). 186–214. 5 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1965). ETHNOLOGY: Die Papua: Von der Kultur eines Naturvolks. Gottfried Oosterwal. American Anthropologist. 67(3). 817–818. 2 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold & William S. Laughlin. (1963). Kinship Terminology and Kindred among the Nunamiut Eskimo. Ethnology. 2(2). 180–180. 4 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1961). THE KAPAUKU PAPUANS AND THEIR KINSHIP ORGANIZATION. Oceania. 32(1). 71–71.

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1960). Papuan Social Structure: Rejoinder to Leach. American Anthropologist. 62(4). 690–691. 2 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1959). Agglutinations-, Komplementbindungs- und Hämagglutinationsreaktion bei der Bestimmung von Candida-Arten. Dermatology. 118(2). 65–73. 5 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1958). Kapauku Papuans and their law. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 88 indexed citations

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Pospíšil, Leopold. (1958). Social Change and Primitive Law: Consequences of a Papuan Legal Case*. American Anthropologist. 60(5). 832–837. 34 indexed citations

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