Margo DeMello

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 672 citations indexed

About

Margo DeMello is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Museology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Margo DeMello has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 672 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Cultural Studies, 2 papers in Museology and 2 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Margo DeMello's work include Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications (3 papers), Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (2 papers). Margo DeMello is often cited by papers focused on Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications (3 papers), Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 papers) and Visual Culture and Art Theory (2 papers). Margo DeMello collaborates with scholars based in United States. Margo DeMello's co-authors include Gayle Rubin, Kenneth Shapiro and Susan Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Western Folklore and Anthropology Today.

In The Last Decade

Margo DeMello

18 papers receiving 574 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.

Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community

2000 155 citations Margo DeMello, Gayle Rubin Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margo DeMello United States	11	415	358	124	100	79	18	672
Nikki Sullivan Slovenia	13	89 0.2×	106 0.3×	114 0.9×	17 0.2×	25 0.3×	34	423
Mel Y. Chen United States	8	324 0.8×	86 0.2×	377 3.0×	18 0.2×	42 0.5×	21	1.0k
Alain Corbin France	14	81 0.2×	48 0.1×	367 3.0×	43 0.4×	47 0.6×	96	1.0k
Pauliina Rautio Finland	14	188 0.5×	49 0.1×	363 2.9×	19 0.2×	50 0.6×	41	743
Frances E. Mascia‐Lees United States	7	87 0.2×	58 0.2×	231 1.9×	25 0.3×	19 0.2×	21	506
Akira Mizuta Lippit United States	9	68 0.2×	45 0.1×	130 1.0×	22 0.2×	68 0.9×	33	582
C. Nadia Seremetakis Greece	8	71 0.2×	42 0.1×	276 2.2×	24 0.2×	37 0.5×	14	667
Stanley Brandes United States	17	78 0.2×	55 0.2×	305 2.5×	9 0.1×	25 0.3×	73	776
Loring M. Danforth United States	11	134 0.3×	83 0.2×	325 2.6×	10 0.1×	14 0.2×	31	743
C. Riley Snorton United States	7	98 0.2×	74 0.2×	313 2.5×	8 0.1×	25 0.3×	22	607

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margo DeMello

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Margo DeMello. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Margo DeMello based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Margo DeMello. Margo DeMello is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

1.

DeMello, Margo. (2021). Animals and Society. Columbia University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

2.

DeMello, Margo. (2021). The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 51(1). 48–50. 3 indexed citations

3.

DeMello, Margo. (2017). Tattoo Traditions of Native North America: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity. Western Folklore. 76(1). 126. 3 indexed citations

4.

DeMello, Margo. (2014). Body Studies: An Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 21 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2013). Body Studies. 6 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2012). Faces around the World. ABC-CLIO eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2010). Becoming Rabbit: Living with and Knowing Rabbits. WBI Studies Repository. 83. 237–252. 3 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo & Kenneth Shapiro. (2010). The State of Human-Animal Studies. Society and Animals. 18(3). 307–318. 69 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2010). Teaching the Animal: Human-Animal Studies across the Disciplines. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2009). Feet and Footwear. 10 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (2007). Encyclopedia of Body Adornment. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo & Gayle Rubin. (2004). Bodies of Inscription. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Susan & Margo DeMello. (2003). Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature. 12 indexed citations

14.

DeMello, Margo. (2000). Bodies of Inscription. 19 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo & Gayle Rubin. (2000). Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 155 indexed citations breakdown →

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DeMello, Margo & Gayle Rubin. (2000). Bodies of Inscription. 129 indexed citations

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DeMello, Margo. (1995). “Not Just For Bikers Anymore”: Popular Representations of American Tattooing. The Journal of Popular Culture. 29(3). 37–52. 101 indexed citations

18.

DeMello, Margo. (1993). The Convict Body: Tattooing Among Male American Prisoners. Anthropology Today. 9(6). 10–10. 77 indexed citations

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