Marian W. Smith

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 466 citations indexed

About

Marian W. Smith is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marian W. Smith has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 466 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Anthropology, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Marian W. Smith's work include Indian History and Philosophy (3 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 papers). Marian W. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Indian History and Philosophy (3 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 papers). Marian W. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Marian W. Smith's co-authors include M. N. Srinivas, Margaret Mead, S. K. Srivastava, McKim Marriott, Robert R. Redfield, Milton Singer, Thor Heyerdahl and George Kubler and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Geographical Journal and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Marian W. Smith

21 papers receiving 334 citations

Hit Papers

Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India
    1953 229 citations Marian W. Smith, M. N. Srinivas British Journal of Sociology profile →

Peers

Marian W. Smith
F. B. Welbourn United Kingdom
Judith Campbell
M. G. Marwick South Africa
T. O. Beidelman
Juliet du Boulay
Orest Ranum United States
Stanley A. Freed United States
R. G. Willis
David K. Jordan United States
Joseph M. Kitagawa United States
F. B. Welbourn United Kingdom
Marian W. Smith
Citations per year, relative to Marian W. Smith Marian W. Smith (= 1×) peers F. B. Welbourn

Countries citing papers authored by Marian W. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marian W. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marian W. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marian W. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marian W. Smith 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 Marian W. Smith. Marian W. Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Marian W., et al.. (1996). Turtles and tourists: a hands-on experience of conservation for sixth formers from King's College, Taunton, on the Ionian Island of Zakynthos. Journal of Biological Education. 30(2). 120–128. 5 indexed citations
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Kubler, George & Marian W. Smith. (1962). 92. Man. 62. 59–59.
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Smith, Marian W.. (1960). Mandan "History" as Reflected in Butterfly's Winter Count. Ethnohistory. 7(3). 199–199. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W. & S. K. Srivastava. (1959). The Tharus: A Study in Culture Dynamics. British Journal of Sociology. 10(4). 384–384. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1959). 27. Towards a Classification of Cult Movements: Some Further Contributions. III. Man. 59. 28–28. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1959). The Importance of Folklore Studies to Anthropology. Folklore. 70(1). 300–312. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W. & Thor Heyerdahl. (1958). The Enigma of Easter Island: Review. Geographical Journal. 124(3). 384–384. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W., et al.. (1958). Gandhi in Free India: A Socio-Economic Study. British Journal of Sociology. 9(2). 195–195. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W., et al.. (1958). The Twice-Born: A Study of a Community of High-Caste Hindus. British Journal of Sociology. 9(1). 107–107. 75 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W., et al.. (1957). Where the Gods Are Mountains: Three Years among the People of the Himalayas. Geographical Journal. 123(2). 246–246.
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Smith, Marian W. & Margaret Mead. (1957). New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation, Manus, 1928-1953. Geographical Journal. 123(2). 254–254. 54 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1956). The Cultural Development of the Northwest Coast. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 12(3). 272–294. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1954). Attributes and the Discovery of Projectile Point Types: With Data from the Columbia-Fraser Region. American Antiquity. 20(1). 15–26. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1954). 181. Shamanism in the Shaker Religion of Northwest America. Man. 54. 119–119. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W. & M. N. Srinivas. (1953). Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India. British Journal of Sociology. 4(4). 376–376. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Marian W.. (1952). The Misal: A Structural Village‐Group of India and Pakistan1. American Anthropologist. 54(1). 41–56. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W., et al.. (1952). Culture and Personality. Marriage and Family Living. 14(1). 81–81. 12 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1952). Different Cultural Concepts of Past, Present, and Future†. Psychiatry. 15(4). 395–400. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Marian W.. (1951). AMERICAN INDIAN WARFARE*. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 13(8 Series II). 348–365. 8 indexed citations

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