Marvin Harris

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Marvin Harris is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marvin Harris has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Marvin Harris's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (2 papers) and Medicine and Dermatology Studies History (1 paper). Marvin Harris is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (2 papers), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock (2 papers) and Medicine and Dermatology Studies History (1 paper). Marvin Harris collaborates with scholars based in United States. Marvin Harris's co-authors include Morton H. Fried, Eric Β. Ross, William Petersen, L. R. Sprott, D.W. Forrest, R.L. Ax, Janice Oyarzo, James A. Young, M. E. Bellin and Bonnie Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Animal Science and Population and Development Review.

In The Last Decade

Marvin Harris

19 papers receiving 789 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Primitive social organization : an evolutionary perspective

1962 440 citations Morton H. Fried, Marvin Harris Random House eBooks profile →

Peers

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R. Brian Ferguson United States

William C. Sturtevant United States

James Woodburn United Kingdom

Valda Blundell Canada

David E. Stuart Guatemala

Richard Borshay Lee Canada

Gerardo Reichel‐Dolmatoff Colombia

Lorna Marshall United States

Alice Β. Kehoe United States

Julian H. Steward United States

R. Brian Ferguson United States

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340 ×1.2

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204 ×0.8

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100 ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Marvin Harris

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marvin Harris

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marvin Harris

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sprott, L. R., Marvin Harris, D.W. Forrest, et al.. (2000). Artificial insemination outcomes in beef females using bovine sperm with a detectable fertility-associated antigen.. Journal of Animal Science. 78(4). 795–795. 32 indexed citations

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Sprott, L. R., et al.. (1998). Pregnancy to Artificial Insemination in Beef Cows as Affected by Body Condition and Number of Services. The Professional Animal Scientist. 14(4). 231–235. 4 indexed citations

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Martin, John, E. A. Hammel, Marvin Harris, et al.. (1994). Changing Sex Ratios: The History of Havasupai Fertility and Its Implications for Human Sex Ratio Variation [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 35(3). 255–280. 16 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin. (1992). The Rise of Anthorpological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture. Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California).

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Harris, Marvin & Eric Β. Ross. (1991). Muerte, sexo y fecundidad: la regulación demográfica en las sociedades preindustriales y en desarrollo. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 2 indexed citations

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Fox, Bonnie, Marvin Harris, & Eric Β. Ross. (1988). Death, Sex, and Fertility: Population Regulation in Preindustrial, and Developing Societies. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 17(2). 197–197. 8 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin & Eric Β. Ross. (1987). Food and evolution : toward a theory of human food habits. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 247 indexed citations

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Petersen, William, Marvin Harris, & Eric Β. Ross. (1987). Death, Sex, and Fertility: Population Regulation in Preindustrial and Developing Societies.. Population and Development Review. 13(4). 742–742. 32 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin & Eric Β. Ross. (1987). Death, Sex, and Fertility. Population Regulation in Preindustrial and Developing Societies. Columbia University Press eBooks. 49 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin & Eric Β. Ross. (1987). Food and Evolution. 45 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin & Eric Β. Ross. (1987). Death, sex, and fertility. 16 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin. (1982). El materialismo cultural. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 28 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin. (1980). Vacas, cerdos, guerras y brujas: los enigmas de la cultura. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13 indexed citations

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Simoons, Frederick J., A. K. Chakravarti, Paul Diener, et al.. (1979). Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(3). 467–493. 24 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin, et al.. (1978). El desarrollo de la teoría antropológica. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 14 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin & Maurice Bloch. (1978). Marxist Analyses and Social Anthropology. Man. 13(3). 483–483. 4 indexed citations

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Fried, Morton H. & Marvin Harris. (1962). Primitive social organization : an evolutionary perspective. Random House eBooks. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harris, Marvin. (1960). Labour Emigration among the Moçambique Thonga: A Reply to Sr. Rita-Ferreira. Africa. 30(3). 243–245. 7 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin. (1960). Portugal's African wards : a first-hand report on labor and education in Moçambique. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Harris, Marvin. (1959). Labour Emigration among the Moçambique Thonga: Cultural and Political Factors. Africa. 29(1). 50–66. 26 indexed citations

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