Max Gluckman

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Max Gluckman is a scholar working on Law, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Gluckman has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Law, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Max Gluckman's work include African history and culture analysis (10 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and African history and culture studies (6 papers). Max Gluckman is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (10 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and African history and culture studies (6 papers). Max Gluckman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Tanzania. Max Gluckman's co-authors include Samuel Enoch Stumpf, K. O. L. Burridge, P. H. Gulliver, Meyer Fortes, Daryll Forde, Audrey I. Richards, Victor Turner, E. Adamson Hoebel, A. S. Diamond and Maurice Freedman and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Scientific American and Geographical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Max Gluckman

56 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Custom and Conflict in Africa 1955 2026 1978 2002 1955 1963 1956 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Gluckman United Kingdom 24 1.4k 760 498 323 182 66 3.0k
Lucy Mair United Kingdom 32 1.3k 0.9× 883 1.2× 522 1.0× 140 0.4× 91 0.5× 180 3.0k
P. H. Gulliver Canada 24 858 0.6× 466 0.6× 376 0.8× 202 0.6× 100 0.5× 57 2.1k
Sally Falk Moore United States 25 1.7k 1.2× 853 1.1× 889 1.8× 602 1.9× 141 0.8× 70 3.7k
Adam Kuper United Kingdom 27 1.3k 0.9× 957 1.3× 381 0.8× 119 0.4× 150 0.8× 136 2.7k
Laura Nader United States 24 1.2k 0.9× 409 0.5× 657 1.3× 492 1.5× 98 0.5× 96 2.7k
E. E. Evans‐Pritchard United Kingdom 22 2.5k 1.8× 1.2k 1.6× 723 1.5× 66 0.2× 410 2.3× 112 5.5k
Edmund Leach United States 35 2.2k 1.5× 1.4k 1.8× 1.1k 2.1× 47 0.1× 306 1.7× 130 5.2k
Robert M. Hayden United States 21 1.3k 0.9× 484 0.6× 924 1.9× 118 0.4× 110 0.6× 83 2.6k
Eric Hobsbawm United Kingdom 13 2.7k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 1.2k 2.3× 87 0.3× 323 1.8× 37 5.1k
E. Adamson Hoebel United States 15 484 0.3× 226 0.3× 210 0.4× 258 0.8× 83 0.5× 48 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Gluckman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Gluckman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Max Gluckman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Max Gluckman 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 Max Gluckman. Max Gluckman 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
1.
Gluckman, Max & Sally Falk Moore. (2017). Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society. 20 indexed citations
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Gluckman, Max. (2009). Costumbre y conflicto en África. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations
3.
Gluckman, Max. (2004). Order and rebellion in tribal Africa : collected essays with an autobiographical introduction. Routledge eBooks. 22 indexed citations
4.
Gluckman, Max, et al.. (1976). Freedom and constraint : a memorial tribute to Max Gluckman. 7 indexed citations
5.
Gluckman, Max. (1975). Datos etnográficos en la antropología social inglesa. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 141–152. 1 indexed citations
6.
Gluckman, Max. (1975). Specificity of social-anthropological studies of ritual.. PubMed. 2(1-2). 1–17. 10 indexed citations
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Gluckman, Max. (1974). The Individual in a Social Framework: The Rise of King Shaka of Zululand. Journal of African studies. 1(2). 113–144. 6 indexed citations
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Gluckman, Max. (1974). African traditional law in historical perspective. 2 indexed citations
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Hirst, Martin, Max Gluckman, G. Kingsley Garbett, et al.. (1973). ‘Town and Country in Central and Eastern Africa’. Africa. 43(1). 72–72. 9 indexed citations
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Firth, Raymond, E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, Edmund Leach, et al.. (1967). Institutionen in primitiven Gesellschaften. Suhrkamp eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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MacIntyre, Alasdair & Max Gluckman. (1967). Closed Systems and Open Minds: The Limits of Naivety in Social Anthropology.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 17(69). 371–371. 33 indexed citations
12.
Gulliver, P. H. & Max Gluckman. (1966). The Ideas in Barotse Jurisprudence.. Man. 1(3). 414–414. 112 indexed citations
13.
Gluckman, Max. (1964). Systèmes politiques africains. Presses Universitaires de France eBooks. 1 indexed citations
14.
Gluckman, Max. (1963). Civil War and Theories of Power in Barotseland: African and Medieval Analogies. The Yale Law Journal. 72(8). 1515–1515. 2 indexed citations
15.
Gluckman, Max. (1963). Papers in Honor of Melville J. Herskovits: Gossip and Scandal. Current Anthropology. 4(3). 307–316. 465 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoebel, E. Adamson, et al.. (1961). Three Studies in African Law. Stanford Law Review. 13(2). 418–418. 9 indexed citations
17.
Gluckman, Max. (1960). Medicine and Magic among the Mashona. African Affairs. 59(237). 342–343. 1 indexed citations
18.
Gluckman, Max. (1956). Social anthropology in Central Africa. Manchester University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Gluckman, Max & James G. March. (1956). In Reply. Stanford Law Review. 8(4). 767–767. 1 indexed citations
20.
Gluckman, Max. (1955). Economic Development and Tribal Change: A Study of Immigrant Labour in Buganda. International Affairs. 31(1). 117–118. 5 indexed citations

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