Melford E. Spiro

4.4k total citations
82 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Melford E. Spiro is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Melford E. Spiro has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Melford E. Spiro's work include Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (18 papers), Asian Studies and History (10 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (9 papers). Melford E. Spiro is often cited by papers focused on Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (18 papers), Asian Studies and History (10 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (9 papers). Melford E. Spiro collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Melford E. Spiro's co-authors include Dell Hymes, John P. Ferguson, Edmund Leach, John F. Cady, Derek Freeman, Edwin G. Burrows, Roy G. D’Andrade, Richard D. Schwartz, David W. McCurdy and Frank Meißner and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Electrochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Melford E. Spiro

77 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melford E. Spiro United States 25 977 427 377 359 179 82 2.2k
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States 15 1.2k 1.3× 400 0.9× 612 1.6× 377 1.1× 167 0.9× 22 3.2k
Gananath Obeyesekere United States 25 753 0.8× 245 0.6× 686 1.8× 456 1.3× 216 1.2× 74 1.9k
Alan Dundes United States 31 675 0.7× 277 0.6× 389 1.0× 173 0.5× 281 1.6× 146 2.6k
Léon S. Roudiez United States 9 1.7k 1.8× 404 0.9× 323 0.9× 405 1.1× 646 3.6× 32 5.0k
Max Gluckman United Kingdom 24 1.4k 1.5× 182 0.4× 760 2.0× 498 1.4× 108 0.6× 66 3.0k
Vincent Crapanzano United States 20 1.0k 1.1× 201 0.5× 687 1.8× 332 0.9× 256 1.4× 56 2.2k
George W. Stocking United States 29 1.4k 1.4× 267 0.6× 1.2k 3.1× 354 1.0× 173 1.0× 127 3.8k
Raymond Firth United Kingdom 25 870 0.9× 157 0.4× 445 1.2× 216 0.6× 107 0.6× 112 2.4k
Edward M. Bruner United States 20 2.2k 2.3× 359 0.8× 646 1.7× 247 0.7× 153 0.9× 58 3.8k
Teresa de Lauretis United States 21 1.5k 1.5× 368 0.9× 235 0.6× 303 0.8× 445 2.5× 83 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melford E. Spiro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melford E. Spiro

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spiro, Melford E.. (2017). Gender & Culture. 1 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1996). Narcissus in Asia. Ethos. 24(1). 165–191. 7 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E., et al.. (1993). Anthropological Other or Burmese Brother: Studies in Cultural Analysis.. Pacific Affairs. 66(4). 611–611. 13 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1993). Is the Western Conception of the Self “Peculiar” within the Context of the World Cultures?. Ethos. 21(2). 107–153. 242 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1982). Buddhism and Society. 84 indexed citations
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Leach, Edmund & Melford E. Spiro. (1979). Kinship and Marriage in Burma. A Cultural and Psychodynamic Analysis.. Pacific Affairs. 52(1). 160–160. 17 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1979). Gender and culture. 1 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1979). Whatever Happened to the Id?. American Anthropologist. 81(1). 5–13. 16 indexed citations
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Cady, John F. & Melford E. Spiro. (1973). Buddhism and Society.. Pacific Affairs. 46(4). 604–604. 51 indexed citations
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Leach, Edmund & Melford E. Spiro. (1968). Burmese Supernaturalism: A Study in the Explanation and Reduction of Suffering.. Pacific Affairs. 41(2). 297–297. 48 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1966). A Reply to Chaney or It All Depends on Whose Ox Is Being Gored. American Anthropologist. 68(6). 1471–1474. 2 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1966). Buddhism and Economic Action in Burma1. American Anthropologist. 68(5). 1163–1173. 50 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1964). Causes, Functions, and Cross-Cousin Marriage: An Essay in Anthropological Explanation. 94(1). 30–30. 4 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E., et al.. (1961). Mixture potentials: The systems ferricyanide-ferrocyanide and iodine-iodide at platinum electrodes. Electrochimica Acta. 3(4). 264–269. 2 indexed citations
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Burrows, Edwin G. & Melford E. Spiro. (1957). An atoll culture : ethnography of Ifaluk in the central Carolines. 34 indexed citations
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Meißner, Frank & Melford E. Spiro. (1957). Kibbutz--Venture in Utopia. Journal of Farm Economics. 39(1). 206–206. 15 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Richard D., et al.. (1956). Kibbutz: Venture in Utopia.. American Sociological Review. 21(6). 803–803. 46 indexed citations
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Burrows, Edwin G., et al.. (1955). 98. Man. 55. 79–79. 1 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1954). Human Nature in Its Psychological Dimensions*. American Anthropologist. 56(1). 19–20. 6 indexed citations
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Spiro, Melford E.. (1951). Some Ifaluk Myths and Folk Tales. Journal of American Folklore. 64(253). 289–289. 2 indexed citations

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