Melville J. Herskovits

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Melville J. Herskovits is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Melville J. Herskovits has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Melville J. Herskovits's work include African history and culture studies (4 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 papers). Melville J. Herskovits is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (4 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (3 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 papers). Melville J. Herskovits collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and United Kingdom. Melville J. Herskovits's co-authors include Donald T. Campbell, Marshall H. Segall, Raymond Firth, Frances S. Herskovits, Walter Goldschmidt, Harold K. Schneider, J. E. Goldthorpe, Mitchell Harwitz, Philip W. Porter and Monica Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Melville J. Herskovits

57 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Myth of the Negro Past 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 1966 100 200 300 400
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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. The Myth of the Negro Past
    1961 490 citations Melville J. Herskovits Babel Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation / Revista Internacional de Traducción profile →
  2. The influence of culture on visual perception
    1966 454 citations Marshall H. Segall, Donald T. Campbell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melville J. Herskovits United States 19 733 379 302 258 252 63 2.3k
Paul Bohannan United States 22 753 1.0× 436 1.2× 223 0.7× 142 0.6× 62 0.2× 75 2.2k
Ward H. Goodenough United States 23 806 1.1× 344 0.9× 438 1.5× 398 1.5× 69 0.3× 82 2.7k
Jean‐Paul Sartre France 23 850 1.2× 143 0.4× 428 1.4× 332 1.3× 313 1.2× 98 3.0k
Raoul Naroll United States 21 581 0.8× 311 0.8× 415 1.4× 302 1.2× 37 0.1× 58 2.0k
Wade Baskin 8 654 0.9× 138 0.4× 241 0.8× 540 2.1× 178 0.7× 17 3.1k
D. W. Hamlyn United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.5× 179 0.5× 368 1.2× 274 1.1× 263 1.0× 89 3.4k
Lionel Tiger United States 14 701 1.0× 167 0.4× 306 1.0× 242 0.9× 78 0.3× 43 1.8k
Maurice Natanson United States 17 706 1.0× 83 0.2× 356 1.2× 289 1.1× 160 0.6× 71 2.3k
Kathleen McLaughlin 7 829 1.1× 171 0.5× 298 1.0× 406 1.6× 78 0.3× 8 2.9k
Ruth Finnegan United Kingdom 27 871 1.2× 497 1.3× 119 0.4× 233 0.9× 118 0.5× 108 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (2016). Some Problems of Land Tenure in Contemporary Africat. Land Economics. 28(1). 30–36. 1 indexed citations
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Schneider, Harold K., et al.. (1968). Economic anthropology : readings in theory and analysis. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 77 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1967). Pesquisas etnológicas na Bahia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1965). L'Afrique et les Africains : entre hier et demain. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1963). In memoriam Melville J. Herskovits. Présence Africaine. N° XLVI(2). 251–252.
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Cohen, Ronald & Melville J. Herskovits. (1963). The Human Factor in Changing Africa. Ethnohistory. 10(3). 304–304. 6 indexed citations
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Segall, Marshall H., Donald T. Campbell, & Melville J. Herskovits. (1963). Cultural Differences in the Perception of Geometric Illusions. Science. 139(3556). 769–771. 183 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J., et al.. (1962). L'héritage du noir, mythe et Réalite. 1 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1961). The Myth of the Negro Past. Babel Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation / Revista Internacional de Traducción. 7(4). 164–167. 490 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herskovits, Melville J. & Monica Wilson. (1960). Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa. Journal of American Folklore. 73(290). 341–341. 18 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1960). The Ahistorical Approach to Afroamerican Studies: A Critique*. American Anthropologist. 62(4). 559–568. 11 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1959). Past Developments and Present Currents in Ethnology. American Anthropologist. 61(3). 389–398. 2 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J., et al.. (1959). Prepared Comments. Journal of American Folklore. 72(285). 216–216. 1 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1959). The Panan, an Afrobahian Religious Rite of Transition. Caribbean Quarterly. 5(4). 276–283. 2 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J. & Paul Radin. (1957). The Trickster, a Study in American Indian Mythology. Journal of American Folklore. 70(277). 280–280. 16 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1956). The Social Organization of the Afrobrazilian Candomble. 17(2). 147–147. 3 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J., et al.. (1955). Franz Boas: The Science of Man in the Making. Journal of American Folklore. 68(267). 94–94. 49 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1953). Economic Anthropology. Revista Mexicana de Sociología. 15(1). 139–139. 14 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1952). Some Problems of Land Tenure in Contemporary Africa. Land Economics. 28(1). 37–37. 3 indexed citations
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Herskovits, Melville J.. (1951). Tender- and Tough-Minded Anthropology and the Study of Values in Culture. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 7(1). 22–31. 8 indexed citations

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