Melville J. Herskovits

281 total papers · 11.3k total citations
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 Indigenous Studies and Ecology (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 Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 papers). Melville J. Herskovits collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and United Kingdom. Melville J. Herskovits's co-authors include Marshall H. Segall, Donald T. Campbell, 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

56 papers receiving 1.6k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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 →
The influence of culture on visual perception

1966 454 citations Marshall H. Segall, Donald T. Campbell et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Melville J. Herskovits	734	381	303	258	252	63	2.3k
Edward S. Casey	975 1.3×	255 0.7×	388 1.3×	215 0.8×	153 0.6×	72	2.6k
Steven Feld	579 0.8×	404 1.1×	148 0.5×	234 0.9×	246 1.0×	68	2.5k
Ruth Finnegan	868 1.2×	501 1.3×	121 0.4×	233 0.9×	120 0.5×	108	2.9k
Jean‐Paul Sartre	844 1.1×	143 0.4×	427 1.4×	334 1.3×	311 1.2×	98	3.0k
Jennifer Cole	750 1.0×	272 0.7×	301 1.0×	234 0.9×	124 0.5×	45	2.3k
Ward H. Goodenough	811 1.1×	346 0.9×	440 1.5×	419 1.6×	69 0.3×	83	2.7k
A. L. Kroeber	952 1.3×	401 1.1×	619 2.0×	180 0.7×	57 0.2×	75	3.2k
Lionel Tiger	709 1.0×	168 0.4×	305 1.0×	242 0.9×	78 0.3×	44	1.8k
Paul Bohannan	755 1.0×	439 1.2×	217 0.7×	143 0.6×	62 0.2×	75	2.1k
Melford E. Spiro	977 1.3×	377 1.0×	427 1.4×	176 0.7×	60 0.2×	83	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Melville J. Herskovits

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melville J. Herskovits

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melville J. Herskovits

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