Michael Banton

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Banton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Banton has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Banton's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers), Australian History and Society (2 papers) and Policing Practices and Perceptions (2 papers). Michael Banton is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 papers), Australian History and Society (2 papers) and Policing Practices and Perceptions (2 papers). Michael Banton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Michael Banton's co-authors include Edmund Leach, Donald L. Horowitz, J. A. Barnes, Zygmunt Bauman, Gregory P. Stone, Margaret Mead, John S. Haller, Georges Gurvitch, Donley T. Studlar and John Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Banton

54 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology.

1966 347 citations Michael Banton et al. Man profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Banton United Kingdom	20	1.1k	462	214	188	138	62	1.9k
W. D. Halls United Kingdom	8	1.2k 1.0×	467 1.0×	391 1.8×	186 1.0×	172 1.2×	39	2.6k
Manning Nash United States	17	870 0.8×	438 0.9×	326 1.5×	207 1.1×	83 0.6×	62	1.8k
Peter Loïzos United Kingdom	22	1.0k 0.9×	282 0.6×	475 2.2×	189 1.0×	139 1.0×	62	2.2k
Hans H. Gerth	6	1.3k 1.1×	585 1.3×	154 0.7×	153 0.8×	96 0.7×	17	2.3k
P. H. Gulliver Canada	24	858 0.8×	376 0.8×	466 2.2×	102 0.5×	103 0.7×	57	2.1k
Jérémy Boissevain Netherlands	19	1.1k 1.0×	210 0.5×	200 0.9×	244 1.3×	128 0.9×	66	1.9k
Donald N. Levine United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	578 1.3×	238 1.1×	89 0.5×	117 0.8×	73	2.6k
Michael Banton United Kingdom	25	1.9k 1.6×	701 1.5×	332 1.6×	204 1.1×	149 1.1×	153	3.1k
Raymond Firth United Kingdom	25	870 0.8×	216 0.5×	445 2.1×	278 1.5×	125 0.9×	112	2.4k
Marc Augé France	18	1.1k 1.0×	263 0.6×	264 1.2×	125 0.7×	169 1.2×	124	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Banton

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Michael Banton's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Michael Banton with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Michael Banton more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Banton

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Banton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Banton. The network helps show where Michael Banton may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Banton

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Banton, Michael. (2013). The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology. 2 indexed citations

2.

Banton, Michael. (2011). Religion, faith, and intersectionality. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 34(7). 1248–1253. 3 indexed citations

3.

Banton, Michael. (2007). Comparing Social Mobility. Ethnicities. 7(1). 146–150.

4.

Banton, Michael. (2005). Genomics and race: Vexed questions. Anthropology Today. 21(4). 3–4. 2 indexed citations

5.

Banton, Michael. (1994). El potencial de la convención internacional sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación racial. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 23–30.

6.

Banton, Michael. (1987). The Classification of Races in Europe and North America: 1700-1850.. International Social Science Journal. 39(1). 45–60. 9 indexed citations

7.

Banton, Michael. (1973). Intergroup Relations: Sociological Perspectives. Sociology. 7(3). 485–485. 3 indexed citations

8.

Banton, Michael. (1972). Labour-Management Relations in an American Police Department. The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles. 45(4). 302–311. 3 indexed citations

9.

Banton, Michael. (1970). Authority in the Mass Society. The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles. 43(7). 319–323. 1 indexed citations

10.

Banton, Michael. (1970). Authority and Police Science. The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles. 43(8). 367–376. 1 indexed citations

11.

Banton, Michael, John W. Bennett, Ronald Cohen, et al.. (1968). Anthropological Theory, Cultural Pluralism, and the Study of Complex Societies [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 9(1). 3–26. 24 indexed citations

12.

Banton, Michael & Margaret Mead. (1968). Science and the Concept of Race.. Man. 3(4). 663–663. 50 indexed citations

13.

Banton, Michael, et al.. (1966). Roles: An Introduction to the Study of Social Relations.. Social Forces. 45(1). 125–125. 11 indexed citations

14.

Banton, Michael, et al.. (1966). Political Systems and the Distribution of Power. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 21(2). 227–227. 12 indexed citations

15.

Cohen, Percy S. & Michael Banton. (1966). Models. British Journal of Sociology. 17(1). 70–70. 1 indexed citations

16.

Banton, Michael, et al.. (1966). Roles, an Introduction to the Study of Social Relations. Revue Française de Sociologie. 7(3). 390–390. 40 indexed citations

17.

Banton, Michael, et al.. (1966). The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies.. Social Forces. 45(1). 124–124. 126 indexed citations

18.

Banton, Michael. (1963). African Prophets. Race. 5(2). 42–55. 1 indexed citations

19.

Banton, Michael & Bert F. Hoselitz. (1961). Sociological Aspects of Economic Growth. British Journal of Sociology. 12(1). 77–77. 6 indexed citations

20.

Banton, Michael & Georges Gurvitch. (1952). La Vocation Actuelle de la Sociologie. British Journal of Sociology. 3(3). 278–278. 36 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact