Michael Moerman

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 821 citations indexed

About

Michael Moerman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Moerman has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 821 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Michael Moerman's work include Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 papers). Michael Moerman is often cited by papers focused on Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 papers). Michael Moerman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Michael Moerman's co-authors include T. H. Silcock, Nigel Rapport, Don H. Zimmerman, John Van Maanen, John C. Kennedy, Judith K. Brown, Hal B. Levine, Donald L. Hardesty, T. S. Vasulu and Eric Β. Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Language and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Michael Moerman

22 papers receiving 631 citations

Hit Papers

Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization: Who Are ... 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 50 100 150
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.

  1. Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization: Who Are the Lue?
    1965 166 citations Michael Moerman American Anthropologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Moerman United States 13 366 252 174 170 157 24 821
Donald Brenneis United States 13 274 0.7× 205 0.8× 104 0.6× 99 0.6× 64 0.4× 31 820
Dennis Tedlock United States 15 196 0.5× 200 0.8× 119 0.7× 220 1.3× 82 0.5× 42 1.1k
Carol M. Eastman United States 15 348 1.0× 130 0.5× 84 0.5× 164 1.0× 93 0.6× 62 869
Bruce Rigsby Australia 11 363 1.0× 130 0.5× 189 1.1× 34 0.2× 80 0.5× 30 1.0k
Bruce Mannheim United States 12 210 0.6× 101 0.4× 93 0.5× 59 0.3× 48 0.3× 30 625
Lyndon Harries United States 8 74 0.2× 274 1.1× 108 0.6× 40 0.2× 78 0.5× 36 667
Emily Apter United States 13 283 0.8× 408 1.6× 39 0.2× 369 2.2× 119 0.8× 73 1.2k
Francésca Merlan Australia 20 179 0.5× 277 1.1× 90 0.5× 28 0.2× 106 0.7× 72 1.2k
Lloyd S. Etheredge United States 7 79 0.2× 174 0.7× 46 0.3× 38 0.2× 125 0.8× 19 557
Stephen A. Tyler United States 13 52 0.1× 264 1.0× 48 0.3× 51 0.3× 86 0.5× 36 715

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Moerman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Moerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Moerman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Moerman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Moerman 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 Moerman. Michael Moerman 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
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Moerman, Michael. (2023). Agricultural Change and Peasant Choice in a Thai Village. 1 indexed citations
2.
Moerman, Michael. (1993). Ariadne's Thread and Indra's Net: Reflections on Ethnography, Ethnicity, Identity, Culture, and Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 26(1). 85–98. 18 indexed citations
3.
Moerman, Michael. (1990). Studying Gestures in Social Context. Senri ethnological studies. 27(27). 5–52. 7 indexed citations
4.
Moerman, Michael. (1990). Exploring talk and interaction∗. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 24(1-4). 173–187. 18 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1988). Talking Culture. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 264 indexed citations
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Brown, Judith K., Donald L. Hardesty, John C. Kennedy, et al.. (1982). Ecological Theory and Ethnic Differentiation Among Human Populations [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 23(1). 13–35. 35 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael, et al.. (1978). Decisions Against Nature. An Anthropological Study of Agriculture in Northern Thailand.. Pacific Affairs. 51(4). 700–700. 1 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1977). The Preference for Self-Correction in a Tai Conversational Corpus. Language. 53(4). 872–882. 60 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1973). The Use of Precedent in Natural Conversation: A Study in Practical Legal Reasoning. Semiotica. 9(3). 14 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1971). A little knowledge. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations
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Vella, Walter F. & Michael Moerman. (1970). Agricultural Change and Peasant Choice in a Thai Village. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 90(4). 627–627. 2 indexed citations
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Silcock, T. H. & Michael Moerman. (1969). Agricultural Change and Peasant Choice in a Thai Village.. Pacific Affairs. 42(1). 103–103. 58 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1969). A Thai Village Headman as a Synaptic Leader. The Journal of Asian Studies. 28(3). 535–549. 22 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1969). A Thai Village Headman as a Synaptic Leader. The Journal of Asian Studies. 28(3). 535–549. 5 indexed citations
15.
Moerman, Michael. (1968). Analysis of Lue conversation : providing accounts, finding breaches and taking sides. Americanae (AECID Library). 5 indexed citations
16.
Moerman, Michael. (1968). BEING LUE: USES AND ABUSES OF ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION,. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1966). Kinship and Commerce in a Thai-Lue Village. Ethnology. 5(4). 360–360. 6 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1965). Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization: Who Are the Lue?. American Anthropologist. 67(5). 1215–1230. 166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moerman, Michael. (1965). ETHNOLOGY: Government, Politics, and Social Structure in Laos: A Study of Tradition and Innovation. Joel M. Halpern. American Anthropologist. 67(1). 126–126. 2 indexed citations
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Moerman, Michael. (1964). Western culture and the Thai way of life. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations

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