Murray Last

1.4k total citations
42 papers, 666 citations indexed

About

Murray Last is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and General Social Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray Last has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 666 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in General Social Sciences. Recurrent topics in Murray Last's work include Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (9 papers), African history and culture analysis (7 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Murray Last is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (9 papers), African history and culture analysis (7 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Murray Last collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Mexico. Murray Last's co-authors include Louis Brenner, Gilbert Lewis, Una Maclean, L. Lewis Wall, Philip Burnham, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Igor Kopytoff, John O. Hunwick and Ivor Wilks and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Sociology of Health & Illness and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

Murray Last

39 papers receiving 484 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murray Last United Kingdom 16 308 208 172 76 72 42 666
Robert Launay United States 11 336 1.1× 153 0.7× 116 0.7× 26 0.3× 42 0.6× 50 660
F. B. Welbourn United Kingdom 9 208 0.7× 171 0.8× 81 0.5× 11 0.1× 87 1.2× 27 480
Rijk van Dijk Netherlands 18 630 2.0× 313 1.5× 105 0.6× 10 0.1× 72 1.0× 53 896
Ellen Gruenbaum United States 10 203 0.7× 126 0.6× 96 0.6× 13 0.2× 14 0.2× 21 705
Adam Ashforth United States 14 514 1.7× 219 1.1× 80 0.5× 15 0.2× 117 1.6× 37 865
Mará Viveros Vigoya Colombia 9 380 1.2× 62 0.3× 89 0.5× 13 0.2× 43 0.6× 43 616
Janice Boddy Canada 11 415 1.3× 355 1.7× 186 1.1× 8 0.1× 28 0.4× 29 967
Jeffrey A. Sluka New Zealand 12 434 1.4× 104 0.5× 160 0.9× 18 0.2× 17 0.2× 21 588
Sverker Finnström Sweden 9 305 1.0× 95 0.5× 125 0.7× 9 0.1× 10 0.1× 32 446
T. N. Madan India 15 377 1.2× 236 1.1× 239 1.4× 4 0.1× 32 0.4× 60 853

Countries citing papers authored by Murray Last

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murray Last

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murray Last

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Last, Murray. (2019). Medical Ethnography over Time. Anthropology in Action. 26(1). 52–60. 15 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (2015). Frontiers in 19th-century northern Nigeria†. Critical African Studies. 8(1). 23–31. 3 indexed citations
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Mustapha, Abdul Raufu, et al.. (2014). Sects and Social Disorder. 22 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (2011). Another geography: risks to health as perceived in a deep-rural environment in Hausaland. Anthropology and Medicine. 18(2). 217–229. 4 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (2007). Muslims and Christians in Nigeria: An economy of political panic. The Round Table. 96(392). 605–616. 17 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (2000). Children and the Experience of Violence: Contrasting Cultures of Punishment in Northern Nigeria. Africa. 70(3). 359–359. 2 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1998). Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka In West Africa. American Ethnologist. 25(1). 81–81. 1 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1994). Putting Children First. Disasters. 18(3). 192–202. 15 indexed citations
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Burnham, Philip & Murray Last. (1994). From Pastoralist to Politician : The Problem of a Fulbe « Aristocracy ».. Cahiers d études africaines. 34(133). 313–357. 12 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1982). Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African History. African Affairs. 81(324). 440–441. 21 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1980). Historical Metaphors in the Kano Chronicle. History in Africa. 7. 161–178. 7 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1979). Strategies against time. Sociology of Health & Illness. 1(3). 306–317. 5 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1976). Dynamique Sociale et Appréhension du Monde au Sein d'une Société Hausa. African Affairs. 75(300). 397–398. 4 indexed citations
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Last, Murray & Una Maclean. (1975). Magical Medicine: A Nigerian Case Study.. Man. 10(2). 332–332. 25 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1974). Religion and Healing in Mandari. African Affairs. 73(293). 497–498. 33 indexed citations
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Last, Murray. (1973). Rural Hausa: a village and a setting. African Affairs. 72(286). 85–86. 1 indexed citations
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Last, Murray, et al.. (1969). The Ban of the Bori: Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa. Man. 4(1). 153–153. 3 indexed citations

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