Paul Spencer

1.4k total citations
57 papers, 702 citations indexed

About

Paul Spencer is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Spencer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 702 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul Spencer's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (5 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 papers). Paul Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (14 papers), Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (5 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 papers). Paul Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. Paul Spencer's co-authors include P. H. Gulliver, David I. Kertzer, Judith Lynne Hanna, T. O. Beidelman, Michael E. Meeker, A. W. Williams, A G Shaper, Steven Feierman, James Woodburn and Marilynn B. Brewer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, Sociology and Pacific Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Paul Spencer

49 papers receiving 499 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Spencer United Kingdom 12 236 226 154 77 74 57 702
Harold K. Schneider United States 14 205 0.9× 163 0.7× 147 1.0× 53 0.7× 39 0.5× 38 676
Philip Carl Salzman Canada 15 288 1.2× 260 1.2× 172 1.1× 97 1.3× 91 1.2× 53 767
Charles Ambler United States 11 302 1.3× 115 0.5× 247 1.6× 32 0.4× 102 1.4× 23 781
Marvin Harris United States 13 204 0.9× 44 0.2× 275 1.8× 60 0.8× 75 1.0× 20 1.0k
Anatoly M. Khazanov United States 10 306 1.3× 165 0.7× 265 1.7× 54 0.7× 89 1.2× 32 841
P. T. W. Baxter United Kingdom 12 216 0.9× 105 0.5× 161 1.0× 15 0.2× 33 0.4× 41 559
Edward H. Spicer United States 16 264 1.1× 57 0.3× 291 1.9× 39 0.5× 99 1.3× 35 974
Tom Hertz United States 14 365 1.5× 71 0.3× 70 0.5× 22 0.3× 78 1.1× 21 850
Alexander Alland United States 13 322 1.4× 40 0.2× 163 1.1× 26 0.3× 126 1.7× 50 1.0k
Richard B. Lee Canada 10 167 0.7× 120 0.5× 442 2.9× 13 0.2× 94 1.3× 17 862

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Spencer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Spencer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Spencer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Spencer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Spencer 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 Paul Spencer. Paul Spencer 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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Spencer, Paul, et al.. (2025). Technology readiness levels: Charting innovation from concept to deployment. 2025(2). 18–22.
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Spencer, Paul. (2011). The Transfiguration of Samburu Religion. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (2005). Gauging inequality among pastoralists. Focaal. 2005(45). 46–55. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (2004). The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy. Routledge eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1998). The Pastoral Continuum. 29 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1996). Dance and the Cosmology of Confidence. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1991). The Loonkidongi prophets and the Maasai: protection racket or incipient state?. Africa. 61(3). 334–342. 3 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1990). Anthropology and the riddle of the Sphinx: paradoxes of change in the life course. Routledge eBooks. 27 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1990). Pastoralism and the Dynamics of Family Enterprise. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul, et al.. (1988). Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance.. Pacific Affairs. 61(2). 322–322.
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Spencer, Paul. (1984). Pastoralists and the Ghost of Capitalism. SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London). 4 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1979). Three Types of Ethnic Interaction among Maasai-speaking People in East Africa. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul. (1976). Opposing Streams and the Gerontocratic Ladder: Two Models of Age Organisation in East Africa. Man. 11(2). 153–153. 16 indexed citations
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Lewis, Herbert S. & Paul Spencer. (1975). Nomads in Alliance: Symbiosis and Growth among the Rendille and Samburu of Kenya. ASA Review of Books. 1. 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul & Steven Feierman. (1975). The Shambaa Kingdom: A History.. Man. 10(1). 146–146. 3 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul & T. O. Beidelman. (1972). The Kaguru: A Matrilineal People of East Africa. Man. 7(1). 159–159. 33 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul, et al.. (1968). The Samburu. A Study of a Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe. Population. 23(1). 184–184. 3 indexed citations

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