Peter Pels
Impact in
- Anthropology top 1%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- African history and culture studies
- Space and Planetary Science top 5%
Papers in ⓘ
- Anthropology 24
- Anthropological Studies and Insights 18
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 7
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture 5
- African history and culture studies 5
- Philosophy 10
- Co-authors
- Birgit Meyer (4 shared papers)Oscar Salemink (4 shared papers)Wilma Vollebergh (4 shared papers)Frank C. Verhulst (3 shared papers)Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens (2 shared papers)Leyla Bengi‐Arslan (1 shared paper)Alfons A. M. Crijnen (1 shared paper)George E. Marcus (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Current Anthropology (5 papers)Social Anthropology (3 papers)History and Anthropology (3 papers)Journal of Religion in Africa (3 papers)Critique of Anthropology (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- NetherlandsGermanyUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Peter Pels
79 papers receiving 1.3k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
- Anthropology 545
- Space and Planetary Science 24
- Sociology and Political Science 808
- Clinical Psychology 361
- Geography, Planning and Development 79
Countries citing papers authored by Peter Pels
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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Pels
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Peter Pels, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 90 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 | 204 | |
| 2 | 2003 | 144 | |
| 3 | 2005 | 98 | |
| 4 | Magic and Modernity: Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment | 2003 | 97 |
| 5 | 1999 | 97 | |
| 6 | 1992 | 67 | |
| 7 | Readings in Modernity in Africa | 2008 | 58 |
| 8 | 2015 | 52 | |
| 9 | The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact and Fancy | 1998 | 46 |
| 10 | 2006 | 43 | |
| 11 | Colonial Subjects. Essays in the Practical History of Anthropology. | 1999 | 43 |
| 12 | Embedding Ethics Shifting Boundaries of the Anthropological Profession | 2005 | 42 |
| 13 | 2000 | 41 | |
| 14 | 2011 | 37 | |
| 15 | 2018 | 35 | |
| 16 | 2015 | 35 | |
| 17 | 2007 | 35 | |
| 18 | 1994 | 33 | |
| 19 | A Politics of Presence: Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika | 1998 | 31 |
| 20 | 2008 | 28 |
About Peter Pels
Peter Pels is a scholar working on Anthropology, Philosophy, Space and Planetary Science, Cultural Studies and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 90 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (18 papers), Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (9 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 papers), Education in Diverse Contexts (6 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (5 papers), Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (5 papers), African history and culture studies (5 papers) and Educational Practices and Policies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (545 citations), Space and Planetary Science (24 citations), Sociology and Political Science (808 citations), Clinical Psychology (361 citations) and Geography, Planning and Development (79 citations). Peter Pels has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Birgit Meyer, Oscar Salemink, Wilma Vollebergh, Frank C. Verhulst, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Leyla Bengi‐Arslan, Alfons A. M. Crijnen, George E. Marcus, Lorraine Nencel and Lynn Meskell. Their work appears in journals such as Current Anthropology, Social Anthropology, History and Anthropology, Journal of Religion in Africa and Critique of Anthropology.
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