Polly Wiessner

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Polly Wiessner is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Polly Wiessner has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Anthropology, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Polly Wiessner's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (15 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (11 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 papers). Polly Wiessner is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (15 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (11 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 papers). Polly Wiessner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Polly Wiessner's co-authors include Frank W. Marlowe, Kim Hill, Barry S. Hewlett, A. Magdalena Hurtado, Robert S. Walker, Thomas N. Headland, James F. Eder, Brian M. Wood, Eric Alden Smith and Andrew Strathern and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Polly Wiessner

48 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Style and Social Information in Kalahari San Projectile P... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 2011 2014 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

Polly Wiessner
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Anthropology 1.4k
  • Paleontology 1.1k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.0k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 586
  • Social Psychology 549
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Countries citing papers authored by Polly Wiessner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Polly Wiessner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Polly Wiessner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Polly Wiessner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Polly Wiessner 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 Polly Wiessner. Polly Wiessner 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 5
3 67
4 8
5 118
6 19
7 161
8 53
9 1
10 95
11 190
12 23
13 32
14 19
15 162
16
Social and Ceremonial Aspects of Death Among the !Kung San
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17 82
18
'Mother! Sing Loudly for Me!': the Annotated Dialogue of a Basarwa Healer in Trance
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19 5
20 60

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