Raoul Naroll

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Raoul Naroll is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raoul Naroll has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Raoul Naroll's work include Categorization, perception, and language (7 papers), Language and cultural evolution (4 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Raoul Naroll is often cited by papers focused on Categorization, perception, and language (7 papers), Language and cultural evolution (4 papers) and Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (3 papers). Raoul Naroll collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Raoul Naroll's co-authors include Ronald Cohen, G. Kingsley Garbett, Roy G. D’Andrade, David G. Hays, William Divale, Harrison C. White, Harold K. Schneider, Charles C. Kolb, Roland Fletcher and Daniel B. Shea and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Raoul Naroll

55 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology. 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 200 400 600
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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. A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology.
    1975 615 citations G. Kingsley Garbett, Raoul Naroll et al. Man profile →

Peers

Raoul Naroll
Ward H. Goodenough United States
Morris E. Opler United States
Keith H. Basso United States
Allen Johnson United States
Melvin Ember United States
David F. Aberle United States
Nancy Howell Canada
Raymond Firth United Kingdom
Melville J. Herskovits United States
Alan Dundes United States
Ward H. Goodenough United States
Raoul Naroll
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Fields of papers citing papers by Raoul Naroll

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Raoul Naroll

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Raoul Naroll. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Raoul Naroll 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 Raoul Naroll. Raoul Naroll 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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Naroll, Raoul, et al.. (1989). Women's Occupational Opportunities: a Cross-Cultural Test. 23(1-4). 205–233. 4 indexed citations
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Kolb, Charles C., Thomas H. Charlton, Warren R. DeBoer, et al.. (1985). Demographic Estimates in Archaeology: Contributions From Ethnoarchaeology on Mesoamerican Peasants [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 26(5). 581–599. 51 indexed citations
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Greer, Scott L. & Raoul Naroll. (1985). The Moral Order: An Introduction to the Human Situation.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(2). 223–223. 7 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul, et al.. (1979). Nature and Use of the HRAF Files: A Research and Teaching Guide. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(5). 751–751. 2 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul & Mark F. Teaford. (1978). On Lomax and Arensberg's Evolutionary Classification. Current Anthropology. 19(2). 421–423. 2 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul & William Divale. (1976). natural selection in cultural evolution: warfare versus peaceful diffusion. American Ethnologist. 3(1). 97–129. 23 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul, et al.. (1976). Borrowing Versus Migration as Selection Factors in Cultural Evolution. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 20(2). 187–212. 7 indexed citations
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Garbett, G. Kingsley, Raoul Naroll, & Ronald Cohen. (1975). A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology.. Man. 10(1). 144–144. 615 indexed citations breakdown →
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Naroll, Raoul. (1974). An Exact Test of Significance for Goodman and Kruslkal's Gamma. 9(1). 27–40. 4 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1974). The Use of Ordinal Statistics in Causal Analysis of Correlations. Social Forces. 53(2). 251–251. 3 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul, et al.. (1973). Main currents in cultural anthropology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 38 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1971). The Significance Test Controversy: A Reader. DENTON E. MORRISON and RAMON E. HENKEL, eds. American Anthropologist. 73(6). 1437–1439. 3 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1969). Cultural determinants and the concept of the sick society. 128–155. 20 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1966). Does military deterrence deter?. Trans-action. 3(2). 14–16. 15 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul & Roy G. D’Andrade. (1963). Two Further Solutions to Galton's Problem1. American Anthropologist. 65(5). 1053–1067. 49 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul, et al.. (1962). Social Development of a Tyrolean Village. Anthropological Quarterly. 35(3). 103–103. 1 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1961). Two Solutions to Galton's Problem. Philosophy of Science. 28(1). 15–39. 116 indexed citations
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Naroll, Raoul. (1959). A Tentative Index of Culture-Stress. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 5(2). 107–116. 7 indexed citations

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