René Devisch

658 total citations
70 papers, 308 citations indexed

About

René Devisch is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, René Devisch has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 308 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Anthropology and 15 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in René Devisch's work include African Studies and Ethnography (27 papers), Migration, Identity, and Health (10 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (9 papers). René Devisch is often cited by papers focused on African Studies and Ethnography (27 papers), Migration, Identity, and Health (10 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (9 papers). René Devisch collaborates with scholars based in Belgium and Croatia. René Devisch's co-authors include Filip De Boeck, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Suzette Heald, Liliane Voyé, Steven Van Wolputte, John M. Janzen, Patrick Meurs, Sjaak van der Geest, Scott Brunger and Jozef Corveleyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Public Culture and Culture Medicine and Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

René Devisch

52 papers receiving 187 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
René Devisch Belgium	9	164	125	64	59	30	70	308
Jacob K. Olúpònà United States	11	143 0.9×	78 0.6×	27 0.4×	62 1.1×	13 0.4×	31	279
Kofi Asare Opoku Ghana	5	106 0.6×	49 0.4×	34 0.5×	91 1.5×	14 0.5×	10	266
J. Omosade Awolalu Nigeria	7	100 0.6×	56 0.4×	36 0.6×	84 1.4×	16 0.5×	8	270
Ellen Badone Canada	12	256 1.6×	107 0.9×	28 0.4×	12 0.2×	13 0.4×	27	477
Uma Chakravarti India	10	152 0.9×	86 0.7×	88 1.4×	17 0.3×	10 0.3×	26	325
Danièle Hervieu‐Léger France	11	465 2.8×	75 0.6×	139 2.2×	66 1.1×	22 0.7×	37	587
Peter Hallward United Kingdom	10	173 1.1×	60 0.5×	58 0.9×	40 0.7×	54 1.8×	56	378
Pablo Vila United States	10	207 1.3×	30 0.2×	68 1.1×	28 0.5×	16 0.5×	37	333
Maria Isaura Péreira de Queiroz Brazil	10	174 1.1×	44 0.4×	38 0.6×	29 0.5×	12 0.4×	71	353
Angelika Bammer United States	5	120 0.7×	36 0.3×	39 0.6×	21 0.4×	8 0.3×	14	242

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Devisch, René. (2017). Body and Affect in the Intercultural Encounter. 2 indexed citations

2.

Geest, Sjaak van der, et al.. (2012). Preface / Postface: 'Medische Antropologie' 1989-2012. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 24(2). 257–263.

3.

Devisch, René. (2012). Of divinatoryconnaissancein South-Saharan Africa: the bodiliness of perception, inter-subjectivity and inter-world resonance. Anthropology and Medicine. 19(1). 107–118. 4 indexed citations

4.

Devisch, René. (2007). The University of Kinshasa: from Lovanium to Unikin. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

5.

Devisch, René. (2007). A psychoanalytic revisiting of the fieldwork and the clinical encounter. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (2006). A Psychoanalytic Revisiting of Fieldwork and Intercultural Borderlinking. Social Analysis. 50(2). 2 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (2005). SCIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES: THEIR CULTURE-SPECIFIC WELLSPRINGS. 104–122. 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (2002). Maleficent Fetishes and the Sensual Order of the Uncanny in South-West Congo. Social Analysis. 46(3). 3 indexed citations

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Meurs, Patrick, et al.. (1999). Kinderen, gezondheid en welzijn: Naar een medische antropologie van kinderen. Lirias (KU Leuven). 11. 199–229. 1 indexed citations

10.

Devisch, René. (1998). La parodie dans les églises de guérison à Kinshasa. 25. 143–176.

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Devisch, René. (1998). La violence à Kinshasa, ou l'institution en négatif. Cahiers d études africaines. 38(150). 441–469. 10 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (1998). Colonial State Building in the Congo, and its Dismantling. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law. 30(42). 221–244. 2 indexed citations

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Brunger, Scott, et al.. (1996). Alimentations, Traditions et Developpements en Afrique Intertropicale. African Studies Review. 39(3). 208–208. 1 indexed citations

14.

Devisch, René, et al.. (1995). Le rite, source et ressources. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 3 indexed citations

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Janzen, John M. & René Devisch. (1995). Weaving the Threads of Life: The Khita Gyn-Eco-Logical Healing Cult Among the Yaka.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(2). 435–435. 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (1995). L'engendrement libidinal du sens en milieu Yaka du Zaïre. 12. 83–110. 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (1990). The therapist and the source of healing among the Yaka of Zaire. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry. 14(2). 213–236. 5 indexed citations

18.

Devisch, René. (1986). Marge,marginalisation et liminalité: le sorcier et le devin chez les Yaka du Zaïre. Lirias (KU Leuven). 10(2). 117–137. 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (1983). Le corps sexué et social ou les modalités d'échange sensoriel chez les Yaka du Zaïre. 19(1). 5–31. 1 indexed citations

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Devisch, René. (1979). Succession rituelle au rôle de chef politique: remplacement ou renouveau?. 5(3). 79–112. 1 indexed citations

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