Richard Elphick

1.8k total citations
24 papers, 834 citations indexed

About

Richard Elphick is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Elphick has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 834 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Law and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Richard Elphick's work include South African History and Culture (14 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers). Richard Elphick is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (14 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers). Richard Elphick collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Richard Elphick's co-authors include Hermann Giliomée, Nigel Worden, Maynard W. Swanson, Monica Wilson, David A. Welsh, Bill Freund, Jeffrey Butler, T. R. H. Davenport, Adrian Hastings and Philip Pomper and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, British Journal of Educational Psychology and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Richard Elphick

24 papers receiving 613 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Elphick United States 13 413 362 170 91 70 24 834
I. Schapera United Kingdom 18 412 1.0× 355 1.0× 114 0.7× 88 1.0× 44 0.6× 63 899
W. D. Hammond‐Tooke South Africa 15 316 0.8× 311 0.9× 235 1.4× 80 0.9× 60 0.9× 43 709
Roger B. Beck United States 11 258 0.6× 188 0.5× 51 0.3× 51 0.6× 21 0.3× 36 545
Wyatt MacGaffey United States 21 532 1.3× 629 1.7× 73 0.4× 8 0.1× 39 0.6× 113 1.2k
Igor Kopytoff United States 11 475 1.2× 633 1.7× 76 0.4× 7 0.1× 66 0.9× 38 1.1k
G. I. Jones United Kingdom 11 288 0.7× 296 0.8× 45 0.3× 31 0.3× 11 0.2× 30 716
Jacqueline Solway Canada 11 227 0.5× 324 0.9× 189 1.1× 23 0.3× 79 1.1× 26 587
Bruce Fetter United States 12 220 0.5× 242 0.7× 37 0.2× 10 0.1× 14 0.2× 52 546
Robin Osborne United Kingdom 21 303 0.7× 900 2.5× 20 0.1× 44 0.5× 99 1.4× 91 1.4k
Pedro Paulo A. Funari Brazil 15 141 0.3× 438 1.2× 55 0.3× 17 0.2× 167 2.4× 179 947

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Elphick

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Elphick

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Elphick

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elphick, Richard, et al.. (2000). Christianity in South Africa: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. The American Historical Review. 105(4). 1435–1435. 46 indexed citations
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Unterhalter, Elaine, et al.. (2000). Christianity in South Africa: A Political, Cultural, and Social History. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33(2). 423–423. 5 indexed citations
3.
Pomper, Philip, Richard Elphick, & Richard T. Vann. (1998). World History: Ideologies, Structures, and Identities. Wesleyan University Digital Collections (Wesleyan University). 19 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard & T. R. H. Davenport. (1997). Christianity in South Africa : a political, social & cultural history. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1996). Issues in comparing the speechreading abilities of hearing‐impaired and hearing 15 to 16 year‐old pupils. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 66(3). 357–365. 7 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1992). South African Christianity and the Historian's Vision. South African Historical Journal. 26(1). 182–190. 2 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard, et al.. (1991). The Changing past: Trends in South African Historical Writing. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 25(1). 158–158. 1 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard, et al.. (1990). The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1840. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(3). 548–548. 132 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill, Jeffrey Butler, Richard Elphick, & David A. Welsh. (1988). Democratic Liberalism in South Africa: Its History and Prospect. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 21(1). 141–141. 39 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard & Nigel Worden. (1986). Slavery in Dutch South Africa. The American Historical Review. 91(4). 973–973. 117 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard, et al.. (1985). Ideology on a Frontier: The Theological Foundation of Afrikaner Nationalism, 1652-1910. The American Historical Review. 90(5). 1250–1250. 7 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1984). Comparison of live and video presentation of a speechreading test with children. British Journal of Audiology. 18(3). 109–115. 3 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1983). Methodology in South African historiography: A defence of idealism and empiricism. Social Dynamics. 9(1). 1–17. 4 indexed citations
14.
Elphick, Richard & George M. Fredrickson. (1983). A Comparative History of White Supremacy. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 13(3). 503–503. 6 indexed citations
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Swanson, Maynard W., Richard Elphick, & Hermann Giliomée. (1982). The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1820. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 15(2). 363–363. 96 indexed citations
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Wilson, Monica & Richard Elphick. (1978). Kraal and Castle: Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South Africa. African Economic History. 94–94. 56 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard, et al.. (1978). Kraal and Castle: Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South Africa. The American Historical Review. 83(3). 780–780. 64 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1977). Kraal and Castle. 50 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1973). Mackinnon and East Africa 1878-1895: A Study in the ‘New Imperialism’. History Reviews of New Books. 1(5). 107–107. 8 indexed citations
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Elphick, Richard. (1967). Histoire de la pêche française de la morue dans l'Amérique septentrionale (des origines à 1789) by Charles de La Morandière (review). Canadian Historical Review. 48(1). 64–65. 3 indexed citations

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