Richard Kurin

865 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 412 citations indexed

About

Richard Kurin is a scholar working on Archeology, Political Science and International Relations and Museology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Kurin has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Archeology, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Museology. Recurrent topics in Richard Kurin's work include Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (7 papers), Museums and Cultural Heritage (5 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers). Richard Kurin is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (7 papers), Museums and Cultural Heritage (5 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers). Richard Kurin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Kurin's co-authors include Carol A. Morrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Organization, The Journal of Asian Studies and Journal of American Folklore.

In The Last Decade

Richard Kurin

18 papers receiving 310 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 2003 UNESCO Convention: a critical appraisal

2004 229 citations Richard Kurin Museum International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Kurin United States	7	204	120	101	60	48	22	412
Chiara Bortolotto France	11	243 1.2×	101 0.8×	54 0.5×	27 0.5×	41 0.9×	26	328
Federico Lenzerini Italy	7	161 0.8×	153 1.3×	43 0.4×	33 0.6×	41 0.9×	24	394
Robin Boast United Kingdom	7	141 0.7×	74 0.6×	228 2.3×	97 1.6×	43 0.9×	15	460
Mary Anne Stevens United Kingdom	8	46 0.2×	68 0.6×	32 0.3×	186 3.1×	60 1.3×	24	323
Fernando Domínguez Rubio United States	7	36 0.2×	109 0.9×	64 0.6×	24 0.4×	5 0.1×	22	306
Diane Ghirardo United States	9	76 0.4×	143 1.2×	11 0.1×	35 0.6×	7 0.1×	32	499
Beatriz Colomina United States	10	29 0.1×	76 0.6×	32 0.3×	34 0.6×	4 0.1×	39	366
Jean Davallon France	11	131 0.6×	139 1.2×	94 0.9×	14 0.2×	3 0.1×	37	384
Sara Cohen United Kingdom	12	54 0.3×	243 2.0×	26 0.3×	17 0.3×	6 0.1×	25	635
Joan Ockman United States	7	74 0.4×	85 0.7×	17 0.2×	37 0.6×	3 0.1×	21	411

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Kurin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Kurin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Kurin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Kurin 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 Richard Kurin. Richard Kurin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kurin, Richard, et al.. (2018). Elephants and Their Ivory: Zoos and Museums. Curator The Museum Journal. 61(1). 43–46. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2016). U.S. Consideration of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. Ethnologies. 36(1-2). 325–358. 2 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2014). The Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Museological Perspective. Curator The Museum Journal. 57(4). 405–414. 2 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2014). The Silk Road: The Making of a Global Cultural Economy. 23(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2012). Tangible Progress: A Response to “Safeguarding the Intangible” by Michael F. Brown. 6(2). 98–101. 2 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2007). Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage: key factors in implementing the 2003 convention.. 2(2). 9–20. 69 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2007). Sharing, Crossing, and Subsuming Museum Boundaries: Current Directions. Res Anthropology and Aesthetics. 52. 59–64. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2007). Commentary: The Smithsonian Goes Cable. Museum Anthropology. 30(2). 89–100.

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Kurin, Richard. (2005). Regulating Culture?. Anthropology News. 46(9). 28–28. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2004). Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 2003 UNESCO Convention: a critical appraisal. Museum International. 56(1-2). 66–77. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kurin, Richard. (2003). UNESCO Votes New Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. Anthropology News. 44(9). 21–22. 3 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (2002). The Silk Road Festival: Connecting Cultures. Anthropology News. 43(6). 47–47. 3 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1997). From Smithsonian's America To America's Smithsonian. Museum Anthropology. 21(1). 27–41. 9 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1997). Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 49 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard, et al.. (1992). The 1991 Festival of American Folklife. Journal of American Folklore. 105(416). 235–235. 8 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1985). Song of Hope: The Green Revolution in a Panjab Village. By Murray J. Leaf. New Brunswick, N. J.: Rutgers University Press, 1984. xvi, 281 pp. Photographs, Bibliography, Index. $28.. The Journal of Asian Studies. 45(1). 179–180. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard & Carol A. Morrow. (1985). Patterns of Solidarity in a Punjabi Muslim Village. Contributions to Indian Sociology. 19(2). 235–249. 1 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1985). Islamization in Pakistan: A View from the Countryside. Asian Survey. 25(8). 852–862. 6 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1983). Indigenous Agronomics and Agricultural Development in the Indus Basin. Human Organization. 42(4). 283–294. 15 indexed citations

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Kurin, Richard. (1983). The structure of blessedness at a Muslim shrine in Pakistan. Middle Eastern Studies. 19(3). 312–325. 7 indexed citations

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