Richard Werbner

2.3k total citations
70 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Richard Werbner is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Werbner has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Anthropology, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Richard Werbner's work include African studies and sociopolitical issues (14 papers), African history and culture studies (13 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers). Richard Werbner is often cited by papers focused on African studies and sociopolitical issues (14 papers), African history and culture studies (13 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (13 papers). Richard Werbner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Zimbabwe. Richard Werbner's co-authors include Mary W. Helms, Terence Ranger, Tim Kelsall, Elizabeth Schmidt, T. O. Beidelman, Jean-Claude Müller, Rijk van Dijk, Ioan M. Lewis, Brian Μ. du Toit and I. M. Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Annual Review of Anthropology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Richard Werbner

58 papers receiving 899 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 Werbner United Kingdom 19 740 651 181 121 101 70 1.4k
Lynne Brydon United Kingdom 15 632 0.9× 342 0.5× 147 0.8× 84 0.7× 67 0.7× 33 1.6k
Catherine Bell Canada 5 550 0.7× 352 0.5× 153 0.8× 147 1.2× 163 1.6× 23 1.4k
Nancy D. Munn United States 10 496 0.7× 563 0.9× 188 1.0× 102 0.8× 98 1.0× 12 1.4k
David Henige United States 15 315 0.4× 487 0.7× 154 0.9× 73 0.6× 75 0.7× 145 1.1k
Meyer Fortes United Kingdom 21 739 1.0× 537 0.8× 240 1.3× 69 0.6× 51 0.5× 57 1.7k
Wyatt MacGaffey United States 21 532 0.7× 629 1.0× 174 1.0× 39 0.3× 73 0.7× 113 1.2k
Michel-Rolph Trouillot Dominican Republic 11 1.1k 1.4× 806 1.2× 324 1.8× 50 0.4× 100 1.0× 16 2.2k
James Urry New Zealand 12 434 0.6× 371 0.6× 100 0.6× 47 0.4× 54 0.5× 51 1.1k
Michel-Rolph Trouillot United States 8 550 0.7× 420 0.6× 202 1.1× 32 0.3× 74 0.7× 16 1.1k
Jean‐Pierre Warnier France 16 565 0.8× 362 0.6× 145 0.8× 35 0.3× 105 1.0× 64 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Werbner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Werbner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Werbner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Werbner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Werbner 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 Werbner. Richard Werbner 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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Werbner, Pnina & Richard Werbner. (2021). African Customary Justice.
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Werbner, Richard. (2020). Anthropology after Gluckman. Manchester University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (2019). Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy.
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Werbner, Pnina & Richard Werbner. (2018). Divorce as Process, Botswana Style. 2(2). 1–23. 3 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (2018). Botswana’s Ecumenical Funerals in the Making. Journal of Southern African Studies. 44(2). 315–329. 4 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (2018). Grassroots Ecumenism in Conflict – Introduction. Journal of Southern African Studies. 44(2). 201–219. 4 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (2002). Postcolonial Subjectivities In Africa. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 88 indexed citations
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Dijk, Rijk van & Richard Werbner. (1998). Pentecostalism, cultural memory and the state : contested representations of time in postcolonial Malawi. 155–181. 36 indexed citations
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Pélissier, René, et al.. (1995). Book reviews. Journal of Southern African Studies. 21(2). 333–343. 1 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard, et al.. (1993). Women's Medicine, the Zar-Bori Cult in Africa and beyond. Journal of Religion in Africa. 23(4). 365–365. 25 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1990). Bwiti in Reflection: On the Fugue of Gender. Journal of Religion in Africa. 20(1). 63–91. 3 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard, et al.. (1988). Anthropological Studies of Religion: An Introductory Text. Journal of Religion in Africa. 18(3). 277–277. 55 indexed citations
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Murray, Colin & Richard Werbner. (1986). Land Reform in the Making: Tradition, Public Policy and Ideology in Botswana.. Man. 21(1). 162–162. 2 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1984). The Manchester School in South-Central Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology. 13(1). 157–185. 57 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1980). Land reform in the making: tradition, public policy and ideology in Botswana.. Journal of African Law. 24(1). 2 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1977). The argument in and about oratory. African Studies. 36(2). 141–144. 2 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1973). The Superabundance of Understanding: Kalanga Rhetoric and Domestic Divination1. American Anthropologist. 75(5). 1414–1440. 30 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1971). Local Adaptation and the Transformation of an Imperial Concession in North-Eastern Botswana. Africa. 41(1). 32–41. 9 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard. (1969). Land and Chiefship in the Tati Concession. Botswana notes and records. 2(1). 6–13. 3 indexed citations
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Werbner, Richard, et al.. (1969). The Analysis of Social Change: Based on Observations in Central Africa. Man. 4(2). 309–309. 7 indexed citations

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