Robert Brain

980 total citations
34 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Robert Brain is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Brain has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Robert Brain's work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers) and Neurology and Historical Studies (3 papers). Robert Brain is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers) and Neurology and Historical Studies (3 papers). Robert Brain collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Robert Brain's co-authors include Maurice Godelier, Andrew P. Lyons, Kenneth E. Read, Philip E. Leis, Lucy Mair, Marcel Mauss, Ole Øystein Knudsen, John Povey, Robert S. Cohen and Philip Burnham and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Robert Brain

25 papers receiving 353 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Brain Canada 13 167 136 58 39 37 34 546
Norbert Guterman Switzerland 9 188 1.1× 114 0.8× 48 0.8× 69 1.8× 24 0.6× 18 522
Michel Panoff Morocco 11 217 1.3× 99 0.7× 33 0.6× 29 0.7× 43 1.2× 57 490
Benson Saler United States 12 265 1.6× 69 0.5× 64 1.1× 29 0.7× 33 0.9× 39 551
John Gillin United States 7 143 0.9× 83 0.6× 40 0.7× 25 0.6× 36 1.0× 25 422
Marjorie Shostak 6 338 2.0× 167 1.2× 88 1.5× 34 0.9× 47 1.3× 10 708
Franz Boas United States 12 165 1.0× 156 1.1× 46 0.8× 12 0.3× 52 1.4× 46 591
Harriet Whitehead United States 6 256 1.5× 181 1.3× 47 0.8× 27 0.7× 28 0.8× 9 654
Stanley Diamond United States 11 170 1.0× 118 0.9× 42 0.7× 10 0.3× 43 1.2× 48 553
Robert Borofsky United States 11 192 1.1× 155 1.1× 43 0.7× 17 0.4× 39 1.1× 23 524
George Spindler United States 15 314 1.9× 103 0.8× 65 1.1× 47 1.2× 37 1.0× 35 749

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Brain

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Brain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Brain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Brain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Brain 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 Robert Brain. Robert Brain 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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Brain, Robert. (2012). Self-Projection: Hugo Münsterberg on Empathy and Oscillation in Cinema Spectatorship. Science in Context. 25(3). 329–353. 4 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (2008). The pulse of modernism: experimental physiology and aesthetic avant-gardes circa 1900. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 39(3). 393–417. 20 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert, et al.. (2007). Hans Christian Ørsted and the romantic legacy in science : ideas, disciplines, practices. Springer eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (2001). The Ontology of the Questionnaire. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 32(4). 647–684. 14 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (1981). The Decorated Body. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 68(3). 451–451. 2 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (1981). The Decorated Body. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 68(3). 451–451. 66 indexed citations
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Manning, Peter K., Christopher Badcock, Claude Lévi‐Strauss, et al.. (1978). Structuralism. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 7(2). 139–139. 1 indexed citations
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Lyons, Andrew P. & Robert Brain. (1978). Bangwa Kinship and Marriage. ASA Review of Books. 4. 96–96. 24 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert & Maurice Godelier. (1977). Perspectives in Marxist anthropology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 186 indexed citations
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DAVIS, JOHN STAIGE & Robert Brain. (1977). Kolonialagent. A Novel with an Appendix. RAIN. 12–12. 1 indexed citations
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Mauss, Marcel, et al.. (1975). A General Theory of Magic.. Man. 10(1). 141–141.
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Mair, Lucy, Marcel Mauss, & Robert Brain. (1973). A General Theory of Magic. British Journal of Sociology. 24(1). 132–132. 25 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert, et al.. (1973). Bangwa Kinship and Marriage.. Man. 8(1). 125–125. 2 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (1958). Neurology: Past, Present, and Future. BMJ. 1(5067). 355–360. 11 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (1954). CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS. Annals of Internal Medicine. 41(3). 439–446. 21 indexed citations
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Brain, Robert. (1952). Neurology of John Hunter's Last Illness. BMJ. 2(4799). 1371–1373. 4 indexed citations

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