Robert Brightman

1.0k total citations
19 papers, 545 citations indexed

About

Robert Brightman is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Brightman has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 545 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Health Professions, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Robert Brightman's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 papers), Canadian Identity and History (4 papers) and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 papers). Robert Brightman is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (6 papers), Canadian Identity and History (4 papers) and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 papers). Robert Brightman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Robert Brightman's co-authors include Adrian Tanner, Robin Ridington, Jennifer S. H. Brown, Donald B. Smith, Richard Handler, David S. Meyer and Pauline Turner Strong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert Brightman

15 papers receiving 408 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 Brightman United States 9 181 157 136 101 56 19 545
Robin Ridington Canada 12 161 0.9× 125 0.8× 159 1.2× 64 0.6× 86 1.5× 47 517
Janet Chernela United States 12 236 1.3× 165 1.1× 100 0.7× 67 0.7× 33 0.6× 54 665
Michael E. Harkin United States 13 163 0.9× 301 1.9× 70 0.5× 94 0.9× 63 1.1× 43 605
David Maybury‐Lewis United States 12 234 1.3× 201 1.3× 180 1.3× 86 0.9× 61 1.1× 32 924
L. R. Hiatt Australia 13 207 1.1× 118 0.8× 70 0.5× 102 1.0× 92 1.6× 24 562
Adrian Tanner Canada 8 149 0.8× 121 0.8× 203 1.5× 109 1.1× 92 1.6× 23 502
George Spindler United States 15 103 0.6× 314 2.0× 119 0.9× 42 0.4× 51 0.9× 35 749
Catherine V. Howard United States 3 265 1.5× 124 0.8× 61 0.4× 100 1.0× 34 0.6× 5 504
Franz Boas United States 12 156 0.9× 165 1.1× 85 0.6× 38 0.4× 25 0.4× 46 591
Richard F. Salisbury Canada 14 142 0.8× 185 1.2× 68 0.5× 141 1.4× 42 0.8× 45 578

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Brightman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Brightman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Brightman

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Brightman, Robert. (2025). The Return of the Windigo, Again. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Brightman, Robert, et al.. (2017). Voicing the ancestors II. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 7(1). 461–488. 1 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (2013). Hierarchy and conflict in mutual being. Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 3(2). 259–270. 11 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1999). Traditions of Subversion and the Subversion of Tradition: Cultural Criticism in Maidu Clown Performances. American Anthropologist. 101(2). 272–287. 7 indexed citations
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Tanner, Adrian & Robert Brightman. (1997). Grateful Prey: Rock Cree Human-Animal Relationships.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 3(4). 808–808. 125 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1996). The Sexual Division of Foraging Labor: Biology, Taboo, and Gender Politics. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 38(4). 687–729. 49 indexed citations
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Ridington, Robin & Robert Brightman. (1995). Grateful Prey: Rock Cree Human-Animal Relationships. Western Historical Quarterly. 26(2). 238–238. 106 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1995). Forget Culture: Replacement, Transcendence, Relexification. Cultural Anthropology. 10(4). 509–546. 166 indexed citations
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Brown, Jennifer S. H., et al.. (1990). "The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823. The American Indian Quarterly. 14(2). 187–187. 24 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1990). Primitivism in Missinippi Cree Historical Consciousness. Man. 25(1). 108–108. 6 indexed citations
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Brown, Jennifer S. H., et al.. (1990). "The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823. Ethnohistory. 37(3). 320–320.
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Brightman, Robert. (1990). Acaoohkiwina and Acimowina: Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 7 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1989). Acaoohkiwina and Acimowina. Canadian Museum of History eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald B., Jennifer S. H. Brown, & Robert Brightman. (1989). "The Orders of the Dreamed": George Nelson on Cree and Northern Ojibwa Religion and Myth, 1823. Journal of the Early Republic. 9(1). 132–132. 7 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1988). The Windigo in the Material World. Ethnohistory. 35(4). 337–337. 13 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1985). The Indefinite Possessor Prefix in Woods Cree. International Journal of American Linguistics. 51(4). 353–356. 2 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert, et al.. (1983). On Windigo Psychosis. Current Anthropology. 24(1). 120–125.
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Brightman, Robert, et al.. (1982). The implacable raspberry. Paper in Linguistics. 15(2). 97–137. 8 indexed citations
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Brightman, Robert. (1956). Perkin and the Dyestuffs Industry in Britain. Nature. 177(4514). 815–821. 9 indexed citations

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