Robert Dirks

1.2k total citations
20 papers, 294 citations indexed

About

Robert Dirks is a scholar working on Anthropology, Cultural Studies and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Dirks has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 294 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Anthropology, 6 papers in Cultural Studies and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Robert Dirks's work include Caribbean history, culture, and politics (6 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers). Robert Dirks is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean history, culture, and politics (6 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers). Robert Dirks collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert Dirks's co-authors include B. W. Higman, Charles A. Bishop, George J. Armelagos, Derrick B. Jelliffe, Ivan Brady, Lawrence S. Greene, Thierry Brun, Jean Copans, R. Brooke Thomas and David Turton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Nutrition, Annual Review of Nutrition and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert Dirks

19 papers receiving 237 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 Dirks United States 8 74 58 39 26 24 20 294
Peter Parkes United Kingdom 10 87 1.2× 98 1.7× 40 1.0× 24 0.9× 16 0.7× 20 389
Dennis Werner Brazil 10 79 1.1× 57 1.0× 81 2.1× 26 1.0× 10 0.4× 16 299
Judith Huntsman New Zealand 11 117 1.6× 59 1.0× 42 1.1× 11 0.4× 25 1.0× 25 381
Helen Macbeth United Kingdom 8 58 0.8× 17 0.3× 28 0.7× 7 0.3× 10 0.4× 26 219
Nora Scott 4 36 0.5× 88 1.5× 31 0.8× 6 0.2× 26 1.1× 5 256
Burton Pasternak United States 11 151 2.0× 48 0.8× 18 0.5× 8 0.3× 16 0.7× 29 307
Karen L. Nero New Zealand 7 85 1.1× 43 0.7× 8 0.2× 17 0.7× 17 0.7× 15 290
Francis X. Hezel United States 10 108 1.5× 20 0.3× 34 0.9× 8 0.3× 35 1.5× 53 351
David Sutton United States 9 114 1.5× 64 1.1× 15 0.4× 15 0.6× 26 1.1× 34 471
Reay Tannahill 4 50 0.7× 26 0.4× 11 0.3× 16 0.6× 6 0.3× 5 255

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Dirks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Dirks

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dirks, Robert. (2016). Food in the Gilded Age. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (2016). Food in the Gilded Age: What Ordinary Americans Ate. 7 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, et al.. (2013). The anthropology of food. 19–29. 6 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (2003). DIET ANDNUTRITION INPOOR ANDMINORITYCOMMUNITIES INTHEUNITEDSTATES100 YEARSAGO. Annual Review of Nutrition. 23(1). 81–100. 9 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, et al.. (2001). African American Dietary Patterns at the Beginning of the 20th Century. Journal of Nutrition. 131(7). 1881–1889. 26 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert & Bonham C. Richardson. (1999). Economy and Environment in the Caribbean: Barbados and the Windwards in the Late 1800s. The American Historical Review. 104(2). 613–613. 2 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, et al.. (1998). Experiment Station Dietary Studies Prior to World War II: A Bibliography for the Study of Changing American Food Habits and Diet Over Time. Journal of Nutrition. 128(8). 1253–1256. 5 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (1995). Estonian Folklore, Language, and Identity. 1 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (1993). Starvation and Famine: Cross-Cultural Codes and Some Hypothesis Tests. Cross-Cultural Research. 27(1-2). 28–69. 25 indexed citations
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Higman, B. W. & Robert Dirks. (1989). The Black Saturnalia Conflict and Its Ritual Expression on British West Indian Slave Plantations. The American Historical Review. 94(2). 556–556. 22 indexed citations
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Hill, Donald R. & Robert Dirks. (1988). The Black Saturnalia: Conflict and Its Ritual Expression on British West Indian Slave Plantations. Ethnohistory. 35(4). 403–403. 4 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (1988). Annual Rituals of Conflict. American Anthropologist. 90(4). 856–870. 10 indexed citations
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Littlewood, Roland & Robert Dirks. (1988). The Black Saturnalia: Conflict and Its Ritual Expression on British West Indian Slave Plantations. Man. 23(2). 384–384. 5 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, et al.. (1986). Slave Population of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834. Ethnohistory. 33(1). 99–99. 5 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, et al.. (1985). Comments on Drennan's “Long Distance Transport Costs in Pre‐Hispanic Mesoamerica”. American Anthropologist. 87(4). 889–891. 3 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert, George J. Armelagos, Charles A. Bishop, et al.. (1980). Social Responses During Severe Food Shortages and Famine [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 21(1). 21–44. 118 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (1979). Relief Induced Agonism. Disasters. 3(2). 195–198. 1 indexed citations
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Hanna, Judith Lynne, Roger D. Abrahams, N. Ross Crumrine, et al.. (1979). Movements Toward Understanding Humans Through the Anthropological Study of Dance [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(2). 313–339. 25 indexed citations
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Dirks, Robert. (1972). Networks, Groups, and Adaptation in an Afro-Caribbean Community. Man. 7(4). 565–565. 14 indexed citations

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