Robert Tonkinson

2.0k total citations
54 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Tonkinson is a scholar working on Anthropology, Health and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Tonkinson has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Anthropology, 12 papers in Health and 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Robert Tonkinson's work include Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (11 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (8 papers). Robert Tonkinson is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (11 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (10 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (8 papers). Robert Tonkinson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and Russia. Robert Tonkinson's co-authors include Norman Barnett Tindale, Josephine Flood, David H. Turner, Dan Jørgensen, Ronald M. Berndt, Rena Lederman, Raymond Firth, Deryck Scarr, F. Lancaster Jones and Pamela J. Beasley and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Pacific Affairs and Ethnos.

In The Last Decade

Robert Tonkinson

49 papers receiving 805 citations

Peers

Robert Tonkinson
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
  • Anthropology 421
  • Sociology and Political Science 286
  • Geography, Planning and Development 245
  • Health 208
  • Demography 158
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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Tonkinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Tonkinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Tonkinson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Tonkinson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Tonkinson 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 Tonkinson. Robert Tonkinson 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
# Work Indexed citations
1
The Dynamics of Aboriginal Identity in Remote Australia
4
2 2
3 1
4 1
5 67
6 7
7
Going it alone? : prospects for Aboriginal autonomy : essays in honour of Ronald and Catherine Berndt
15
8 15
9 40
10 27
11 11
12 66
13 10
14 149
15 5
16 0
17 33
18 69
19 0
20 35

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