Roger Blench
Impact in
- Archeology top 2%
- Anthropology top 1%
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
Papers in
- Anthropology 30
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 17
- African history and culture studies 8
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- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis 17
- Co-authors
- Kevin C. MacDonald (2 shared papers)Simon J. Armitage (1 shared paper)Charlie S. Bristow (1 shared paper)Kevin White (1 shared paper)Nick Drake (1 shared paper)Kay Williamson (15 shared papers)D. Bourn (3 shared papers)R. F. Chapman (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (5 papers)Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)African Archaeological Review (2 papers)Nature Communications (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomMadagascarBolivia
In The Last Decade
Roger Blench
102 papers receiving 1.4k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 138
- Archeology 82
- Anthropology 392
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 365
- Paleontology 207
- Forestry 77
Countries citing papers authored by Roger Blench
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Fields of papers citing papers by Roger Blench
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Roger Blench, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 120 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 336 |
| 2 | The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography | 2006 | 198 |
| 3 | 2007 | 125 | |
| 4 | 'You can't go home again' Pastoralism in the new millennium | 2006 | 75 |
| 5 | Rural radio in agricultural extension: the example of vernacular radio programmes on soil and water conservation in N. Ghana. | 2003 | 54 |
| 6 | 2014 | 49 | |
| 7 | Livestock systems research in Nigeria's subhumid zone | 1986 | 42 |
| 8 | 2009 | 41 | |
| 9 | 1994 | 40 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 38 | |
| 11 | 2006 | 36 | |
| 12 | Understanding Rangeland Biodiversity | 1999 | 33 |
| 13 | ASPECTS OF RESOURCE CONFLICT IN SEMI-ARID AFRICA | 1996 | 32 |
| 14 | Can Livestock and Wildlife Co-exist? An Interdisciplinary Approach | 1999 | 30 |
| 15 | Drought and Livestock in Semi-arid Africa and Southwest Asia | 1999 | 29 |
| 16 | Livestock systems research in Nigeria's subhumid zone : proceedings of the second ILCA/NAPRI Symposium held in Kaduna, Nigeria, 29 October-2 November, 1984 | 1986 | 27 |
| 17 | 2021 | 25 | |
| 18 | The Austronesians in Madagascar and Their Interaction with the Bantu of the East African Coast: surveying the Linguistic Evidence for Domestic and Translocated Animals | 2008 | 25 |
| 19 | The Role of Traditional Rulers in Conflict Prevention and Mediation in Nigeria | 2006 | 21 |
| 20 | 2011 | 21 |
About Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a scholar working on Anthropology, Language and Linguistics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Linguistics and Language and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 120 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (19 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (17 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (17 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (12 papers), African history and culture analysis (12 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (11 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (9 papers) and African history and culture studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (82 citations), Anthropology (392 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (365 citations), Paleontology (207 citations) and Forestry (77 citations). Roger Blench has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Madagascar and Bolivia. Frequent co-authors include Kevin C. MacDonald, Simon J. Armitage, Charlie S. Bristow, Kevin White, Nick Drake, Kay Williamson, D. Bourn, R. F. Chapman, Izabella Koziell and Justine Saunders. Their work appears in journals such as Azania Archaeological Research in Africa, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, African Archaeological Review and Nature Communications.
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