Roy A. Rappàport

6.1k citations

29 papers · 3.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 14

Sociology and Political Science top 1%
Anthropology top 0.5%
Geography, Planning and Development top 0.5%
Social Psychology top 5%
Paleontology top 5%

Co-authors: Marilyn Strathern Robert Ν. Bellah Robert I. Levy Lee Cronk Bruce P. Dohrenwend Ellis B. Page Margaret Mead Johannes Fabian
Topics: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers)Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers)Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 papers)
Cited by: Archeology Geography, Planning and Development Anthropology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Scientific American Risk Analysis
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

Roy A. Rappàport

25 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

1999 1.0k citations Roy A. Rappàport Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People.

1968 666 citations Marilyn Strathern, Roy A. Rappàport Man profile →
Ecology, Meaning, and Religion

1979 466 citations Roy A. Rappàport Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Desecrating the Holy Woman: Derek Freeman's Attack on Margaret Mead 2016 ·Journal of Safety Research ·(unknown),Margaret Mead,Roy A. Rappàport	0
2	Maladaptation in social systems 2008 ·Roy A. Rappàport	9
3	Ritual y religión en la formación de la humanidad 2001 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Roy A. Rappàport	18
4	Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanitybreakdown → 1999 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Roy A. Rappàport	1002
5	Risk and the Human Environment 1996 ·Deep Blue (University of Michigan) ·Roy A. Rappàport	0
6	Risk and the Human Environment 1996 ·The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ·Roy A. Rappàport	31
7	THE USE OF MORALISTIC STATEMENTS IN SOCIAL MANIPULATION: A REPLY TO 1994 ·Roy A. Rappàport,Lee Cronk	4
8	ON THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY AND RELIGION: A RESPONSE TO LEE CRONK 1994 ·Zygon® ·Roy A. Rappàport	3
9	Veracity, Verity, and Verum in Liturgy 1993 ·Studia Liturgica ·Roy A. Rappàport	3
10	Distinguished Lecture in General Anthropology: The Anthropology of Trouble 1993 ·American Anthropologist ·Roy A. Rappàport	57
11	RITUAL, TIME, AND ENTERNITY 1992 ·Zygon® ·Roy A. Rappàport	18
12	Toward Postmodern Risk Analysis¹ 1988 ·Risk Analysis ·Roy A. Rappàport	20
13	Cerdos para los antepasados: el ritual en la ecología de un pueblo en Nueva Guinea 1987 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·Roy A. Rappàport	10
14	On Rappaport's Ecology, Meaning, and Religion 1982 ·Current Anthropology ·Johannes Fabian,Roy A. Rappàport	0
15	Quantitative Ecological Analysis in the Social Sciences, by Stein Rokkan and Mattei Dogan 1973 ·Political Science Quarterly ·Roy A. Rappàport	0
16	Physical Anthropology: Habitats and Territories: A Study of the Use of Space by Animals. PETER H. KLOPFER 1971 ·American Anthropologist ·Roy A. Rappàport	1
17	Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People 1971 ·Ethnohistory ·(unknown),Roy A. Rappàport	25
18	The Sacred in Human Evolution 1971 ·Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics ·Roy A. Rappàport	129
19	Pigs for the Ancestors: Ritual in the Ecology of a New Guinea People.breakdown → 1968 ·Man ·Marilyn Strathern,Roy A. Rappàport	666
20	Ritual in the ecology of a New Guinea people : an anthropological study of the Tsembaga Maring 1966 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Roy A. Rappàport	1

About Roy A. Rappàport

Roy A. Rappàport is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 29 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (95 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (386 citations) and Anthropology (624 citations). Roy A. Rappàport has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Marilyn Strathern, Robert Ν. Bellah, Robert I. Levy, Lee Cronk, Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Ellis B. Page, Margaret Mead, Johannes Fabian, Gilbert F. White and E. William Colglazier. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific American and Risk Analysis.

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