Roy Ellen

4.2k total citations
145 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Roy Ellen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Ellen has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 20 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Roy Ellen's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (25 papers), Asian Studies and History (25 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (11 papers). Roy Ellen is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (25 papers), Asian Studies and History (25 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (11 papers). Roy Ellen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Indonesia and Netherlands. Roy Ellen's co-authors include Raymond Firth, Alexander Alland, Claudine Friedberg, Jennifer Alexander, Johan Iskandar, Brent Berlin, Jack Bilmes, Ian Glover, Jay H. Bernstein and Ireland and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Trends in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Roy Ellen

130 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Ellen United Kingdom 26 581 421 398 321 196 145 2.3k
Paul Sillitoe United Kingdom 26 468 0.8× 418 1.0× 577 1.4× 419 1.3× 229 1.2× 107 2.4k
Philippe Descola France 21 674 1.2× 438 1.0× 552 1.4× 92 0.3× 152 0.8× 111 2.1k
Robert L. Carneiro United States 21 752 1.3× 229 0.5× 551 1.4× 243 0.8× 130 0.7× 75 2.5k
Thomas N. Headland United States 18 602 1.0× 224 0.5× 487 1.2× 70 0.2× 138 0.7× 39 2.1k
Kay Milton United Kingdom 13 423 0.7× 334 0.8× 226 0.6× 125 0.4× 216 1.1× 24 1.5k
Deborah Bird Rose Australia 23 749 1.3× 988 2.3× 484 1.2× 62 0.2× 248 1.3× 77 2.8k
Allen Johnson United States 20 712 1.2× 148 0.4× 411 1.0× 85 0.3× 96 0.5× 43 2.2k
Roy A. Rappàport United States 14 1.2k 2.1× 386 0.9× 624 1.6× 54 0.2× 150 0.8× 29 3.0k
Nick Barter Australia 7 429 0.7× 390 0.9× 339 0.9× 44 0.1× 107 0.5× 21 1.9k
Mary W. Helms United States 20 579 1.0× 350 0.8× 623 1.6× 85 0.3× 105 0.5× 59 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Roy Ellen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Ellen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Ellen

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All Works

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Ellen, Roy, et al.. (2016). Ecological and Behavioral Characteristics in Grouping Zapotec Bird Categories in San Miguel Tiltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology. 36(3). 658–682. 6 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (2016). The cultural cognition of time: Some anthropological perspectives. 125–150. 3 indexed citations
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Bubandt, Nils & Roy Ellen. (2016). The Empty Seashell: Witchcraft and Doubt on an Indonesian Island. Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia. 31(2). 625–626. 13 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (2016). Is There a Role for Ontologies in Understanding Plant Knowledge Systems?. Journal of Ethnobiology. 36(1). 10–28. 14 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy, et al.. (2013). The Management of Cassava Toxicity and Its Changing Sociocultural Context in the Kei Islands, Eastern Indonesia. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 52(5). 427–450. 7 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (2012). Nuaulu Religious Practices; The frequency and reproduction of rituals in a Moluccan society. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 4 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (2006). Ethnobiology and the science of humankind - Introduction. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 3 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (2005). The categorical impulse: collected essays in the anthropology of classifying behaviour. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent).
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Ellen, Roy. (2005). The categorical impulse : essays on the anthropology of classifying behaviour. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 35 indexed citations
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Sillitoe, Paul, Darrell A. Posey, John Clammer, et al.. (2002). Participating in development : approaches to indegenous knowledge. Routledge eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmerer, Karl S., Judith Carney, Brent Berlin, et al.. (2001). Report on Geography and the New Ethnobiology. Geographical Review. 91(4). 725–725. 9 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy. (1999). Categories of animality and canine abuse - Exploring contradictions in Nuaulu social relationships with dogs. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 18 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy, et al.. (1994). Nuaulu Ethnozoology: A Systematic Inventory.. Pacific Affairs. 67(3). 474–474. 5 indexed citations
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Middleton, John, et al.. (1990). Malinowski between Two Worlds: The Polish Roots of an Anthropological Tradition.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(5). 764–764. 17 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy, et al.. (1987). Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia. Man. 22(1). 202–202. 13 indexed citations
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Ellen, Roy, et al.. (1986). Unity in Diversity: Indonesia as a Field of Anthropological Study.. Man. 21(1). 155–155. 20 indexed citations

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