Russell Thornton

2.1k total citations
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Russell Thornton is a scholar working on Anthropology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell Thornton has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Anthropology, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Russell Thornton's work include Archaeology and Natural History (14 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (10 papers) and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (7 papers). Russell Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Natural History (14 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (10 papers) and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (7 papers). Russell Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States. Russell Thornton's co-authors include C. Matthew Snipp, Peter M. Nardi, Ann F. Ramenofsky, David E. Stannard, John H. Bodley, George Sabo, Donald J. Bogue, Tim Miller, Alfred W. Crosby and Gary D. Sandefur and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Russell Thornton

53 papers receiving 865 citations

Peers

Russell Thornton
Nancy Howell Canada
D. G. Kailis Australia
Eleanor Leacock United States
Alexander Alland United States
David E. Stannard United States
Catherine H. Berndt Australia
Ronald M. Berndt Australia
Robert Tonkinson Australia
Zoe Todd Canada
Richard J. Parmentier United States
Nancy Howell Canada
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thornton, Russell. (2005). Articles: Native American Demographic and Tribal Survival into the Twenty-first Century. American studies. 46(3). 23–38. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (2000). Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Critique of Anthropology. American Ethnologist. 27(3). 762–763. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1997). Aboriginal North American Population and Rates of Decline, ca. a.d. 1500‐19001. Current Anthropology. 38(2). 310–315. 33 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell & David E. Stannard. (1994). American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World.. Journal of American History. 80(4). 1428–1428. 95 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1991). American Indian Fertility Patterns: 1910 and 1940 to 1980. A Research Note.. The American Indian Quarterly. 15(3). 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell, et al.. (1991). American Indian Population Recovery following Smallpox Epidemics. American Anthropologist. 93(1). 28–45. 28 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell & Ann F. Ramenofsky. (1990). Vectors of Death: The Archaeology of European Contact. The American Indian Quarterly. 14(2). 206–206. 129 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1986). Our Original Aggression: Aboriginal Populations of Southeastern Australia, 1788-1850.Noel Butlin. American Journal of Sociology. 92(1). 251–252. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell, et al.. (1985). Demography of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography with a Review Essay.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 14(5). 602–602. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell, et al.. (1984). The Handbook of National Population Censuses: Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 13(3). 309–309. 16 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell, Gary D. Sandefur, & Harold G. Grasmick. (1982). The urbanization of American Indians : a critical bibliography. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1979). American Indian Historical Demography: A Review Essay with Suggestions for Future Research. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 3(1). 69–74. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1978). American Indian Studies As an Academic Discipline. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 2(3-4). 10–19. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1978). Implications of Catlin's American Indian population estimates for revision of Mooney's estimate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 49(1). 11–13. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell & Peter M. Nardi. (1975). The Dynamics of Role Acquisition. American Journal of Sociology. 80(4). 870–885. 177 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell, et al.. (1975). The Indian Identity Crises: Inquiries into the Problems and Prospects of Societal Development among Native Peoples.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 4(5). 575–575. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Russell. (1974). Fighting Tuscarora: The Autobiography of Chief Clinton Rickard. History Reviews of New Books. 2(4). 96–96. 2 indexed citations
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Anyon, Roger & Russell Thornton. (1970). Implementing repatriation in the United States: issues raised and lessons learned. 2 indexed citations

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