Signe Howell

1.8k total citations
45 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

Signe Howell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Signe Howell has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Signe Howell's work include Asian Studies and History (8 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (4 papers). Signe Howell is often cited by papers focused on Asian Studies and History (8 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (4 papers). Signe Howell collaborates with scholars based in Norway and Spain. Signe Howell's co-authors include Alfred Gell, Roy Willis, Lenore Manderson, Diana Marre, Aud Talle, Bruce M. Knauft, Michael R. Dove, David Riches, Marit Melhuus and Cynthia Enloe and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annual Review of Anthropology and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Signe Howell

42 papers receiving 718 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Signe Howell Norway 15 484 227 211 130 126 45 891
Matthew C. Gutmann United States 18 611 1.3× 60 0.3× 104 0.5× 151 1.2× 64 0.5× 60 1.1k
Kath Weston United States 11 546 1.1× 41 0.2× 96 0.5× 102 0.8× 145 1.2× 29 1.0k
Jane F. Collier United States 17 468 1.0× 28 0.1× 227 1.1× 256 2.0× 31 0.2× 43 1.1k
Adeline Masquelier United States 17 662 1.4× 50 0.2× 469 2.2× 265 2.0× 12 0.1× 53 1.3k
William D. Wilder United Kingdom 9 428 0.9× 102 0.4× 70 0.3× 59 0.5× 10 0.1× 26 1.1k
Hortense J. Spillers United States 9 1.0k 2.1× 31 0.1× 171 0.8× 116 0.9× 29 0.2× 41 1.9k
John Demos United States 15 603 1.2× 45 0.2× 118 0.6× 160 1.2× 10 0.1× 58 1.3k
Andrea Smith United States 13 545 1.1× 20 0.1× 73 0.3× 88 0.7× 42 0.3× 38 974
Mary Lyndon Shanley United States 16 372 0.8× 41 0.2× 32 0.2× 330 2.5× 140 1.1× 44 932
Robert Knox Dentan United States 10 628 1.3× 170 0.7× 138 0.7× 59 0.5× 5 0.0× 34 986

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Fields of papers citing papers by Signe Howell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Signe Howell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Signe Howell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Signe Howell 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 Signe Howell. Signe Howell 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
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Howell, Signe. (2022). The Kinning of Foreigners. Berghahn Books. 1 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2018). Ethnography. 11 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2016). Battle of Cosmologies: The Catholic Church, Adat, and ‘Inculturation’ among Northern Lio, Indonesia. Social Analysis. 60(4). 5 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2015). Politics of appearances: Some reasons why the UN‐REDD project in Central Sulawesi failed to unite the various stakeholders. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 56(1). 37–47. 18 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2014). ‘No RIGHTS–No REDD’: Some Implications of a Turn Towards Co-Benefits. Forum for Development Studies. 41(2). 253–272. 26 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2013). Divide and Rule: Nature and Society in a Global Forest Programme. 157–175. 6 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2013). The house as analytic concept: a theoretical overview. 30–47. 5 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe, Aud Talle, & Bruce M. Knauft. (2012). Returns to the field : multitemporal research and contemporary anthropology. Indiana University Press eBooks. 34 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2010). Norwegian Academic Anthropologists in Public Spaces. Current Anthropology. 51(S2). S269–S277. 14 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2007). Nesting, eclipsing and hierarchy. Processes of gendered values among Lio. Social Anthropology. 10(2). 159–172. 1 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (2006). Changes in Moral Values about the Family: Adoption Legislation in Norway and the US. Social Analysis. 50(3). 6 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (1996). Many Contexts, Many Meanings? Gendered Values Among the Northern Lio of Flores, Indonesia. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2(2). 253–253. 9 indexed citations
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Riches, David, Signe Howell, & Roy Willis. (1991). Societies at Peace: Anthropological Perspectives. Man. 26(1). 177–177. 3 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (1990). Hierarchy and value: An introduction. Ethnos. 55(3-4). 137–139. 2 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe & Roy Willis. (1989). Societies at peace: Anthropological perspectives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 47 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe & Michael R. Dove. (1989). The Real and Imagined Role of Culture in Development: Case Studies from Indonesia.. Man. 24(3). 538–538. 3 indexed citations
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Enloe, Cynthia, et al.. (1986). Women and Development in South-East Asia, I. Papers.. Pacific Affairs. 59(4). 718–718. 1 indexed citations
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Howell, Signe. (1984). Equality and hierarchy in Chewong classification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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