T. O. Beidelman

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

T. O. Beidelman is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, T. O. Beidelman has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Anthropology, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in T. O. Beidelman's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (17 papers), African history and culture analysis (17 papers) and African history and culture studies (16 papers). T. O. Beidelman is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (17 papers), African history and culture analysis (17 papers) and African history and culture studies (16 papers). T. O. Beidelman collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. T. O. Beidelman's co-authors include E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, Segun Gbadegesin, Roy Willis, Karen E. Fields, Richard Werbner, I. Schapera, Jason Davis, Ernest Gellner, M. Louise Pirouet and Paul Spencer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

T. O. Beidelman

116 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande
    1977 331 citations T. O. Beidelman et al. The International Journal of African Historical Studies profile →

Peers

T. O. Beidelman
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States
Adam Kuper United Kingdom
Lucy Mair United Kingdom
Max Gluckman United Kingdom
Edwin Ardener United Kingdom
I. M. Lewis United Kingdom
Raymond Firth United Kingdom
Roger M. Keesing Australia
George W. Stocking United States
Vine Deloria United States
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo United States
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. O. Beidelman

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All Works

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Beidelman, T. O., David Anderson, & Douglas H. Johnson. (1997). Revealing Prophets: Prophecy in Eastern African History. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30(2). 461–461.
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1989). B. Kilborne & L. L. Langness, eds., Culture and Human Nature. Theoretical Papers of Melford Spiro. L Homme. 29(110). 142–142. 1 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O., et al.. (1981). Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo: A Study in Social Morphology.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 10(1). 93–93. 68 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1975). Ambiguous animals: Two theriomorphic metaphors in Kaguru folklore. Africa. 45(2). 183–200. 11 indexed citations
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Davis, Jason & T. O. Beidelman. (1974). The Translation of Culture: Essays to E. E. Evans-Pritchard.. Man. 9(4). 638–638. 46 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1973). The Mountain People. By Colin M. Turnbull. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. 309 pp. $7.95.. Africa. 43(2). 170–171. 3 indexed citations
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Spencer, Paul & T. O. Beidelman. (1972). The Kaguru: A Matrilineal People of East Africa. Man. 7(1). 159–159. 33 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1970). ETHNOLOGY: Kambuya's Cattle: The Legacy of an African Herdsman. Walter Goldschmidt. American Anthropologist. 72(1). 124–126.
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1967). The matrilineal peoples of Eastern Tanzania : Zaramo, Luguru, Kaguru, Ngulu, etc.. 9 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O., et al.. (1967). Bantu Beliefs and Magic, with Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony.. Man. 2(3). 477–477. 6 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1966). Notes on the Vidunda of Eastern Tanganyika. 65. 63–80. 2 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1964). 93. Some Kaguru Plants: Terms, Names and Uses. Man. 64. 79–79. 2 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1963). Kaguru Time Reckoning: An Aspect of the Cosmology of an East African People. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 19(1). 9–20. 22 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1963). 195. Some Kaguru Riddles. Man. 63. 158–158. 1 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1962). A History of Ukaguru: 1857-1916. 11–39. 1 indexed citations
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Beidelman, T. O.. (1962). Iron Working in Ukaguru. 288–289. 1 indexed citations
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Mayer, Adrián C. & T. O. Beidelman. (1961). A Comparative Analysis of the Jajmani System.. Pacific Affairs. 34(4). 407–407. 29 indexed citations

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