W. Arens
Impact in
- Anthropology top 2%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- African history and culture studies
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- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
Papers in
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- Anthropological Studies and Insights 4
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 4
- African history and culture studies 1
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- African history and culture analysis 5
- Co-authors
- James W. Springer (1 shared paper)Peter Rivière (1 shared paper)Ivan Karp (2 shared papers)Gananath Obeyesekere (1 shared paper)R. G. Abrahams (1 shared paper)Shirley Lindenbaum (1 shared paper)R. C. Bridges (1 shared paper)Anders Hjort (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Africa (2 papers)American Anthropologist (2 papers)Current Anthropology (1 paper)Journal of Human Evolution (1 paper)Ethnos (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
W. Arens
18 papers receiving 257 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 61
- Anthropology 184
- Geography, Planning and Development 71
- Paleontology 49
- Literature and Literary Theory 57
- Cultural Studies 36
Countries citing papers authored by W. Arens
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Arens
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Co-authors
The 8 scholars most cited alongside W. Arens, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 23 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy | 1979 | 163 |
| 2 | 1980 | 115 | |
| 3 | The Man-Eating Myth | 1979 | 56 |
| 4 | 1975 | 21 | |
| 5 | 1980 | 16 | |
| 6 | 1979 | 9 | |
| 7 | 2003 | 8 | |
| 8 | 1979 | 7 | |
| 9 | 1976 | 6 | |
| 10 | 1973 | 6 | |
| 11 | Evans-Pritchard and the Prophets: Comments on an Ethnographic Enigma | 1983 | 6 |
| 12 | 1980 | 6 | |
| 13 | 1975 | 4 | |
| 14 | The Demise of Kings and the Meaning of Kingship: Royal Funerary Ceremony in the Contemporary Southern Sudan and Renaissance France | 1984 | 4 |
| 15 | 1978 | 3 | |
| 16 | Mto wa Mbu : a study of a multi-tribal community in rural Tanzania | 1970 | 2 |
| 17 | 1992 | 1 | |
| 18 | 1982 | 1 | |
| 19 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 20 | 1989 | 1 |
About W. Arens
W. Arens is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and History and Philosophy of Science, having authored 23 papers that have together received 436 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 papers), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (2 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (1 paper), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 paper) and African history and culture studies (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (184 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (71 citations), Paleontology (49 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (57 citations) and Cultural Studies (36 citations). W. Arens has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include James W. Springer, Peter Rivière, Ivan Karp, Gananath Obeyesekere, R. G. Abrahams, Shirley Lindenbaum, R. C. Bridges and Anders Hjort. Their work appears in journals such as Africa, American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology, Journal of Human Evolution and Ethnos.
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