W. Arens

932 total citations
23 papers, 435 citations indexed

About

W. Arens is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Arens has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 435 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Anthropology, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in W. Arens's work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers). W. Arens is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 papers). W. Arens collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. Arens's co-authors include James W. Springer, Peter Rivière, Ivan Karp, Gananath Obeyesekere, R. G. Abrahams, Shirley Lindenbaum, R. C. Bridges and Anders Hjort and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Human Evolution, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

W. Arens

18 papers receiving 256 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Arens United States 8 183 103 71 57 50 23 435
Nathan Wachtel France 13 170 0.9× 131 1.3× 37 0.5× 39 0.7× 68 1.4× 53 528
John Michael Vlach United States 13 238 1.3× 161 1.6× 34 0.5× 63 1.1× 68 1.4× 48 639
Robin Ridington Canada 12 161 0.9× 125 1.2× 64 0.9× 28 0.5× 50 1.0× 47 517
Henry Glassie United States 13 221 1.2× 158 1.5× 45 0.6× 123 2.2× 76 1.5× 59 676
Franz Boas United States 12 156 0.9× 165 1.6× 38 0.5× 43 0.8× 59 1.2× 46 591
W. Patrick Strauss United States 6 135 0.7× 127 1.2× 182 2.6× 23 0.4× 60 1.2× 14 449
Robert E. Bieder United States 10 141 0.8× 168 1.6× 36 0.5× 30 0.5× 20 0.4× 27 537
Paula Wissing 7 151 0.8× 116 1.1× 120 1.7× 29 0.5× 59 1.2× 14 439
Wilbur R. Jacobs United States 12 161 0.9× 154 1.5× 26 0.4× 21 0.4× 36 0.7× 75 557
Miguel León‐Portilla Mexico 12 115 0.6× 74 0.7× 22 0.3× 46 0.8× 61 1.2× 121 526

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Arens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Arens

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Obeyesekere, Gananath & W. Arens. (2003). Cannibalism Reconsidered Responses to Marshall Sahlins. Anthropology Today. 19(5). 18–19. 8 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1989). The esthetics of sociobiology. Journal of Human Evolution. 18(4). 401–407. 1 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1984). The Demise of Kings and the Meaning of Kingship: Royal Funerary Ceremony in the Contemporary Southern Sudan and Renaissance France. 79. 355–367. 4 indexed citations
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Lindenbaum, Shirley & W. Arens. (1982). The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy. Ethnohistory. 29(1). 58–58. 1 indexed citations
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Karp, Ivan, W. Arens, & Anders Hjort. (1981). On the Frontier of Change, Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania. African Economic History. 220–220.
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Rivière, Peter & W. Arens. (1980). The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy.. Man. 15(1). 203–203. 16 indexed citations
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Abrahams, R. G., et al.. (1980). On the Frontier of Change: Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania.. Man. 15(3). 547–547. 6 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1979). The divine kingship of the Shilluk: A contemporary reevalution*. Ethnos. 44(3-4). 167–181. 7 indexed citations
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Bridges, R. C. & W. Arens. (1979). A Century of Change in Eastern Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 12(2). 294–294.
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Arens, W.. (1979). The Man-Eating Myth. 56 indexed citations
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Arens, W. & Ivan Karp. (1979). Fields of Change among the Iteso of Kenya. ASA Review of Books. 5. 204–204. 9 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1979). The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 162 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1976). A Century of Change in Eastern Africa. 6 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1975). TheWaswahili: The social history of an ethnic group. Africa. 45(4). 426–438. 21 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1975). Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa : Ethnographie Reality or Ideology.. Cahiers d études africaines. 15(59). 443–456. 4 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1973). Tribalism and the Poly-Ethnic Rural Community. Man. 8(3). 441–441. 6 indexed citations
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Arens, W.. (1970). Mto wa Mbu : a study of a multi-tribal community in rural Tanzania. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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