W. J. Burchell

418 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 188 citations indexed

About

W. J. Burchell is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Burchell has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 188 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Anthropology, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in W. J. Burchell's work include African history and culture studies (6 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers) and South African History and Culture (4 papers). W. J. Burchell is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (6 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers) and South African History and Culture (4 papers). W. J. Burchell collaborates with scholars based in . W. J. Burchell's co-authors include Gordon D. Gibson and Cherryl Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Geographical Journal, Ethnohistory and UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria).

In The Last Decade

W. J. Burchell

6 papers receiving 133 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa

1954 164 citations W. J. Burchell et al. Geographical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. J. Burchell	5	53	50	50	28	22	6	188
George Bird Grinnell United States	8	66 1.2×	30 0.6×	22 0.4×	12 0.4×	5 0.2×	24	204
Jim G. Shaffer United States	5	71 1.3×	31 0.6×	11 0.2×	22 0.8×	19 0.9×	8	222
Donald F. Thomson Australia	9	128 2.4×	19 0.4×	39 0.8×	12 0.4×	14 0.6×	24	282
John A. C. Greppin	8	38 0.7×	16 0.3×	8 0.2×	11 0.4×	33 1.5×	31	285
William Bartram	6	63 1.2×	8 0.2×	13 0.3×	34 1.2×	17 0.8×	9	163
H. R. Ellis Davidson United Kingdom	10	42 0.8×	25 0.5×	18 0.4×	62 2.2×	20 0.9×	32	409
Wendy Beck Australia	10	122 2.3×	47 0.9×	24 0.5×	21 0.8×	15 0.7×	26	249
William C. Massey Canada	6	114 2.2×	21 0.4×	23 0.5×	10 0.4×	6 0.3×	10	251
F. E. Prins South Africa	10	201 3.8×	39 0.8×	160 3.2×	18 0.6×	7 0.3×	16	386
Stefanie Kahlheber Germany	9	143 2.7×	17 0.3×	82 1.6×	68 2.4×	44 2.0×	13	357

Countries citing papers authored by W. J. Burchell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. J. Burchell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. J. Burchell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. J. Burchell 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 W. J. Burchell. W. J. Burchell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Walker, Cherryl, et al.. (2010). The lie of the land : representations of the South African landscape. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

2.

Burchell, W. J.. (2010). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa; Volume 2. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 4 indexed citations

3.

Gibson, Gordon D. & W. J. Burchell. (1971). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Ethnohistory. 18(2). 172–172. 4 indexed citations

4.

Burchell, W. J.. (1968). Woodcut vignettes : from "Travels in the interior of Southern Africa". 1 indexed citations

5.

Burchell, W. J.. (1967). Travels in the interior of Southern Africa.. 11 indexed citations

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Burchell, W. J., et al.. (1954). Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Geographical Journal. 120(1). 99–99. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

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