W.E.A. van Beek

748 total citations
59 papers, 360 citations indexed

About

W.E.A. van Beek is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.E.A. van Beek has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 360 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in W.E.A. van Beek's work include African history and culture studies (12 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers) and Cultural Identity and Heritage (5 papers). W.E.A. van Beek is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (12 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers) and Cultural Identity and Heritage (5 papers). W.E.A. van Beek collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Netherlands and United States. W.E.A. van Beek's co-authors include Robert M. Baum, Richard N. Day, Thomas J. Scheff, Thomas R. Williams, Ivan Karp, Arlene Kaplan Daniels, Bruce Kapferer, John D. Stoeckle, Charles Williams and Michael P. Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and Human Ecology.

In The Last Decade

W.E.A. van Beek

50 papers receiving 258 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.E.A. van Beek Japan 9 158 110 39 37 29 59 360
Basil Sansom Australia 10 133 0.8× 166 1.5× 26 0.7× 20 0.5× 24 0.8× 16 428
George Saunders United States 10 221 1.4× 74 0.7× 78 2.0× 42 1.1× 26 0.9× 21 585
Inga Clendinnen Australia 14 149 0.9× 165 1.5× 84 2.2× 38 1.0× 25 0.9× 38 528
Lee Drummond Canada 8 132 0.8× 112 1.0× 27 0.7× 30 0.8× 10 0.3× 18 354
John Leavitt Canada 4 121 0.8× 50 0.5× 36 0.9× 75 2.0× 11 0.4× 5 304
Don Seeman United States 11 201 1.3× 85 0.8× 77 2.0× 31 0.8× 8 0.3× 24 381
Robert S. Ellwood United States 12 217 1.4× 58 0.5× 36 0.9× 43 1.2× 15 0.5× 67 431
Susan J. Rasmussen United States 13 273 1.7× 236 2.1× 123 3.2× 44 1.2× 27 0.9× 73 490
Gilbert Lewis United Kingdom 8 100 0.6× 94 0.9× 22 0.6× 21 0.6× 19 0.7× 17 301
William H. U. Anderson United Kingdom 3 181 1.1× 49 0.4× 33 0.8× 39 1.1× 12 0.4× 10 342

Countries citing papers authored by W.E.A. van Beek

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Fields of papers citing papers by W.E.A. van Beek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.E.A. van Beek

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W.E.A. van Beek. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W.E.A. van Beek 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.E.A. van Beek. W.E.A. van Beek 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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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (2024). Dogon Songs of Life and Death.
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2024). Masks Versus Cattle: The Ecology of an African Art Form. Human Ecology. 52(4). 851–865.
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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (2023). Masquerades in African Society. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2018). Matter in Motion: A Dogon Kanaga Mask. Religions. 9(9). 264–264. 2 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van & Philip M. Peek. (2013). Reviewing reality : Dynamics of African divination. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 9 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2013). Intensive slave-raiding in the colonial interstice : Hamman Yaji and the Kaspsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria. Research portal (Tilburg University). 53(3). 301–323. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2012). Divinatory Logics : Diagnoses and Predictions Mediating Outcomes. Current Anthropology. 52(5). 542–543. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van & Annette Schmidt. (2012). African hosts & their guests: cultural dynamics of tourism. 340. 3 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2011). The infallibility trap : The sanctification of religious authority. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 4. 14–44. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (2007). De rite is rond : betekenis en boodschap van het ongewone. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (2007). The escalation of witchcraft accusations.. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 293–316. 4 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (2003). Dynamics of agriculture in the Mandara Mountains : the case of the Kapsiki/Higi of northern Cameroon and north-eastern Nigeria. 335–381. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (2001). Right and left as political categories: An exercise in not-so-primitive classification. 96(1). 169–178. 7 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van, et al.. (1997). Religion in Africa. 4(2). 11. 10 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (1996). Ethnisation and accommodation: Dutch Mormons in Twenty-first Century Europe. 29(1). 119–138. 2 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (1996). Ethnization and Accommodation: Dutch Mormons in Twenty-first-century Europe. Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought. 29(1). 119–138. 1 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (1994). The innocent sorcerer; coping with evil in two African societies, Kapsiki and Dogon. 4. 196–228. 7 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (1989). The Flexibility of Domestic Production: the Kapsiki and Their Transformations. 613–646. 2 indexed citations
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Beek, W.E.A. van. (1986). L'état ce n'est pas nous!: cultural proletarization in Cameroon. 65–87. 1 indexed citations

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