William Bascom

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

William Bascom is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bascom has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in William Bascom's work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (11 papers), African history and culture analysis (8 papers) and African history and culture studies (7 papers). William Bascom is often cited by papers focused on Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (11 papers), African history and culture analysis (8 papers) and African history and culture studies (7 papers). William Bascom collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Bascom's co-authors include P. C. Lloyd, William A. Lessa, Stephen D. Glazier, Geoffrey Parrinder, Robert Thompson, Donald J. Cosentino, Daniel J. Crowley, Melville J. Herskovits, Daniel F. McCall and Edna G. Bay and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

William Bascom

45 papers receiving 681 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.

The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives

1965 139 citations William Bascom Journal of American Folklore profile →
Four Functions of Folklore

1954 124 citations William Bascom Journal of American Folklore profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Bascom United States	15	338	254	179	111	109	56	1.1k
Bennetta Jules‐Rosette United States	15	504 1.5×	301 1.2×	83 0.5×	110 1.0×	78 0.7×	84	1.1k
Harry Zohn	8	568 1.7×	143 0.6×	282 1.6×	209 1.9×	48 0.4×	67	1.4k
Michael M. Ames Canada	16	619 1.8×	411 1.6×	93 0.5×	258 2.3×	125 1.1×	46	1.6k
Steven F. Rendall	4	356 1.1×	91 0.4×	80 0.4×	103 0.9×	49 0.4×	7	823
Ray B. Browne United States	13	380 1.1×	113 0.4×	205 1.1×	106 1.0×	57 0.5×	162	1.0k
Jay Ruby United States	16	468 1.4×	199 0.8×	76 0.4×	71 0.6×	98 0.9×	66	1.1k
Robert J. Ellrich	3	518 1.5×	91 0.4×	189 1.1×	148 1.3×	124 1.1×	5	1.1k
Allon White	5	498 1.5×	182 0.7×	376 2.1×	120 1.1×	82 0.8×	8	1.4k
Eugene Rochberg‐Halton United States	9	409 1.2×	163 0.6×	81 0.5×	74 0.7×	61 0.6×	20	988
Ian Birchall	4	418 1.2×	110 0.4×	117 0.7×	143 1.3×	43 0.4×	12	831

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Bascom

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Glazier, Stephen D. & William Bascom. (1995). African Folktales in the New World. Journal of Religion in Africa. 25(2). 219–219.

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Bascom, William. (1981). Perhaps Too Much to Chew?. Western Folklore. 40(4). 285–285. 1 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1978). Frontiers Of Folklore/h. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

4.

Bascom, William, et al.. (1976). African Art in Cultural Perspective. An Introduction. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 10(1). 164–164.

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Bascom, William. (1975). African Dilemma Tales. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1973). Folklore, Verbal Art, and Culture. Journal of American Folklore. 86(342). 374–374. 4 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1972). Shango in the New World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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Lessa, William A. & William Bascom. (1970). Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 9(4). 330–330. 105 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1970). FERNANDO ORTIZ 1881–1969. American Anthropologist. 72(4). 816–819. 1 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1967). African arts : an exhibition at the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, Berkeley, April 6/October 22, 1967. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1965). Ponape: A Pacific Economy in Transition. University of California Press eBooks. 36 indexed citations

12.

Bascom, William. (1965). Stylistic Features of Proverbs, a Comment. Journal of American Folklore. 78(307). 69–69. 2 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1965). The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives. Journal of American Folklore. 78(307). 3–3. 139 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bascom, William, et al.. (1960). Continuity and Change in African Cultures.. American Sociological Review. 25(1). 135–135. 147 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1959). Urbanism as a Traditional African Pattern. The Sociological Review. 7(1). 29–43. 14 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1958). 253. Yoruba Urbanism: A Summary. Man. 58. 190–190. 3 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1957). The Myth-Ritual Theory. Journal of American Folklore. 70(276). 103–103. 9 indexed citations

18.

Bascom, William. (1955). Urbanization Among the Yoruba. American Journal of Sociology. 60(5). 446–454. 48 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1951). Social Status, Wealth and Individual Differences Among the Yoruba¹. American Anthropologist. 53(4). 490–505. 19 indexed citations

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Bascom, William. (1951). Yoruba Food. Africa. 21(1). 41–53. 16 indexed citations

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