William D. Wilder

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

William D. Wilder is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Wilder has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in William D. Wilder's work include Asian Studies and History (7 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (4 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 papers). William D. Wilder is often cited by papers focused on Asian Studies and History (7 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (4 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 papers). William D. Wilder collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Netherlands. William D. Wilder's co-authors include Albert Pepitone, Richard Howard, Michel Foucault, Victor T. King, Sylvia Caiuby Novaes, Margaret K. Bacon, Leigh Minturn, Herbert Barry, Thomas R. Williams and James E. Ritchie and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

William D. Wilder

21 papers receiving 824 citations

Hit Papers

My Brother's Keeper: Child and Sibling Caretaking [and Co... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1977 1972 100 200 300
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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.

  1. My Brother's Keeper: Child and Sibling Caretaking [and Comments and Reply]
    1977 385 citations William D. Wilder et al. Current Anthropology profile →
  2. Madness and Civilisation: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.
    1972 356 citations William D. Wilder et al. Man profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William D. Wilder United Kingdom 9 428 193 171 168 137 26 1.1k
Leigh Minturn United States 12 323 0.8× 184 1.0× 135 0.8× 207 1.2× 180 1.3× 28 868
Alice Schlegel United States 18 601 1.4× 154 0.8× 367 2.1× 122 0.7× 278 2.0× 39 1.4k
Margaret K. Bacon United States 9 382 0.9× 195 1.0× 194 1.1× 228 1.4× 346 2.5× 12 1.1k
Alma Gottlieb United States 19 508 1.2× 158 0.8× 80 0.5× 232 1.4× 197 1.4× 58 1.3k
Ruth H. Munroe United States 13 241 0.6× 125 0.6× 175 1.0× 246 1.5× 304 2.2× 52 1.0k
Rosemary Firth United Kingdom 12 339 0.8× 107 0.6× 87 0.5× 178 1.1× 157 1.1× 35 967
Amy Shuman United States 14 585 1.4× 190 1.0× 199 1.2× 237 1.4× 139 1.0× 40 1.6k
David G. Mandelbaum United States 14 354 0.8× 78 0.4× 102 0.6× 86 0.5× 84 0.6× 45 1.1k
Ailsa Burns Australia 18 368 0.9× 185 1.0× 94 0.5× 187 1.1× 210 1.5× 55 876
Susan James Canada 21 433 1.0× 363 1.9× 79 0.5× 77 0.5× 300 2.2× 91 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William D. Wilder

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Wilder

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All Works

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King, Victor T. & William D. Wilder. (2020). The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia. 5 indexed citations
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King, Victor T. & William D. Wilder. (2012). Antropologi Modern Asia Tenggara Sebuah Pengantar. 4 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (2003). Journeys of the Soul, Anthropological Studies of Death, Burial and Reburial Practices in Borneo. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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King, Victor T. & William D. Wilder. (2003). The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D., Michael Hitchcock, & Victor T. King. (1999). Images of Malay-Indonesian Identity. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 5(1). 136–136. 9 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (1998). Bodies in the East: cosmic images in Malay tradition. Ecumene. 5(2). 167–185.
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Wilder, William D., et al.. (1986). Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia: A Study of Kampung Kuala Bera. Man. 21(4). 777–777. 6 indexed citations
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Papps, Ivy, J. Charlene Davis, Shoshana Grossbard, et al.. (1983). The Role and Determinants of Bride-Price: The Case of a Palestinian Village [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 24(2). 203–215. 10 indexed citations
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Hartung, John, Mildred Dickemann, Leopold Pospíšil, et al.. (1982). Polygyny and Inheritance of Wealth [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 23(1). 1–12. 136 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (1982). Psychosocial Dimensions of Ethnicity. Asian journal of social science. 10(1). 103–115.
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King, Victor T. & William D. Wilder. (1982). Southeast Asia and the Concept of Ethnicity. Asian journal of social science. 10(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Guindi, Fadwa El, Dwight Read, Michael Burton, et al.. (1979). Mathematics in Structural Theory [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(4). 761–790. 4 indexed citations
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Befu, Harumi, Gertrude E. Dole, Louis C. Faron, et al.. (1977). Ancient Society and Morgan's Kinship Theory 100 Years After [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 18(4). 709–729. 3 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (1976). Social structure and the communications systems in a Malay village in Pahang, Malaya. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Wilder, William D. & Vieda Skultans. (1975). Madness and Morals: Ideas on Insanity in the Nineteenth Century.. Man. 10(4). 665–665. 27 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (1968). Islam, Other Factors and Malay Backwardness: Comments on an Argument. Modern Asian Studies. 2(2). 155–164. 5 indexed citations
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Wilder, William D.. (1964). Confusion versus Classification in the Study of Purum Society. American Anthropologist. 66(6). 1365–1371. 3 indexed citations

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