Wolf Leslau

1.3k total citations
97 papers, 410 citations indexed

About

Wolf Leslau is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Language and Linguistics and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolf Leslau has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 410 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 67 papers in Language and Linguistics and 27 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Wolf Leslau's work include African history and culture analysis (73 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (64 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (13 papers). Wolf Leslau is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (73 papers), Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (64 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (13 papers). Wolf Leslau collaborates with scholars based in United States. Wolf Leslau's co-authors include Grover Hudson, G. W. B. Huntingford, Frank R. Blake, C. F. Beckingham, Arthur Jeffery, J. Clear, Michel Leiris, Jack Fellman, Jonas C. Greenfield and Robert Hetzron and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Wolf Leslau

71 papers receiving 218 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolf Leslau United States 11 251 134 92 70 67 97 410
Nicholas Poppe United States 10 292 1.2× 27 0.2× 134 1.5× 87 1.2× 106 1.6× 49 491
Robert Hetzron United States 12 266 1.1× 50 0.4× 86 0.9× 73 1.0× 96 1.4× 34 358
F. K. Lehman United States 8 115 0.5× 91 0.7× 54 0.6× 20 0.3× 91 1.4× 23 323
Kamil V. Zvelebil Netherlands 10 65 0.3× 38 0.3× 25 0.3× 15 0.2× 29 0.4× 57 311
Karl H. Menges 6 81 0.3× 32 0.2× 23 0.3× 15 0.2× 33 0.5× 28 204
T. M. Johnstone United Kingdom 8 150 0.6× 45 0.3× 45 0.5× 12 0.2× 77 1.1× 25 222
Rainer Voßen Germany 10 116 0.5× 15 0.1× 48 0.5× 28 0.4× 119 1.8× 24 291
Edgar C. Polomé United States 9 145 0.6× 20 0.1× 38 0.4× 34 0.5× 126 1.9× 29 308
Edward Ullendorff United Kingdom 9 55 0.2× 95 0.7× 12 0.1× 9 0.1× 15 0.2× 57 238
G. L. M. Clauson 5 447 1.8× 33 0.2× 18 0.2× 8 0.1× 9 0.1× 28 574

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolf Leslau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolf Leslau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolf Leslau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolf Leslau 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 Wolf Leslau. Wolf Leslau 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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Leslau, Wolf, et al.. (2001). Amharic cultural reader. Harrassowitz eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf & Grover Hudson. (1996). Essays on Gurage language and culture : dedicated to Wolf Leslau on the occasion of his 90th birthday, November 14th, 1996. Harrassowitz eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1989). Concise dictionary of Geʿez : classical Ethiopic. O. Harrassowitz eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1987). Comparative dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic) : Geʿez-English, English-Geʿez, with an index of the Semitic roots. O. Harrassowitz eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf, et al.. (1983). Ethiopian studies : dedicated to Wolf Leslau on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, November 14th, 1981. O. Harrassowitz eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf, et al.. (1970). African poems and love songs.
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Leslau, Wolf. (1965). An annotated Bibliography of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia. 3 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1964). Toward a History of the Amharic Vocabulary. Journal of Ethiopian studies. 2(2). 12–20.
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Leslau, Wolf. (1962). 'Yes' and 'No' in the Ethiopian Languages. Language. 38(2). 147–147. 5 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1959). A dictionary of Moča (Southwestern Ethiopia). Americanae (AECID Library). 7 indexed citations
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Jeffery, Arthur & Wolf Leslau. (1959). Ethiopic and South Arabic Contributions to the Hebrew Lexicon. Language. 35(1). 97–97. 7 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1959). A Preliminary Description of Argobba. Annales d Ethiopie. 3(1). 251–273. 6 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1958). The Languages of Ethiopia and Their Geographical Distribution. 2(3). 116–121. 2 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1957). Arabic Loanwords in Argobba (South Ethiopic). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 77(1). 36–36. 2 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1954). Rhodes–Livingstone Institute. Africa. 24(3). 267–267. 1 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf, et al.. (1953). Notes on Gurage Grammar. Language. 29(1). 100–100. 12 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf. (1952). The Influence of Sidamo on the Ethiopic Languages of Gurage. Language. 28(1). 63–63. 16 indexed citations
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Leslau, Wolf, et al.. (1951). Dictionnaire arabe-français. Language. 27(3). 429–429. 1 indexed citations
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Blake, Frank R. & Wolf Leslau. (1951). Ethiopic Documents: Gurage. Language. 27(2). 202–202. 13 indexed citations

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