David B. Coplan
Impact in
- Music top 0.5%
- Music History and Culture
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Musicology and Musical Analysis
- Anthropology top 2%
- African history and culture studies
Papers in
- Music 25
- Music History and Culture 18
- Diverse Musicological Studies 15
- Musicology and Musical Analysis 11
- Anthropology 19
- African history and culture studies 16
- Co-authors
- Richard W. Hull (1 shared paper)Leroy Vail (1 shared paper)Landeg White (1 shared paper)Molefi Kete Asante (1 shared paper)Peter Lamarche. Manuel (1 shared paper)Veit Erlmann (1 shared paper)Tim Quinlan (1 shared paper)Bennetta Jules‐Rosette (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Ethnomusicology (5 papers)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (4 papers)African Studies Review (4 papers)Anthropology Southern Africa (3 papers)African Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesFrance
In The Last Decade
David B. Coplan
51 papers receiving 596 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 66
- Music 238
- Anthropology 186
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts 140
- Archeology 12
- Literature and Literary Theory 145
Countries citing papers authored by David B. Coplan
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside David B. Coplan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987 | 167 | |
| 2 | 1993 | 147 | |
| 3 | 1987 | 138 | |
| 4 | 1987 | 59 | |
| 5 | 1990 | 41 | |
| 6 | 1992 | 36 | |
| 7 | 1995 | 35 | |
| 8 | 1991 | 29 | |
| 9 | 2001 | 29 | |
| 10 | 1979 | 23 | |
| 11 | 1997 | 23 | |
| 12 | 1990 | 20 | |
| 13 | 1982 | 19 | |
| 14 | 2005 | 17 | |
| 15 | 1988 | 15 | |
| 16 | 1982 | 14 | |
| 17 | 2001 | 14 | |
| 18 | 2010 | 14 | |
| 19 | The power of oral poetry: narrative songs of the Basotho migrants | 1987 | 13 |
| 20 | 1993 | 13 |
About David B. Coplan
David B. Coplan is a scholar working on Music, Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Demography, having authored 62 papers that have together received 1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include South African History and Culture (19 papers), Music History and Culture (18 papers), African history and culture studies (16 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (15 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (11 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (9 papers), Arts and Performance Studies (7 papers) and Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (238 citations), Anthropology (186 citations), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (140 citations), Archeology (12 citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (145 citations). David B. Coplan has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Richard W. Hull, Leroy Vail, Landeg White, Molefi Kete Asante, Peter Lamarche. Manuel, Veit Erlmann, Tim Quinlan, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette, Charles S. Bird and Ivan Karp. Their work appears in journals such as Ethnomusicology, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, African Studies Review, Anthropology Southern Africa and African Studies.
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