David B. Coplan
Impact in
- Music top 0.5%
- Music History and Culture
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Anthropology top 2%
- African history and culture studies
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
Papers in
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- South African History and Culture 26
- African studies and sociopolitical issues 8
- Anthropology 22
- African history and culture studies 17
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 5
- Co-authors
- Richard W. Hull (1 shared paper)Leroy Vail (1 shared paper)Landeg White (1 shared paper)Peter Manuel (1 shared paper)Veit Erlmann (1 shared paper)Tim Quinlan (1 shared paper)Bennetta Jules‐Rosette (4 shared papers)Ivan Karp (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Ethnomusicology (5 papers)Anthropology Southern Africa (4 papers)African Studies Review (4 papers)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (3 papers)African Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesIreland
In The Last Decade
David B. Coplan
48 papers receiving 471 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 66
- Music 191
- Anthropology 243
- Archeology 24
- Linguistics and Language 53
- Sociology and Political Science 457
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 | 148 | |
| 2 | 1993 | 102 | |
| 3 | 1987 | 46 | |
| 4 | 1990 | 34 | |
| 5 | 1992 | 33 | |
| 6 | 2001 | 27 | |
| 7 | 1995 | 25 | |
| 8 | 1979 | 21 | |
| 9 | 1997 | 21 | |
| 10 | 1982 | 20 | |
| 11 | 1991 | 19 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 15 | |
| 13 | The power of oral poetry: narrative songs of the Basotho migrants | 1987 | 14 |
| 14 | 1990 | 13 | |
| 15 | 1982 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1988 | 13 | |
| 17 | 1993 | 13 | |
| 18 | Composing Apartheid: Music for and against apartheid | 2008 | 12 |
| 19 | 2017 | 12 | |
| 20 | 2001 | 11 |
About David B. Coplan
David B. Coplan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Music, Linguistics and Language and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 55 papers that have together received 749 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include South African History and Culture (26 papers), African history and culture studies (17 papers), Music History and Culture (12 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (8 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (8 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (191 citations), Anthropology (243 citations), Archeology (24 citations), Linguistics and Language (53 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (457 citations). David B. Coplan has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Richard W. Hull, Leroy Vail, Landeg White, Peter Manuel, Veit Erlmann, Tim Quinlan, Bennetta Jules‐Rosette, Ivan Karp, Charles S. Bird and Martin Stokes. Their work appears in journals such as Ethnomusicology, Anthropology Southern Africa, African Studies Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Studies.
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