Edwin Ardener

4.4k citations
37 papers · 2.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 14

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Edwin Ardener

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Edwin Ardener's Hit Papers

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. 1967 · 1.9k citations
1.9k0+19+39Years since publication50010001.5k

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Edwin Ardener
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
  • Anthropology 438
  • Geography, Planning and Development 216
  • Sociology and Political Science 985
  • Archeology 18
  • Cultural Studies 135
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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo.
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19671855
2 198998
3 196666
4 201248
5
Plantation and village in the Cameroons.
196034
6 197133
7 201332
8 196828
9 201327
10 196323
11 196118
12 199816
13
The nature of the reunification of Cameroon
196715
14 199613
15 196111
16 196510
17 19668
18 20137
19 19666
20 19635

About Edwin Ardener

Edwin Ardener is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Language and Linguistics and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 37 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (5 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (4 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (4 papers), African history and culture analysis (2 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (2 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (2 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (438 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (216 citations), Sociology and Political Science (985 citations), Archeology (18 citations) and Cultural Studies (135 citations). Edwin Ardener has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mary Douglas, Marcel Griaule, Shirley Ardener, Phyllis M. Kaberry, David Zeitlyn, Igor de Garine, Frederick Quinn, William M. Kephart, George Peter Murdock and Michael G. Smith. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Africa, Current Anthropology, Geographical Journal and Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

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