Ian Cunnison

32 total papers · 4.8k total citations
16 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ian Cunnison is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Cunnison has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ian Cunnison’s work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 papers). Ian Cunnison is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 papers). Ian Cunnison collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Ian Cunnison's co-authors include Melvin M. Tumin, E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, I. M. Lewis, Lucy Mair, Max Gluckman, David M. Schneider, R. G. Abrahams and Wendy James and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Cunnison

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Cunnison. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Cunnison 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 Ian Cunnison. Ian Cunnison is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Ian Cunnison

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Cunnison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian Cunnison. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ian Cunnison. The network helps show where Ian Cunnison may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Cunnison

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