John Blacking
Impact in
- Music top 0.1%
- Music History and Culture
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Musicology and Musical Analysis
- Archeology top 5%
Papers in
- Music 29
- Diverse Musicological Studies 19
- Musicology and Musical Analysis 15
- Music History and Culture 7
- Diverse Music Education Insights 7
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- African history and culture studies 4
- Co-authors
- Charles Keil (1 shared paper)Reginald Byron (2 shared papers)Judith Lynne Hanna (1 shared paper)Jonathan P. J. Stock (1 shared paper)James Porter (1 shared paper)Michel Panoff (2 shared papers)Charles K. Warriner (1 shared paper)Bruno Nettl (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Ethnomusicology (8 papers)Current Anthropology (7 papers)African Studies (5 papers)Yearbook for Traditional Music (4 papers)Notes (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited KingdomBrazil
In The Last Decade
John Blacking
69 papers receiving 1.1k citations
John Blacking's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
- Music 752
- Archeology 55
- Developmental Biology 52
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 272
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts 106
Countries citing papers authored by John Blacking
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Fields of papers citing papers by John Blacking
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside John Blacking, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 77 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Musical Is Man? Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 312 |
| 2 | The Anthropology of the Body | 1977 | 183 |
| 3 | 1995 | 122 | |
| 4 | 1986 | 111 | |
| 5 | 1974 | 110 | |
| 6 | 1970 | 100 | |
| 7 | 1974 | 78 | |
| 8 | 1996 | 48 | |
| 9 | 1977 | 47 | |
| 10 | 1974 | 43 | |
| 11 | 1973 | 35 | |
| 12 | 1969 | 34 | |
| 13 | 1969 | 34 | |
| 14 | The performing arts : music and dance | 1979 | 30 |
| 15 | 1969 | 28 | |
| 16 | 1971 | 27 | |
| 17 | 1970 | 27 | |
| 18 | 1961 | 25 | |
| 19 | 1983 | 25 | |
| 20 | 1961 | 25 |
About John Blacking
John Blacking is a scholar working on Music, Anthropology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Archeology and General Arts and Humanities, having authored 77 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diverse Musicological Studies (19 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (15 papers), Music History and Culture (7 papers), Diverse Music Education Insights (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers), Diversity and Impact of Dance (3 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (3 papers) and Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (752 citations), Archeology (55 citations), Developmental Biology (52 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (272 citations) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (106 citations). John Blacking has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Charles Keil, Reginald Byron, Judith Lynne Hanna, Jonathan P. J. Stock, James Porter, Michel Panoff, Charles K. Warriner, Bruno Nettl, Michael Kearney and William C. McCormack. Their work appears in journals such as Ethnomusicology, Current Anthropology, African Studies, Yearbook for Traditional Music and Notes.
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