Michael Agar

11.4k citations
121 papers · 7.2k · 5 hit papers · h-index 37

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Michael Agar

116 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Michael Agar's Hit Papers

Language Shock: Understanding The Culture Of Conversation 1994 · 487 citations
4870+15+30Years since publication4008001.2k

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Michael Agar
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  • Linguistics and Language 409
  • Language and Linguistics 719
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.3k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 571
  • General Health Professions 904
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Agar, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography.
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19811201
2
Risk and Culture
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1983870
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Speaking of Ethnography
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1986565
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Language Shock: Understanding The Culture Of Conversation
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1994487
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The professional stranger
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1980392
6 1995226
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Ripping and Running: A Formal Ethnography of Urban Heroin Addicts
1973162
8 1988160
9 2008138
10 1982133
11 1985113
12 2008110
13 1987108
14 2006100
15 198488
16 200887
17 200986
18 200983
19 199077
20 200473

About Michael Agar

Michael Agar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Language and Linguistics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions, having authored 121 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (19 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (12 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (11 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (9 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (7 papers), Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (6 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (409 citations), Language and Linguistics (719 citations), Sociology and Political Science (2.3k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (571 citations) and General Health Professions (904 citations). Michael Agar has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Hungary. Frequent co-authors include Robert S. Broadhead, Mary Douglas, Aaron Wíldavsky, Heather Schacht Reisinger, James E. Macdonald, Jerry R. Hobbs, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, James A. Peterson, Barry S. Brown and Sharon M. Kelly. Their work appears in journals such as Human Organization, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Qualitative Health Research, American Ethnologist and Substance Use & Misuse.

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