Peter Pels
Impact in
- Anthropology top 0.5%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- African history and culture studies
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Space and Planetary Science top 5%
Papers in
- Anthropology 27
- Anthropological Studies and Insights 20
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 7
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture 6
- African history and culture studies 5
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- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies 5
- Co-authors
- Birgit Meyer (4 shared papers)Oscar Salemink (4 shared papers)Ian Hodder (1 shared paper)Lynn Meskell (2 shared papers)Lorraine Nencel (2 shared papers)George E. Marcus (1 shared paper)Peter Geschiere (1 shared paper)Brad Weiss (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Current Anthropology (5 papers)Social Anthropology (3 papers)History and Anthropology (3 papers)Journal of Religion in Africa (3 papers)Critique of Anthropology (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- NetherlandsUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Peter Pels
72 papers receiving 1.1k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 105
- Anthropology 741
- Space and Planetary Science 39
- Archeology 25
- Geography, Planning and Development 122
- Archeology 191
Countries citing papers authored by Peter Pels
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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Pels
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Peter Pels, 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 84 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 | 296 | |
| 2 | 1999 | 111 | |
| 3 | Magic and Modernity: Interfaces of Revelation and Concealment | 2003 | 109 |
| 4 | 1992 | 73 | |
| 5 | Readings in Modernity in Africa | 2008 | 68 |
| 6 | Colonial Subjects. Essays in the Practical History of Anthropology. | 1999 | 67 |
| 7 | 2010 | 64 | |
| 8 | 2015 | 62 | |
| 9 | The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact and Fancy | 1998 | 57 |
| 10 | Embedding Ethics Shifting Boundaries of the Anthropological Profession | 2005 | 52 |
| 11 | 2018 | 45 | |
| 12 | 1998 | 45 | |
| 13 | 1994 | 41 | |
| 14 | 2008 | 37 | |
| 15 | A Politics of Presence: Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika | 1998 | 36 |
| 16 | 1996 | 35 | |
| 17 | 2008 | 34 | |
| 18 | 2000 | 29 | |
| 19 | 2003 | 27 | |
| 20 | Introduction: Critique and the Deconstruction of Anthropological Authority | 1991 | 25 |
About Peter Pels
Peter Pels is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy, Education and General Health Professions, having authored 84 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (20 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (7 papers), Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (7 papers), Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (6 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (5 papers), African history and culture studies (5 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (5 papers) and Media, Religion, Digital Communication (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (741 citations), Space and Planetary Science (39 citations), Archeology (25 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (122 citations) and Archeology (191 citations). Peter Pels has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Birgit Meyer, Oscar Salemink, Ian Hodder, Lynn Meskell, Lorraine Nencel, George E. Marcus, Peter Geschiere, Brad Weiss, Margaret Sleeboom‐Faulkner and Hansjörg Dilger. Their work appears in journals such as Current Anthropology, Social Anthropology, History and Anthropology, Journal of Religion in Africa and Critique of Anthropology.
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