Robert L. Backus

952 citations
26 papers · 542 · 1 hit paper · h-index 10

Impact in

    • Japanese History and Culture
    • Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
    • Philippine History and Culture

Papers in

Robert L. Backus

20 papers receiving 338 citations

Robert L. Backus's Hit Papers

The Indianized States of Southeast Asia 1969 · 338 citations
3380+19+38Years since publication100200300

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Robert L. Backus
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  • Cultural Studies 131
  • Anthropology 124
  • Space and Planetary Science 12
  • Sociology and Political Science 343
  • Political Science and International Relations 168
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The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
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1969338
2 197931
3 196926
4 197521
5 196920
6 198218
7 197916
8 198116
9 19699
10 19699
11 19707
12 19707
13 19745
14 19695
15
The elements of Japanese design;: A handbook of family crests, heraldry & symbolism
19714
16 19694
17 19772
18 19691
19 19691
20 19701

About Robert L. Backus

Robert L. Backus is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Religious studies and Philosophy, having authored 26 papers that have together received 542 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Japanese History and Culture (9 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (6 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 papers), Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 papers), Maritime Ports and Logistics (1 paper), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (1 paper) and Economic Zones and Regional Development (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Cultural Studies (131 citations), Anthropology (124 citations), Space and Planetary Science (12 citations), Sociology and Political Science (343 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (168 citations). Frequent co-authors include Walter F. Vella, Herman Ooms, John Κ. Fairbank, Bardwell L. Smith, George Elison, Tung-tsu Chu, Karl L. Reichelt, John W. Dower, Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Oriental Society, Monumenta Nipponica, Medical Entomology and Zoology, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese.

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