W.E.A. van Beek
Impact in
- Archeology top 10%
- Cultural Identity and Heritage
- Anthropology top 5%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- African history and culture studies
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Papers in
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- Religion and Society Interactions 4
- Anthropology 23
- African history and culture studies 13
- Anthropological Studies and Insights 7
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 5
- Co-authors
- Robert M. Baum (1 shared paper)Philip M. Peek (2 shared papers)Charles Williams (1 shared paper)Arlene Kaplan Daniels (1 shared paper)Richard N. Day (1 shared paper)Arlie Russell Hochschild (1 shared paper)Thomas J. Scheff (1 shared paper)Ivan Karp (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Current Anthropology (3 papers)Africa (3 papers)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2 papers)Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (1 paper)African Arts (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- JapanNetherlandsUnited States
In The Last Decade
W.E.A. van Beek
69 papers receiving 336 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 76
- Archeology 18
- Anthropology 149
- Sociology and Political Science 206
- Sensory Systems 20
- Religious studies 19
Countries citing papers authored by W.E.A. van Beek
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Fields of papers citing papers by W.E.A. van Beek
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W.E.A. van Beek. 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 W.E.A. van Beek. The network helps show where W.E.A. van Beek may publish in the future.
Co-authors
The 23 scholars most cited alongside W.E.A. van Beek, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 | 93 | |
| 2 | 1995 | 64 | |
| 3 | 1992 | 47 | |
| 4 | 2003 | 22 | |
| 5 | Reviewing reality : Dynamics of African divination | 2013 | 22 |
| 6 | 1988 | 20 | |
| 7 | 2004 | 13 | |
| 8 | Religion in Africa | 1997 | 11 |
| 9 | 2012 | 9 | |
| 10 | Right and left as political categories: An exercise in not-so-primitive classification | 2001 | 8 |
| 11 | The Kapsiki of the Mandara Hills | 1987 | 8 |
| 12 | 1982 | 8 | |
| 13 | Dogon: Africa's People of the Cliffs | 2001 | 7 |
| 14 | The innocent sorcerer; coping with evil in two African societies, Kapsiki and Dogon | 1994 | 7 |
| 15 | Meeting Culture: Essays in Honour of Arie de Ruijter | 2003 | 7 |
| 16 | 2002 | 6 | |
| 17 | 1988 | 6 | |
| 18 | 2012 | 6 | |
| 19 | The escalation of witchcraft accusations. | 2007 | 6 |
| 20 | Ethnisation and accommodation: Dutch Mormons in Twenty-first Century Europe | 1996 | 5 |
About W.E.A. van Beek
W.E.A. van Beek is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations, Archeology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 78 papers that have together received 478 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (13 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (7 papers), African history and culture analysis (6 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 papers), Cultural Identity and Heritage (5 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (18 citations), Anthropology (149 citations), Sociology and Political Science (206 citations), Sensory Systems (20 citations) and Religious studies (19 citations). W.E.A. van Beek has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include Robert M. Baum, Philip M. Peek, Charles Williams, Arlene Kaplan Daniels, Richard N. Day, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Thomas J. Scheff, Ivan Karp, John D. Stoeckle and Bruce Kapferer. Their work appears in journals such as Current Anthropology, Africa, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines and African Arts.
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