William A. Lessa

About

William A. Lessa is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Lessa has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 721 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in William A. Lessa’s work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (4 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers). William A. Lessa is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (4 papers) and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers). William A. Lessa collaborates with scholars based in United States. William A. Lessa's co-authors include Evon Z. Vogt, Stith Thompson, William Bascom, Dan W. Dodson, David Parkin, K. O. L. Burridge, Raymond Firth, Roger Caillois, Meyer Barash and George C. Myers and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, The American Historical Review and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Lessa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William A. Lessa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William A. Lessa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William A. Lessa. William A. Lessa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

William A. Lessa

34 papers receiving 430 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by William A. Lessa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by William A. Lessa

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