William A. Lessa
Impact in
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- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Anthropology top 5%
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
Papers in
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- Religion and Society Interactions 3
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- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies 5
- Co-authors
- Evon Z. Vogt (4 shared papers)Stith Thompson (1 shared paper)William Bascom (1 shared paper)Dan W. Dodson (1 shared paper)David Parkin (1 shared paper)K. O. L. Burridge (1 shared paper)Raymond Firth (1 shared paper)Roger Caillois (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of American Folklore (9 papers)American Anthropologist (7 papers)Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (6 papers)American Sociological Review (3 papers)Population Studies (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
William A. Lessa
34 papers receiving 495 citations
William A. Lessa's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 95
- Geography, Planning and Development 111
- Anthropology 164
- Archeology 15
- Literature and Literary Theory 137
- Cultural Studies 66
Countries citing papers authored by William A. Lessa
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Fields of papers citing papers by William A. Lessa
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside William A. Lessa, 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 | ||
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| 1 | The Types of the Folktale. A Classification and Bibliography Hit paper breakdown → | 1963 | 175 |
| 2 | 1970 | 105 | |
| 3 | 1958 | 92 | |
| 4 | 1959 | 79 | |
| 5 | 1974 | 59 | |
| 6 | 1967 | 34 | |
| 7 | 1969 | 31 | |
| 8 | 1962 | 25 | |
| 9 | 1968 | 21 | |
| 10 | 1972 | 18 | |
| 11 | 1962 | 14 | |
| 12 | The social effects of Typhoon Ophelia (1960) on Ulithi | 1964 | 13 |
| 13 | 1968 | 13 | |
| 14 | 1956 | 12 | |
| 15 | 1962 | 10 | |
| 16 | 1976 | 8 | |
| 17 | 1962 | 8 | |
| 18 | 1952 | 8 | |
| 19 | 1956 | 6 | |
| 20 | 1975 | 6 |
About William A. Lessa
William A. Lessa is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development, Philosophy, Demography and Anthropology, having authored 45 papers that have together received 782 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (4 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (4 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 papers), Historical and Archaeological Studies (2 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geography, Planning and Development (111 citations), Anthropology (164 citations), Archeology (15 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (137 citations) and Cultural Studies (66 citations). William A. Lessa has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent 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 Ben Finney. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of American Folklore, American Anthropologist, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, American Sociological Review and Population Studies.
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