Anthropology

390.6k papers and 3.8M indexed citations i.

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390.6k papers covering Anthropology have received a total of 3.8M indexed citations since 1950. Papers on subfields are most often about the specific topic of Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Classical Antiquity Studies and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and also cover the fields of Archeology, Sociology and Political Science and Paleontology. Papers citing papers on subfields are usually about Paleontology, Sociology and Political Science and Atmospheric Science. Some of the most active scholars covering Anthropology are Lewis R. Binford, Erik Trinkaus, George E. Marcus, Christopher B. Ruff, Richard G. Klein, James Ferguson, Stanley H. Ambrose, Jay B. Barney, Godfrey M. Hewitt and Mary C. Stiner.

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Fields of papers citing papers about Anthropology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers covering Anthropology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers covering Anthropology.

Countries where authors publish papers about Anthropology

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This map shows the geographic impact of research in Anthropology. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers about Anthropology with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Anthropology more than expected).

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