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Most cited papers in Historical Studies in Central America

Historical Studies in Central America

What are the most cited papers in Historical Studies in Central America?

The most cited paper in Historical Studies in Central America is "Management control systems and strategy: A critical review" (Kim Langfield‐Smith, 1997), with 1,370 citations. Next come "The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus." (319) and "culture, genuine and spurious: the politics of Indianness in the Vaupés, Colombia" (306).

Showing 50 of 101 papers. Every paper with more than 43 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Management control systems and strategy: A critical review Kim Langfield‐Smith · Accounting Organizations and Society Feb 1997 1,370
2 The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus. Jalil Sued-Badillo, Ĭrving Rouse · The American Historical Review Feb 1994 319
3 culture, genuine and spurious: the politics of Indianness in the Vaupés, Colombia Jean E. Jackson · American Ethnologist Feb 1995 306
4 Mediating Conflict in Central America Paul E. Wehr, John Paul Lederach · Journal of Peace Research Feb 1991 217
5 Todos somos indígenas: Towards a New Language of National Political Identity Andrew Canessa · Bulletin of Latin American Research 9 Mar 2006 210
6 Historical Implications of a Pattern of Dates at Piedras Negras, Guatemala Tatiana Proskouriakoff · American Antiquity Apr 1960 206
7 Ethnobotany of the garífuna of Eastern Nicaragua Felix G. Coe, Gregory J. Anderson · Economic Botany 1996 177
8 The Nature and Use of Formal Control Systems for Management Control and Strategy Implementation Richard L. Daft, Norman B. Macintosh · Journal of Management Apr 1984 165
9 Black Conquistadors: Armed Africans in Early Spanish America Matthew Restall · The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History Oct 2000 161
10 Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State, 1894-1987. Jeffrey L. Gould, Charles R. Hale · Hispanic American Historical Review May 1995 150
11 Early Maya Writing at San Bartolo, Guatemala William Saturno, David Stuart, Boris Beltrán · Science 6 Jan 2006 145
12 Herodotus' Epigraphical Interests Stephanie West · The Classical Quarterly Dec 1985 136
13 Indigenous Architecture and the Spanish American Plaza in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Setha Low · American Anthropologist Dec 1995 129
14 No Peace Beyond the Line: The English in the Caribbean 1624-1690 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Carl Bridenbaugh, Roberta Bridenbaugh · Journal of American History Dec 1972 124
15 1999 Annual Report Eugene B. Cooper · Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders Apr 2000 124
16 Territorial Changes, 1816–1996: Procedures and Data Jaroslav Tir, Philip Schafer, Paul F. Diehl et al. · Conflict Management and Peace Science Feb 1998 119
17 Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: South and Central American Origins and West Mexican Transformations Dorothy Hosler · American Anthropologist Dec 1988 113
18 Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence Joseph W. Ball · Hispanic American Historical Review Aug 1992 113
19 New Languages for Old in the West Indies Douglas Taylor · Comparative Studies in Society and History Apr 1961 109
20 Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan: Divergent Political Trajectories in Adjacent Maya Polities Charles J. Golden, A. Scherer, A. René Muñoz et al. · Latin American Antiquity Sep 2008 109
21 authenticity and ambivalence in the text: a colonial Maya case William F. Hanks · American Ethnologist Nov 1986 107
22 Narrating Place and Identity, or Mapping Miskitu Land Claims in Northeastern Nicaragua Karl H. Offen · Human Organization Dec 2003 104
23 Was Huari a State? William H. Isbell, Katharina Schreiber · American Antiquity Jul 1978 102
24 Monetising human life: slave valuations on US and British West Indian plantations Richard K. Fleischman, David R. Oldroyd, Thomas N. Tyson · Accounting History Jul 2004 101
25 Politics with Style: Identity Formation in Prehispanic Southeastern Mesoamerica Edward Schortman, Patricia Ann Urban, Marne Ausec · American Anthropologist Jun 2001 100
26 PROVISIONING THE CEREN HOUSEHOLD Payson D Sheets · Ancient Mesoamerica Jul 2000 98
27 Sociopolitical Developments and Methodological Issues at Copan, Honduras: A Conjunctive Perspective William L. Fash, Robert J. Sharer · Latin American Antiquity Jun 1991 95
28 Ceramic Sequence at Uaxactun, Guatemala Arthur J. O. Anderson · Hispanic American Historical Review May 1957 91
29 kingship among the Miskito Philip A. Dennis, Michael D. Olien · American Ethnologist Nov 1984 90
30 A View from the South John W. Hoopes · Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology/Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology Book chapterOpen access 1993 89
31 The Impact of Commercial Exploitation on Sawfish and Shark Populations in Lake Nicaragua Thomas B. Thorson · Fisheries Mar 1982 87
32 Evaluation of existing District Health Management Information Systems George W. Odhiambo-Otieno · International Journal of Medical Informatics 25 Jun 2005 87
33 Snakebite ethnopharmacopoeia of eastern Nicaragua Felix G. Coe, Gregory J. Anderson · Journal of Ethnopharmacology 9 Nov 2004 84
34 A Data Mining Based Approach to Electronic Part Obsolescence Forecasting Peter A. Sandborn, Frank Mauro, Ron Knox · IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies 29 Aug 2007 83
35 The Inter-Atlantic Paradigm: The Failure of Spanish Medieval Colonization of the Canary and Caribbean Islands Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo · Comparative Studies in Society and History Jul 1993 83
36 THE HISTORY OF THE WORD FOR CACAO IN ANCIENT MESOAMERICA Terrence Kaufman, John S. Justeson · Ancient Mesoamerica Open access 2007 81
37 City Size in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica Michael E. Smith · Journal of Urban History 5 Apr 2005 81
38 Continuity and Change in a Royal Maya Residential Complex at Copan E. Wyllys Andrews, Barbara Fash · Ancient Mesoamerica 1992 78
39 Integrated Financial Management Information Systems: Guidelines for effective implementation by the public sector of South Africa Christoffel Jacobus Hendriks · South African journal of information management Open access 12 Dec 2012 78
40 Afro-Mexican Slave Labor in the Obrajes de Paños of New Spain, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Frank “Trey” Proctor · The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History Jul 2003 78
41 The Thorny Oyster and the Origins of Empire: Implications of Recently Uncovered Spondylus Imagery from Chan Chan, Peru Joanne Pillsbury · Latin American Antiquity Dec 1996 77
42 Tribe versus Chiefdom in Lower Central America Winifred Creamer, Jonathan Haas · American Antiquity Oct 1985 75
43 Institutional Pressures, Monopolistic Conditions and the Implementation of Early Cost Management Practices: The Case of the Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville (1820–1887) Salvador Carmona, Marta Macías · Abacus Open access Jun 2001 73
44 Ethnobotany of the Sumu (Ulwa) of southeastern Nicaragua and comparisons with Miskitu plant lore Felix G. Coe, Gregory J. Anderson · Economic Botany Oct 1999 72
45 Rama midwifery in eastern Nicaragua Felix G. Coe · Journal of Ethnopharmacology 8 Feb 2008 72
46 Classic Maya State, Urbanism, and Exchange: Chipped Stone Evidence of the Copán Valley and Its Hinterland Kazuo Aoyama · American Anthropologist Jun 2001 72
47 Reliance on budgetary control, manufacturing process automation and production subunit performance: A research note Alan S. Dunk · Accounting Organizations and Society Apr 1992 71
48 Prehistory of the West Indies Ĭrving Rouse · Science May 1964 71
49 The Mesoamerican Connection in the Southwest Randall H. McGuire · KIVA Dec 1980 71
50 The archaeology of Chincha fishermen: specialization and status in Inka Peru Daniel H. Sandweiss · Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History Open access 1992 70

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