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Most cited papers in Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

What are the most cited papers in Island Studies and Pacific Affairs?

The most cited paper in Island Studies and Pacific Affairs is "Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems" (Ulf Hannerz, 2006), with 1,933 citations. Next come "Poor Man, Rich Man, Big-man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia" (1,282) and "Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities" (1,099).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 186 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Global Assemblages: Technology, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems Ulf Hannerz · American Anthropologist 13 Feb 2006 1,933
2 Poor Man, Rich Man, Big-man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia Marshall Sahlins · Comparative Studies in Society and History Open access Apr 1963 1,282
3 Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities Lino Pascal Briguglio · World Development Open access Sep 1995 1,099
4 Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low-Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter Feb 2022 887
5 The political economy of tourism in the third world Stephen Britton · Annals of Tourism Research 1982 883
6 Economic Vulnerability and Resilience: Concepts and Measurements Lino Pascal Briguglio, Gordon Cordina, Nadia Farrugia et al. · Oxford Development Studies Open access Sep 2009 871
7 Talanoa Research Methodology: A Developing Position on Pacific Research Timote Masima Vaioleti · Waikato journal of education Open access 22 Sep 2016 764
8 Empowering Place: Multilocality and Multivocality Margaret Critchlow Rodman · American Anthropologist Sep 1992 737
9 Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law Sundhya Pahuja · Modern Law Review 27 Apr 2006 709
10 The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives of climate change in Tuvalu Carol Farbotko, Heather Lazrus · Global Environmental Change Open access 24 Dec 2011 614
11 Small States, Small Problems? Income, Growth, and Volatility in Small States William Russell Easterly, Aart Kraay · World Development Nov 2000 584
12 The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 Gerald R Segal · International Affairs 1988 579
13 Race to the Finish: Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics Hilary Cunningham · American Anthropologist 13 Feb 2006 578
14 Climate change, migration and adaptation in Funafuti, Tuvalu Colette Mortreux, Jon Barnett · Global Environmental Change 26 Nov 2008 575
15 The Mirab Economy in South Pacific Microstates Ivo Bertram, R. F. Watters · Asia Pacific Viewpoint Open access Oct 1985 572
16 The Renaissance of Community-Based Marine Resource Management in Oceania R. E. Johannes · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 2002 554
17 Small island developing states: natural disaster vulnerability and global change Mark Pelling, Juha I. Uitto · Environmental Hazards Jun 2001 551
18 Climate Dangers and Atoll Countries Jon Barnett, William Neil Adger · Climatic Change 20 Nov 2003 510
19 Extreme events and disasters: a window of opportunity for change? Analysis of organizational, institutional and political changes, formal and informal responses after mega-disasters Joern Birkmann, Philip D. Buckle, Jochen A.G. Jaeger et al. · Natural Hazards 12 Dec 2008 464
20 Adapting to Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: The Problem of Uncertainty Jon Barnett · World Development Jun 2001 459
21 The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts C. Mark Eakin, Hugh P. A. Sweatman, R. E. Brainard · Coral Reefs Open access 21 Jul 2019 440
22 The enforcement archipelago: Detention, haunting, and asylum on islands Alison Mountz · Political Geography Mar 2011 424
23 The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific Arthur Webb, Paul Simon Kench · Global and Planetary Change 22 May 2010 415
24 Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we reinventing the wheel? Jessica Mercer · Journal of International Development 23 Feb 2010 396
25 The Kantian Peace: The Pacific Benefits of Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, 1885–1992 John R. Oneal, Bruce Martin Russett · SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice Book chapter 2015 386
26 Indigenous Articulations James Lowry Clifford · ˜The œContemporary Pacific/˜The œcontemporary Pacific (Online) Open access Sep 2001 370
27 Climate migration myths Ingrid Boas et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 26 Nov 2019 369
28 The Island Mass Effect M. S. Doty, Mikihiko Oguri · ICES Journal of Marine Science Oct 1956 352
29 Mission Impossible? Planning and Preparing for Crisis1 Allan McConnell, Lynn T. Drennan · Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management Open access 25 May 2006 347
30 Wishful sinking: Disappearing islands, climate refugees and cosmopolitan experimentation Carol Farbotko · Asia Pacific Viewpoint Apr 2010 330
31 Empire through Diasporic Eyes: A View from the Other Boat Engseng Ho · Comparative Studies in Society and History Apr 2004 322
32 The Trumpet Shall Sound: A Study of “Cargo” Cults in Melanesia David F. Aberle · Pacific Affairs Jun 1969 316
33 Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation in climate adaptation: Social networks and co-development in Northwest Africa Jürgen Scheffran, Elina Marmer, Papa Lat Tabara Sow · Applied Geography 8 Nov 2011 316
34 Repoliticization Through Search and Rescue? Humanitarian NGOs and Migration Management in the Central Mediterranean Paolo Cuttitta · Geopolitics Open access 17 Jul 2017 315
35 Tourism and Poverty Reduction: Issues for Small Island States Regina A. Scheyvens, Janet Henshall Momsen · Tourism Geographies 28 Jan 2008 311
36 Ethnography and the Meta‐Narratives of Modernity Harri Englund, James Leach · Current Anthropology Apr 2000 310
37 Estimating remittance functions for Pacific Island Migrants Richard P. Brown · World Development 1997 300
38 Conflict, politics and crime aboriginal communities and the police Chris Cunneen 2001 292
39 Kinship, Law and the Unexpected: Relatives are Always a Surprise Marilyn Strathern 2005 291
40 Rethinking the Galapagos Islands as a Complex Social-Ecological System: Implications for Conservation and Management José Antonio González, Carlos Montes, Jose Luis Rodriguez et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2008 289
41 Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion Alison Crowther, Leilani Lucas, Richard Helm et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 31 May 2016 288
42 "Real Belizean Food": Building Local Identity in the Transnational Caribbean Richard Wilk · American Anthropologist Jun 1999 285
43 Ole Taeao Afua, the New Morning: A Qualitative Investigation Into Samoan Perspectives on Mental Health and Culturally Appropriate Services Kiwi Tamasese, Carmel Peteru, Charles Waldegrave et al. · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Apr 2005 281
44 Hybrid zones and the evolutionary process BENGT OLLE BENGTSSON · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Sep 1994 277
45 Cosmologies in the Making: A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea William H. McKellin · Pacific Affairs Dec 1989 276
46 Domestic Structure and Preventive War: Are Democracies More Pacific? Randall L. Schweller · World Politics 1992 266
47 Investigating causality of nestedness of insular communities: selective immigrations or extinctions? Mark Vincent Lomolino · Journal of Biogeography Sep 1996 262
48 Direct evidence for human use of plants 28,000 years ago: starch residues on stone artefacts from the northern Solomon Islands Thomas Loy, Matthew Spriggs, Stephen Wickler · Antiquity Dec 1992 261
49 Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal Godfrey Baldacchino · Island Studies Journal Open access 2006 261
50 Vulnerability of island countries in the South Pacific to sea level rise and climate change Nobuo Mimura · Climate Research Open access 1999 259

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