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Kinship Classification

Kinship Classification is a systematic framework within anthropology that categorizes kinship relations according to culturally specific rules of descent, marriage, and residence, distinguishing it from other social classification systems by its focus on familial and affinal ties as structured by human social organization.

647

Publications

39.9K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

441

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

103

Variants

Kinship Terminology Systems

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Publications

647

The Elementary Structures of Kinship.

Sally Falk Moore, Claude Lévi‐Strauss, James Harle Bell et al. · American Sociological Review · 1970 · 2.1K citations

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American Kinship: A Cultural Account.

Maurice Bloch, David M. Schneider · Man · 1972 · 1.5K citations

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Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship

Linda Stone · American Ethnologist · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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After nature: English kinship in the late twentieth century

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 999 citations

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The Elementary Structures of Kinship

M. J. Lineton · Sociology · 1970 · 713 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. HY
    Haibin Yan

    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

    9 publications · 671 citations

    9

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  2. AO
    Abdelmalik Ouamane

    University of Biskra, Algeria

    9 publications · 235 citations

    9

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  3. AH
    Abdenour Hadid

    University of Oulu, Finland

    9 publications · 218 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. XZ
    Xiuzhuang Zhou

    Capital Normal University, China

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  5. EB
    Elhocine Boutellaa

    University of Oulu, Finland

    7 publications · 161 citations

    7

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Institutions

441

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    992 citations

  2. University of Biskra

    Biskra, Algeria

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    675 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    576 citations

  4. University of Oulu

    Oulu, Finland

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    438 citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    336 citations

  6. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    665 citations

  7. Capital Normal University

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    776 citations

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Venues

  1. Man

    62 publications · 5.9K citations

    33

    h-index

  2. American Anthropologist

    56 publications · 2.4K citations

    23

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  3. Forensic Science International Genetics

    FSI · 20 publications · 803 citations

    19

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  4. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology

    17 publications · 364 citations

    13

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  5. International Journal of Legal Medicine

    11 publications · 408 citations

    11

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