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Tongan Studies

Tongan Studies is an academic subfield within Pacific Islander Studies that focuses specifically on the history, language, culture, and societal structures of the Tongan people and their diaspora.

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12K

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462

Authors

177

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

338

Talanoa Research Methodology: A Developing Position on Pacific Research

Timote Masima Vaioleti · Waikato journal of education · 2016 · 755 citations · Full text

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Why Tongan does it differently: Categorial distinctions in a language without nouns and verbs

Jürgen Broschart · Linguistic Typology · 1997 · 278 citations

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Tauhi va: Nurturing Tongan Sociospatial Ties in Maui and Beyond

Tēvita O. Ka‘ili · ˜The œContemporary Pacific/˜The œcontemporary Pacific (Online) · 2005 · 160 citations · Full text

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AIDS and cultural practices in Africa: the case of the Tonga (Zambia)

Quentin Gausset · Social Science & Medicine · 2001 · 146 citations

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Transgenderism, Locality, and the Miss Galaxy beauty pageant in Tonga

Niko Besnier · American Ethnologist · 2002 · 121 citations

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Authors

462

  1. DV
    David V. Burley

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    17 publications · 711 citations

    16

    h-index

  2. GC
    Geoffrey Clark

    Australian National University, Australia

    11 publications · 314 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. EC
    Elizabeth Colson

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    7 publications · 281 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. WR
    William R. Dickinson

    University of Arizona, United States

    7 publications · 362 citations

    7

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  5. CR
    Christian Reepmeyer

    Australian National University, Australia

    7 publications · 201 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

177

  1. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    709 citations

  3. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    786 citations

  4. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    487 citations

  5. University of the South Pacific

    Suva, Fiji

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    293 citations

  6. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    291 citations

  7. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    241 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    517 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Polynesian Society

    JPS · 14 publications · 251 citations

    11

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  2. Journal of Pacific History

    11 publications · 198 citations

    10

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 445 citations

    7

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 149 citations

    7

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