2026 Marshall Sahlins: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	48	3039	1469	121	21355

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World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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1469

121

21355

Research.com Recognitions

1976 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Marshall Sahlins was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spanned several fields within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, focusing notably on archaeology, cultural studies, sociology, political science, and ecology.

Their scientific contributions addressed multiple topics, including:

Archaeological and Geological Studies
Archaeological and Historical Studies
Asian American and Pacific Histories
French Urban and Social Studies
Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

Marshall Sahlins published papers mainly in the journal Revue du MAUSS with at least two known works:

"La science sinistre," published in 2022
"Sur le schéma ontologique de Par-delà nature et culture," published in 2025

No frequent co-authors were listed for their publications. Their frequent publication venue was also Revue du MAUSS, with two publications.

In terms of book publications, the scientist had at least two significant titles with different publishers:

The New Science of the Enchanted Universe, published by Princeton University Press in 2022
Las sociedades tribales, published by Barcelona eBooks in 2021

Marshall Sahlins received recognition through fellowships from prominent scientific organizations. These included:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 1976
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1967
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1957

Best Publications

Stone Age Economics

Marshall David Sahlins

4989
Citations
Culture and practical reason

Marshall David Sahlins

1724
Citations
Islands of history

Marshall David Sahlins

1293
Citations
Poor Man, Rich Man, Big-man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia

Marshall D. Sahlins

1212
Citations
Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands Kingdom

Marshall David Sahlins

724
Citations
Evolution and culture

Marshall D. Sahlins

609
Citations
Social Stratification in Polynesia

Marshall David Sahlins

592
Citations
The use and abuse of biology

Marshall Sahlins

562
Citations
Two or Three Things That I Know about Culture

Marshall Sahlins

530
Citations
What Kinship Is-And Is Not

Marshall David Sahlins

502
Citations
The Segmentary Lineage: An Organization of Predatory Expansion1

Marshall D. Sahlins

473
Citations
The use and abuse of biology: An anthropological critique of sociobiology

Marshall David Sahlins

467
Citations
What kinship is (part one)

Marshall Sahlins

443
Citations
Goodby to Tristes Tropes: Ethnography in the Context of Modern World History

Marshall Sahlins

434
Citations
The Sadness of Sweetness: The Native Anthropology of Western Cosmology [and Comments and Reply]

Unknown

371
Citations
How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, For Example

Marshall David Sahlins

328
Citations
What is Anthropological Enlightenment? Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century

Marshall Sahlins

310
Citations
O "pessimismo sentimental" e a experiência etnográfica: por que a cultura não é um "objeto" em via de extinção (parte I)

Marshall Sahlins

272
Citations
The Force of Ethnology: Origins and Significance of the Melanesia/Polynesia Division [and Comments and Replies]

Nicholas Thomas;Allen Abramson;Ivan Brady;R. C. Green

230
Citations
Culture in Practice: Selected Essays

Marshall David Sahlins

182
Citations
Culture and Practical Reason

Lee Drummond;Marshall Sahlins

60
Citations
Social Stratification in Polynesia

Cora Du Bois;Marshall D. Sahlins

27
Citations
Islands of History.

Jonathan Friedman;Marshall Sahlins

26
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick V. Kirch University of Hawaii at Manoa

Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside

Richard M. Amasino University of Wisconsin–Madison

Caroline Dean John Innes Centre

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen University of Georgia

James C. Carrington Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Richard P. Novick New York University

Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University

Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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