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Marshall Sahlins publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marshall Sahlins sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 121 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Marshall Sahlins D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marshall Sahlins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

  • Culture and practical reason

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • Islands of history

    Marshall David Sahlins

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

    Marshall D. Sahlins

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

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • Evolution and culture

    Marshall D. Sahlins

  • Social Stratification in Polynesia

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • The use and abuse of biology

    Marshall Sahlins

  • Two or Three Things That I Know about Culture

    Marshall Sahlins

  • What Kinship Is-And Is Not

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • The Segmentary Lineage: An Organization of Predatory Expansion1

    Marshall D. Sahlins

  • The use and abuse of biology: An anthropological critique of sociobiology

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • What kinship is (part one)

    Marshall Sahlins

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

    Marshall Sahlins

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

    Unknown

  • How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, For Example

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • What is Anthropological Enlightenment? Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century

    Marshall Sahlins

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

    Marshall Sahlins

  • 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

  • Culture in Practice: Selected Essays

    Marshall David Sahlins

  • Culture and Practical Reason

    Lee Drummond;Marshall Sahlins

  • Social Stratification in Polynesia

    Cora Du Bois;Marshall D. Sahlins

  • Islands of History.

    Jonathan Friedman;Marshall Sahlins

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick V. Kirch
Patrick V. Kirch University of Hawaii at Manoa
Susan R. Wessler
Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside
Richard M. Amasino
Richard M. Amasino University of Wisconsin–Madison
Caroline Dean
Caroline Dean John Innes Centre
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen University of Georgia
James C. Carrington
James C. Carrington Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Richard P. Novick
Richard P. Novick New York University
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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