Abdi Ismail Samatar

1.5k total citations
50 papers, 776 citations indexed

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Abdi Ismail Samatar is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdi Ismail Samatar has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 776 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in Anthropology and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Abdi Ismail Samatar's work include African history and culture analysis (16 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers). Abdi Ismail Samatar is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (16 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (8 papers). Abdi Ismail Samatar collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Abdi Ismail Samatar's co-authors include Kenneth Good, James Cobbe, Jim Glassman, Ahmed I. Samatar, Francis Owusu, Crawford Young, Sophie Oldfield, Chuan Liao, Ding Fei and Garth Massey and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Progress in Human Geography and Economic Geography.

In The Last Decade

Abdi Ismail Samatar

44 papers receiving 584 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdi Ismail Samatar United States	15	434	276	180	106	80	50	776
Henning Melber South Africa	18	526 1.2×	225 0.8×	213 1.2×	164 1.5×	59 0.7×	140	975
Issa G. Shivji Tanzania	17	455 1.0×	220 0.8×	238 1.3×	126 1.2×	29 0.4×	67	983
Michael Cowen United Kingdom	12	502 1.2×	217 0.8×	125 0.7×	190 1.8×	40 0.5×	19	925
Ken Menkhaus United States	17	925 2.1×	539 2.0×	138 0.8×	143 1.3×	41 0.5×	52	1.2k
Tom Brass United Kingdom	19	777 1.8×	286 1.0×	186 1.0×	37 0.3×	75 0.9×	93	1.3k
Alex Vines United Kingdom	14	422 1.0×	284 1.0×	148 0.8×	224 2.1×	73 0.9×	66	791
John Cartwright Canada	14	238 0.5×	169 0.6×	102 0.6×	64 0.6×	51 0.6×	62	620
Michael F. Lofchie United States	15	246 0.6×	180 0.7×	151 0.8×	102 1.0×	32 0.4×	48	710
Gavin Williams United Kingdom	16	440 1.0×	187 0.7×	132 0.7×	66 0.6×	39 0.5×	59	893
Tobias Hagmann Switzerland	16	703 1.6×	477 1.7×	129 0.7×	102 1.0×	35 0.4×	32	1.0k

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2020). Destiny Worse than Artificial Borders in Africa: Somali Elite Politics. HIMALAYA. 20(1). 6. 1 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2011). Debating Somali Identity in a British Tribunal: The Case of the BBC Somali Service. Arab world geographer. 9(1). 40–73. 6 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2008). Continuity in US Foreign Policy in Africa: Antithesis of Freedom & Democracy.. Review of African Political Economy. 34. 71–74. 1 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail & Ahmed I. Samatar. (2008). Transition and Leadership: An Editorial. HIMALAYA. 5(1). 6. 2 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2007). Somalia's Post-Conflict Economy: A Political Economy Approach. HIMALAYA. 7(1). 126–168. 7 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2007). Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, US warlordism & AU shame. Review of African Political Economy. 34(111). 155–165. 12 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2006). The miracle of Mogadishu. Review of African Political Economy. 33(109). 581–587. 6 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2005). The Ethiopian election of 2005: a bombshell & turning point?. Review of African Political Economy. 32(20). 466–473. 8 indexed citations

Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2005). Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875-1991. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 38(1). 177. 24 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2005). Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism and Regional Autonomy: The Somali Test. HIMALAYA. 5(1). 44–76. 4 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2005). Review of Leaf of Allah: Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875- 1991 by Ezakiel Gebissa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23. 177–180. 1 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail & Ahmed I. Samatar. (2005). International Crisis Group Report on Somaliland: An Alternative Somali Response. 5. 107–124. 1 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail & Ahmed I. Samatar. (2002). Somalis as Africa's First Democrats: Premier Abdieazak H. Hussein and President Aden A. Osman. 2(1). 1–64. 8 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (2000). Social Transformation and Islamic Reinterpretation in Northern Somalia: The Women's Mosque in Gabiley. Arab world geographer. 3(1). 22–39. 8 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (1995). La Destrucion De L'Etat Et La Societe Somalienne: Au-dela de la Convention Tribale. 2. 153–172.

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (1989). Somali Tradition, Peripheral Capitalism and the Politics of Development. Northeast African Studies. 11(1). 39–52. 1 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (1989). Somali Studies: Towards an Alternative Epistemology. Northeast African Studies. 11(1). 3–17. 2 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail, et al.. (1988). The Political Economy of Livestock Marketing in Somalia. African Economic History. 17. 81–97. 5 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (1987). The state, peasants and pastoralists : agrarian change and rural development in Northern Somalia, 1884-1984. University Microfilms International eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Samatar, Abdi Ismail. (1985). The Predatory State and the Peasants: Some Reflections on Rural Development Policy in Somalia. Africa Today. 32(3). 41–56. 5 indexed citations

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