Abel Chikanda

1.2k total citations
45 papers, 636 citations indexed

About

Abel Chikanda is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Emergency Medical Services and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Abel Chikanda has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 636 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Abel Chikanda's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (26 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (15 papers) and Global Health Workforce Issues (11 papers). Abel Chikanda is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (26 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (15 papers) and Global Health Workforce Issues (11 papers). Abel Chikanda collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Africa. Abel Chikanda's co-authors include Jonathan Crush, Godfrey Tawodzera, Daniel Tevera, Caroline Skinner, Belinda Dodson, Ronald Labonté, Yoswa M. Dambisya, Adrian MacKenzie, Vivien Runnels and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Annals of Human Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Abel Chikanda

43 papers receiving 565 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Abel Chikanda Canada 12 359 245 146 104 93 45 636
Gabriela Lotta Brazil 17 418 1.2× 363 1.5× 37 0.3× 145 1.4× 33 0.4× 128 1.1k
Neil Hanlon Canada 18 169 0.5× 381 1.6× 132 0.9× 88 0.8× 178 1.9× 49 846
Binod Khadria India 13 456 1.3× 119 0.5× 71 0.5× 88 0.8× 27 0.3× 39 664
Matthew Carter United Kingdom 8 126 0.4× 349 1.4× 100 0.7× 137 1.3× 90 1.0× 14 818
Sirpa Wrede Finland 15 212 0.6× 202 0.8× 27 0.2× 37 0.4× 38 0.4× 45 577
Joyce Halliday United Kingdom 12 130 0.4× 241 1.0× 29 0.2× 58 0.6× 33 0.4× 32 572
Peter Walker United States 15 271 0.8× 116 0.5× 139 1.0× 18 0.2× 50 0.5× 58 561
Marianne Wanamaker United States 10 239 0.7× 118 0.5× 25 0.2× 132 1.3× 79 0.8× 18 585
Pieter Degeling Australia 17 125 0.3× 267 1.1× 54 0.4× 91 0.9× 125 1.3× 31 769
Judith Allsop United Kingdom 15 108 0.3× 382 1.6× 44 0.3× 108 1.0× 57 0.6× 29 687

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abel Chikanda

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chikanda, Abel. (2024). The World Health Organisation Global Code of Practice and migration of health workers from Zimbabwe. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 39(5). 1658–1664. 1 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel, et al.. (2020). Assessing the integration outcomes of African immigrants in the United States. African Geographical Review. 40(1). 1–18. 4 indexed citations
3.
Chikanda, Abel, et al.. (2017). Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Mozambique and South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 4 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan, Godfrey Tawodzera, Abel Chikanda, & Daniel Tevera. (2017). The Owners of Xenophobia: Zimbabwean Informal Enterprise and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 2 indexed citations
5.
Tawodzera, Godfrey & Abel Chikanda. (2017). Linking Harare and Johannesburg through Informal Cross-Border Entrepreneurship. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 3 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel & Godfrey Tawodzera. (2017). Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa. 13 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel. (2017). An analysis of forced migration from Zimbabwe. Migration Studies. 7(1). 59–82. 7 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel, et al.. (2016). No. 02: The Urban Food System of Maputo, Mozambique. Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University). 1 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel, et al.. (2016). Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique. 5 indexed citations
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Tawodzera, Godfrey, Abel Chikanda, Jonathan Crush, & Robertson K. Tengeh. (2016). International Migrants and Refugees in Cape Town's Informal Economy. 11 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan, Abel Chikanda, & Caroline Skinner. (2015). Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 287. 9 indexed citations
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Labonté, Ronald, David Sanders, Thubelihle Mathole, et al.. (2015). Health worker migration from South Africa: causes, consequences and policy responses. Human Resources for Health. 13(1). 92–92. 85 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan, Abel Chikanda, & Godfrey Tawodzera. (2015). The third wave: mixed migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 49(2). 363–382. 68 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan, Caroline Skinner, & Abel Chikanda. (2015). Informal Migrant Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. 26 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan & Abel Chikanda. (2014). South–South medical tourism and the quest for health in Southern Africa. Social Science & Medicine. 124. 313–320. 82 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan, et al.. (2012). No. 62: Heading North: The Zimbabwean Diaspora in Canada. Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University). 1 indexed citations
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Crush, Jonathan & Abel Chikanda. (2012). No. 58: The Disengagement of the South African Medical Diaspora. Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University). 1 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel. (2005). Nurse migration from Zimbabwe: analysis of recent trends and impacts. Nursing Inquiry. 12(3). 162–174. 62 indexed citations
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Chikanda, Abel. (2005). Medical Leave: The Exodus Of Health Professionals From Zimbabwe. University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository (University of Zimbabwe). 18 indexed citations
20.
Chikanda, Abel, et al.. (2000). Urban poverty, livelihood strategies and policy responses in Harare, Zimbabwe: the case of ward three in Mbare high density suburb. Annals of Human Genetics. 40(31). 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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