Ashwin Desai

125 total papers · 1.2k total citations
56 papers, 513 citations indexed

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Ashwin Desai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashwin Desai has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Law and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Ashwin Desai’s work include South African History and Culture (33 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (10 papers). Ashwin Desai is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (33 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (10 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (10 papers). Ashwin Desai collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Russia and United Kingdom. Ashwin Desai's co-authors include Kimberly Lanegran, Goolam Vahed, Richard Pithouse, Patrick Bond, Brij Maharaj, Shannon Walsh, Adam Habib, Geoffrey Wood, Vishnu Padayachee and Surendra Bhana and has published in prestigious journals such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Studies Review.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ashwin Desai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ashwin Desai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ashwin Desai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ashwin Desai. Ashwin Desai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Ashwin Desai

51 papers receiving 408 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Ashwin Desai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Ashwin Desai

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