Bagele Chilisa

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bagele Chilisa is a scholar working on Education, Safety Research and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Bagele Chilisa has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Education, 9 papers in Safety Research and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Bagele Chilisa's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (7 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers). Bagele Chilisa is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (7 papers) and African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers). Bagele Chilisa collaborates with scholars based in Botswana, United States and South Africa. Bagele Chilisa's co-authors include Thenjiwe Emily Major, Gabo Ntseane, Julia Preece, Donna M. Mertens, Linda Chisholm, Michelle Commeyras, Paul Bennell, G. Anita Heeren, John B. Jemmott and Doreen Ramogola‐Masire and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Society and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Bagele Chilisa

31 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Indigenous Research Methodologies 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Indigenous Research Methodologies
    2011 361 citations Bagele Chilisa profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bagele Chilisa Botswana 13 416 407 267 165 148 33 1.2k
Budd L. Hall Canada 18 557 1.3× 727 1.8× 595 2.2× 143 0.9× 102 0.7× 74 1.9k
Charles Crothers New Zealand 11 295 0.7× 608 1.5× 242 0.9× 40 0.2× 244 1.6× 91 1.4k
John McKnight United States 5 419 1.0× 502 1.2× 612 2.3× 45 0.3× 110 0.7× 8 1.6k
Orlando Fals-Borda Colombia 11 352 0.8× 795 2.0× 518 1.9× 157 1.0× 68 0.5× 22 1.7k
Robert Walker United Kingdom 23 256 0.6× 703 1.7× 528 2.0× 70 0.4× 101 0.7× 95 1.6k
Jo Moran‐Ellis United Kingdom 12 301 0.7× 503 1.2× 261 1.0× 35 0.2× 35 0.2× 30 1.1k
Alfred Michael Dockery Australia 20 392 0.9× 589 1.4× 432 1.6× 26 0.2× 296 2.0× 127 1.6k
Ira Harkavy United States 17 781 1.9× 319 0.8× 232 0.9× 84 0.5× 18 0.1× 50 1.3k
Alice McIntyre United States 13 666 1.6× 964 2.4× 256 1.0× 36 0.2× 32 0.2× 23 1.6k
Margaret Kovach Canada 7 494 1.2× 676 1.7× 563 2.1× 45 0.3× 835 5.6× 12 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bagele Chilisa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bagele Chilisa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bagele Chilisa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manuel‐Navarrete, David, Bagele Chilisa, Katja Brundiers, et al.. (2025). Inclusive transdisciplinarity: embracing diverse ways of being and knowing through inner work. Ecology and Society. 30(3).
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Mertens, Donna M. & Bagele Chilisa. (2024). Transformative and Indigenous Frameworks in International Development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1).
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2023). Special Issue Editors' Introductory Note: The Why and How of the Decolonization Discourse. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19(44). 2–10. 11 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2022). Human papillomavirus prevalence among unvaccinated young female college students in Botswana: A cross-sectional study. South African Medical Journal. 112(5). 335–340. 3 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2021). Mediation Analysis of a Theory-Based Culture and Age-Appropriate HIV/STI Prevention. Prevention Science. 23(6). 865–878. 4 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele & David Denborough. (2019). Decolonising research: An interview with Bagele Chilisa. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Major, Thenjiwe Emily, et al.. (2018). Conceptualizing Evaluation in African Contexts. New Directions for Evaluation. 2018(159). 47–62. 22 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele. (2017). Decolonising transdisciplinary research approaches: an African perspective for enhancing knowledge integration in sustainability science. Sustainability Science. 12(5). 813–827. 141 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2016). Decolonizing and Indigenizing Evaluation Practice in Africa: Toward African Relational Evaluation Approaches. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 30(3). 313–328. 53 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2016). Decolonizing and Indigenizing Evaluation Practice in Africa: Toward African Relational Evaluation Approaches. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 30(3). 11 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2015). Contextualized theory-based predictors of intention to practice monogamy among adolescents in Botswana junior secondary schools: Results of focus group sessions and a cross-sectional study. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 26(6). 533–540. 5 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2013). Why Wait ‘til Marriage? The Determinants of Premarital Sex among Adolescents in a Country in Sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 23(8). 972–979. 2 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele, et al.. (2010). Mbizi: Empowerment and HIV/AIDS Prevention for Adolescent Girls in Botswana. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 35(2). 105–114. 10 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele. (2005). Educational research within postcolonial Africa: a critique of HIV/AIDS research in Botswana. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 18(6). 659–684. 96 indexed citations
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Dunne, Michael P., et al.. (2005). Gendered School Experiences:the impact on retention andachievement in Botswanaand Ghana. Researching the issues 56. 1 indexed citations
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Chilisa, Bagele. (2001). Assessing the impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Botswana. Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 15(2). 196–203. 1 indexed citations
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Commeyras, Michelle & Bagele Chilisa. (2001). Assessing Botswana's first national survey on literacy with Wagner's proposed schema for surveying literacy in the ‘Third World’. International Journal of Educational Development. 21(5). 433–446. 9 indexed citations
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Bennell, Paul, et al.. (2001). The impact of HIV/AIDS on primary and secondary education in Botswana: developing a comprehensive strategic response. 12 indexed citations

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