Benjamin F. Soares

982 total citations
18 papers, 354 citations indexed

About

Benjamin F. Soares is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin F. Soares has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 354 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin F. Soares's work include Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (9 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (7 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Benjamin F. Soares is often cited by papers focused on Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (9 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (7 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Benjamin F. Soares collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Russia. Benjamin F. Soares's co-authors include Robert Launay, Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Adeline Masquelier, Donal B. Cruise O’Brien, Christian Coulon, Ralph Grillo, Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Ralph A. Austen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Economy and Society and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin F. Soares

14 papers receiving 260 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin F. Soares United States 11 258 173 153 44 43 18 354
Dorothea E. Schulz Germany 12 260 1.0× 186 1.1× 146 1.0× 11 0.3× 36 0.8× 41 393
Roman Loımeıer Germany 10 211 0.8× 160 0.9× 125 0.8× 43 1.0× 46 1.1× 34 325
James Piscatori Australia 13 528 2.0× 92 0.5× 326 2.1× 14 0.3× 79 1.8× 25 661
Karl P. Magyar 6 211 0.8× 54 0.3× 133 0.9× 6 0.1× 20 0.5× 12 336
Donal Cruise O’Brien United Kingdom 9 169 0.7× 109 0.6× 102 0.7× 9 0.2× 14 0.3× 20 294
Kevin Dwyer Egypt 6 136 0.5× 94 0.5× 65 0.4× 8 0.2× 29 0.7× 10 273
Mervyn Hiskett United Kingdom 14 190 0.7× 195 1.1× 195 1.3× 100 2.3× 88 2.0× 37 444
John O. Hunwick United States 13 219 0.8× 278 1.6× 231 1.5× 48 1.1× 43 1.0× 64 485
C. Geertz 3 261 1.0× 92 0.5× 166 1.1× 3 0.1× 24 0.6× 3 419
İsa Blumi Sweden 11 220 0.9× 43 0.2× 141 0.9× 4 0.1× 19 0.4× 43 311

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin F. Soares

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Masquelier, Adeline & Benjamin F. Soares. (2016). Muslim Youth and the 9/11 Generation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 295. 13 indexed citations
2.
Hackett, Rosalind I. J. & Benjamin F. Soares. (2015). New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa. Indiana University Press eBooks. 316. 42 indexed citations
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Austen, Ralph A. & Benjamin F. Soares. (2010). AMADOU HAMPÂTÉ BÂ’S LIFE AND WORK RECONSIDERED: CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES. 1(2). 133–142.
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Austen, Ralph A. & Benjamin F. Soares. (2010). Amadou Hampâté Bâ's Life and Work Reconsidered: Critical and Historical Perspectives. 1(2). 133–142.
5.
Soares, Benjamin F.. (2009). The Attempt to Reform Family Law in Mali. Die Welt des Islams. 49(3-4). 398–428. 24 indexed citations
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LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie & Benjamin F. Soares. (2008). Muslim West Africa in the age of neoliberalism. Africa Today. 54(3). 155.
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LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie & Benjamin F. Soares. (2008). Introduction to Special Issue: Muslim West Africa in the Age of Neoliberalism. Africa Today. 54(3). vii–xii.
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2007). Rethinking Islam and Muslim societies in Africa. African Affairs. 106(423). 319–326. 12 indexed citations
9.
Grillo, Ralph & Benjamin F. Soares. (2005). Transnational Islam in Western Europe. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 15(15). 11–11. 2 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2005). Islam in Mali in the neoliberal era. African Affairs. 105(418). 77–95. 38 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2005). Islam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian Town. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 112 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2004). An African Muslim Saint and his Followers in France. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 30(5). 913–927. 13 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2003). A Warning About Imminent Calamity in Colonial French West Africa: The Chain Letter as Historical Source. 14(8). 103–116. 3 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (2000). Notes on the anthropological study of Islam and Muslim societies in Africa. Culture and Religion. 1(2). 277–285. 19 indexed citations
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Launay, Robert & Benjamin F. Soares. (1999). The formation of an ‘Islamic sphere’ in French Colonial West Africa. Economy and Society. 28(4). 497–519. 44 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (1997). The spiritual economy of Nioro Du Sahel : Islamic discourses and practices in a Malian religious center. UMI eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F.. (1996). The Prayer Economy in a Malian Town. Cahiers d études africaines. 36(144). 739–753. 17 indexed citations
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Soares, Benjamin F., Donal B. Cruise O’Brien, & Christian Coulon. (1993). Charisma and Brotherhood in African Islam. Journal of Religion in Africa. 23(4). 362–362. 11 indexed citations

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