Benjamin Rubbers

607 total citations
37 papers, 287 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Rubbers is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Rubbers has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 287 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Rubbers's work include African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (8 papers) and African history and culture studies (7 papers). Benjamin Rubbers is often cited by papers focused on African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (8 papers) and African history and culture studies (7 papers). Benjamin Rubbers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and China. Benjamin Rubbers's co-authors include Alexis Roy and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, Geoforum and Development and Change.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Rubbers

33 papers receiving 255 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 Rubbers Belgium 12 186 123 60 43 28 37 287
Bettina Engels Germany 10 205 1.1× 88 0.7× 94 1.6× 30 0.7× 27 1.0× 59 363
Tilo Grätz Germany 10 244 1.3× 160 1.3× 58 1.0× 63 1.5× 27 1.0× 32 313
John-Andrew McNeish Norway 10 155 0.8× 93 0.8× 161 2.7× 59 1.4× 24 0.9× 21 329
Sabine Luning Netherlands 9 218 1.2× 254 2.1× 78 1.3× 35 0.8× 50 1.8× 20 368
Christoph Vogel Switzerland 10 173 0.9× 154 1.3× 52 0.9× 13 0.3× 68 2.4× 20 304
Penelope Anthias United Kingdom 8 94 0.5× 85 0.7× 138 2.3× 84 2.0× 13 0.5× 15 309
Florence Bernault United States 9 187 1.0× 52 0.4× 59 1.0× 108 2.5× 98 3.5× 28 371
Hans‐Jürgen Burchardt Germany 6 118 0.6× 108 0.9× 86 1.4× 12 0.3× 48 1.7× 17 286
Raymond E. Dumett United States 13 131 0.7× 42 0.3× 36 0.6× 183 4.3× 24 0.9× 31 366
John Crabtree Russia 12 173 0.9× 38 0.3× 185 3.1× 33 0.8× 21 0.8× 39 332

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Rubbers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Rubbers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2024). Introduction: Studying Work Regulation Processes Beyond the Formal/Informal Divide. Africa Spectrum. 59(3). 337–355.
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2023). Mining and the scalar transformations of the state in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 61(1). 73–90.
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2019). Governing new mining projects in D. R. Congo. A view from the HR department of a Chinese company. The Extractive Industries and Society. 7(1). 191–198. 12 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2018). Mining towns, enclaves and spaces: A genealogy of worker camps in the Congolese copperbelt. Geoforum. 98. 88–96. 26 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2017). Towards a life of poverty and uncertainty? The livelihood strategies of Gécamines workers after retrenchment in the DRC. Review of African Political Economy. 44(152). 12 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin & Alexis Roy. (2015). Les chantiers du syndicalisme en Afrique. Tiers-Monde. 224. 1 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Entre opposition et participation, les syndicats face aux réformes en Afrique. Tiers-Monde. 224(4). 9–9. 5 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Sociologie coloniale au Congo belge. Genèses. n° 99(2). 93–112. 10 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2012). Compte-rendu de Hilgers, M., 2009, Une ethnographie à l'échelle de la ville. Urbanité, histoire et reconnaissance à Koudougou (Burkina Faso), Paris, Karthala. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 6 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin, et al.. (2012). Why do Congolese people go to court? A qualitative study of litigants’ careers in two justice of the peace courts in Lubumbashi, D.R.Congo. ORBi (University of Liège). 66(66). 79–108. 1 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2009). ‘We, the Congolese, we cannot trust each other’. Trust, norms and relations among traders in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo1. British Journal of Sociology. 60(3). 623–642. 14 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2009). Faire fortune en Afrique. 11 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2009). The story of a tragedy: how people in Haut-Katanga interpret the post-colonial history of Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 47(2). 267–289. 5 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2008). Review of T. Trefon and B. Ngoy, 2007, Parcours administratifs dans un Etat en faillite, Paris, L'Harmattan. African Studies Review. 51(3). 1 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2007). La reconfiguration de l'enfance au Katanga. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 2 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2007). Retour sur le "secteur informel". L’économie du Katanga (Congo-Zaïre) face à la falsification de la loi. Sociologie du Travail. 49(3). 316–329. 6 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2005). Compte-rendu de l'ouvrage de J. Mac Gaffey et R. Bazenguissa-Ganga, 2000, Congo-Paris. Transnational traders on the margins of the law, Oxford, James Currey. Cahiers d études africaines. 177. 1 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2004). Conversation sur la couleur des hommes. ORBi (University of Liège).
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2004). The University of Lubumbashi between the Local and the Global: Dynamics, Management, and Future of University Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 38(2). 318–343. 1 indexed citations
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Rubbers, Benjamin. (2003). Devenir médecin en République démocratique du Congo : la trajectoire socioprofessionnelle des diplômés en médecine de l'Université de Lubumbashi. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 3 indexed citations

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