Bill Freund

3.9k total citations
104 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Bill Freund is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Freund has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in Anthropology and 20 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Bill Freund's work include South African History and Culture (31 papers), African history and culture studies (22 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (20 papers). Bill Freund is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (31 papers), African history and culture studies (22 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (20 papers). Bill Freund collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Switzerland and United States. Bill Freund's co-authors include Sara Berry, Vishnu Padayachee, Andrew Coulson, I. William Zartman, Surendra Bhana, Hamza Alavi, Теодор Шанин, James C. McCann, Elizabeth A. Eldredge and Landeg White and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

In The Last Decade

Bill Freund

89 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Freund South Africa 24 981 508 328 240 173 104 1.8k
Roger Southall South Africa 21 1.2k 1.2× 215 0.4× 392 1.2× 112 0.5× 372 2.2× 163 1.8k
Gillian Hart United States 26 1.5k 1.5× 336 0.7× 819 2.5× 455 1.9× 104 0.6× 59 2.8k
Jean-François Bayart France 19 1.4k 1.5× 568 1.1× 637 1.9× 107 0.4× 50 0.3× 80 2.1k
Colin Murray United Kingdom 20 1.4k 1.5× 416 0.8× 476 1.5× 253 1.1× 385 2.2× 110 2.4k
Richard Sandbrook Canada 22 823 0.8× 248 0.5× 485 1.5× 133 0.6× 68 0.4× 81 1.7k
Jean‐Pascal Daloz France 12 1.1k 1.2× 255 0.5× 526 1.6× 118 0.5× 44 0.3× 36 1.7k
Göran Hydén United States 21 1.5k 1.5× 476 0.9× 709 2.2× 156 0.7× 109 0.6× 117 3.2k
Glyn Williams United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.2× 368 0.7× 857 2.6× 365 1.5× 67 0.4× 111 2.3k
J. H. Iliffe United States 17 861 0.9× 827 1.6× 419 1.3× 103 0.4× 31 0.2× 46 2.1k
Patrick Chabal United Kingdom 23 1.7k 1.8× 615 1.2× 770 2.3× 127 0.5× 90 0.5× 107 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bill Freund

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Freund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Freund

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Freund. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Freund 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 Bill Freund. Bill Freund is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Freund, Bill. (2018). Twentieth-Century South Africa: A Developmental History. 18 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill, et al.. (2017). Introduction. Work across Africa: labour exploitation and mobility in Southern, Eastern and Western Africa. Africa. 87(1). 27–35. 3 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (2016). Secret Revolution: memoirs of a spy boss by Niël Barnard. Transformation. 90(1). 143–145.
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Freund, Bill, et al.. (2010). Development dilemmas in post-apartheid South Africa. 15 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (2010). Is There Such a Thing as a Post-apartheid City?. Urban Forum. 21(3). 283–298. 26 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (2008). Planning and Transformation: learning from the post-apartheid experience (review). Transformation. 66(1). 189–192.
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Freund, Bill. (2007). South Africa as developmental state? : part two : policy and political choices. Africanus Journal of Development Studies. 37(2). 191–197. 1 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill, et al.. (2004). Elite formation and elite bonding: Social structure and development in Durban. Urban Forum. 15(2). 134–161. 10 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill & Vishnu Padayachee. (2002). (D)urban vortex : South African city in transition. 61 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (1998). The Making of Contemporary Africa. 17 indexed citations
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Eldredge, Elizabeth A. & Bill Freund. (1995). Insiders and Outsiders: The Indian Working Class of Durban 1910-1990. African Economic History. 160–160. 29 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (1991). Indian women and the changing character of the working class Indian household in Natal 1860–1990. Journal of Southern African Studies. 17(3). 414–429. 10 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill & P. Greenhalgh. (1986). West African Diamonds 1919-83: An Economic History. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 19(4). 721–721. 23 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill, et al.. (1985). The Making of Contemporary Africa: The Development of African Society since 1800. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 19(3). 654–654. 2 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (1984). The Making of Contemporary Africa. 65 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill, et al.. (1983). The South African War; The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 16(2). 370–370. 29 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (1982). Nigerian tin mining and imperialism: From the Niger Company to Atmn. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). 1 indexed citations
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Freund, Bill. (1978). Oil boom and crisis in contemporary Nigeria. Review of African Political Economy. 5(13). 17 indexed citations

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