Brian Willan

419 total citations
21 papers, 119 citations indexed

About

Brian Willan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Willan has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 119 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Anthropology and 2 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Brian Willan's work include South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers) and Philippine History and Culture (2 papers). Brian Willan is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (9 papers) and Philippine History and Culture (2 papers). Brian Willan collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Mexico. Brian Willan's co-authors include Leonard Thompson, Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Andrew Reed, John Comaroff, Mamphela Ramphele, Patrick J. Furlong, Bhekizizwe Peterson, Harvey Glickman and Judith M. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Brian Willan

16 papers receiving 86 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Willan South Africa 7 79 62 33 12 10 21 119
Malvern van Wyk Smith South Africa 5 37 0.5× 34 0.5× 40 1.2× 9 0.8× 12 1.2× 24 90
Ronald F. Hock 9 77 1.0× 52 0.8× 13 0.4× 8 0.7× 16 1.6× 12 189
Martin Orkin South Africa 6 36 0.5× 28 0.5× 63 1.9× 8 0.7× 8 0.8× 22 123
Dorothy Driver South Africa 8 87 1.1× 31 0.5× 56 1.7× 8 0.7× 13 1.3× 26 123
Lars Engle United States 6 27 0.3× 17 0.3× 59 1.8× 5 0.4× 19 1.9× 19 114
Bryan Reynolds United States 7 31 0.4× 21 0.3× 46 1.4× 5 0.4× 12 1.2× 16 89
Olive Schreiner 6 46 0.6× 13 0.2× 41 1.2× 8 0.7× 21 2.1× 16 101
Kirsten Silva Gruesz United States 5 54 0.7× 19 0.3× 52 1.6× 9 0.8× 10 1.0× 17 136
W. J. McCormack United States 7 99 1.3× 13 0.2× 58 1.8× 21 1.8× 28 2.8× 31 152
Dorothy S. Blair France 6 36 0.5× 44 0.7× 35 1.1× 28 2.3× 33 3.3× 15 117

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Willan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Willan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Willan, Brian. (2022). Revisiting Sol Plaatje’s Mafeking Diary. Journal of the African Literature Association. 16(1). 9–22.
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Willan, Brian, et al.. (2016). Sol Plaatje's Native Life in South Africa: Past and present. 1 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (2015). What ‘Other Devils’? The Texts of Sol T. Plaatje’sMhudiRevisited. Journal of Southern African Studies. 41(6). 1331–1347.
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Willan, Brian. (2013). ‘Cinematographic Calamity’ or ‘Soul-Stirring Appeal to Every Briton’:Birth of a Nationin England and South Africa, 1915–1931. Journal of Southern African Studies. 39(3). 623–640. 1 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (2013). ‘Implanting the better instincts of civilisation’? Black South Africans and Shakespeare in Victorian Grahamstown. Journal of African Cultural Studies. 26(1). 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Comaroff, John, et al.. (1999). The Mafeking diary of Sol T. Plaatje. 6 indexed citations
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Glickman, Harvey, et al.. (1999). South Africa Rediscovers Its past. African Studies Review. 42(1). 125–125. 1 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian, et al.. (1999). Sol Plaatje: Selected Writings. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(1). 184–184. 15 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian, et al.. (1998). Full Circle: Sol Plaatje, Anton Lembede, Mamphela Ramphele, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in South Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 32(2). 380–380. 13 indexed citations
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Furlong, Patrick J., et al.. (1990). Mafeking Diary: A Black Man's View of a White Man's War. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(4). 733–733. 6 indexed citations
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Penvenne, Jeanne Marie & Brian Willan. (1987). Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist, 1876-1932. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 20(1). 141–141. 7 indexed citations
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Thompson, Leonard & Brian Willan. (1986). Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist, 1876-1932. The American Historical Review. 91(1). 165–165. 33 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian, et al.. (1983). Diary of the Siege of Mafeking October 1899 to May 1900. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 16(2). 301–301. 1 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (1979). South African Political Materials: a Catalogue of the Carter-Karis Collection. African Affairs. 78(310). 137–138. 2 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (1979). The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society and the South African Natives' Land Act of 1913. The Journal of African History. 20(1). 83–102. 10 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (1978). Sol Plaatje, De Beers and an old tram shed: class relations and social control in a South African town, 1918–1919. Journal of Southern African Studies. 4(2). 195–215. 5 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (1976). African Politics in South Africa 1964–74: parties and issues. African Affairs. 75(301). 551–551. 1 indexed citations
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Willan, Brian. (1975). Strategic Problems in South Africa's Liberation Struggle: a critical analysis. African Affairs. 74(295). 241–242. 2 indexed citations

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