Christopher Alden

30 total papers · 939 total citations
12 papers, 187 citations indexed

About

Christopher Alden is a scholar working on Development, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Alden has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 187 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Development, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Alden’s work include International Development and Aid (8 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 papers) and China's Global Influence and Migration (2 papers). Christopher Alden is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (8 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (3 papers) and China's Global Influence and Migration (2 papers). Christopher Alden collaborates with scholars based in South Africa. Christopher Alden's co-authors include Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Daniel Large, Maxi Schoeman, Garth le Pere, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Karen E. Smith, Morten Jerven and Álvaro Méndez and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Analysis, London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) and London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science).

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Alden

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

Christopher Alden

9 papers receiving 151 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Alden

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Alden

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