Colin Darch

432 total citations
34 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

Colin Darch is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Darch has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Colin Darch's work include African history and culture studies (10 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (5 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (4 papers). Colin Darch is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (10 papers), Library Science and Information Literacy (5 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (4 papers). Colin Darch collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique. Colin Darch's co-authors include Peter G. Underwood, Karin de Jager and William Daniels and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Economy and Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Darch

28 papers receiving 192 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Darch South Africa 8 97 74 39 37 26 34 217
Lisa Pillow United States 4 40 0.4× 83 1.1× 5 0.1× 7 0.2× 81 3.1× 8 197
Gregory D. Schmidt United States 9 104 1.1× 212 2.9× 4 0.1× 5 0.1× 40 1.5× 24 294
Harald Müller Germany 6 56 0.6× 139 1.9× 12 0.3× 3 0.1× 31 1.2× 32 194
Sergiu Mișcoiu Romania 9 93 1.0× 120 1.6× 10 0.3× 19 0.7× 32 215
Nigel S. Roberts New Zealand 10 60 0.6× 121 1.6× 5 0.1× 24 0.9× 40 216
Jean‐François Godbout Canada 11 90 0.9× 191 2.6× 10 0.3× 51 2.0× 31 246
Holly Ann Garnett Canada 9 138 1.4× 212 2.9× 12 0.3× 1 0.0× 12 0.5× 38 290
Sean Q. Kelly United States 7 50 0.5× 210 2.8× 6 0.2× 88 3.4× 23 256
Dafydd Fell United Kingdom 10 238 2.5× 190 2.6× 4 0.1× 29 1.1× 49 314
Joel Wolfe United States 8 86 0.9× 119 1.6× 4 0.1× 14 0.5× 25 227

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Darch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Darch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Darch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Darch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Darch 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 Colin Darch. Colin Darch 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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Darch, Colin. (2020). Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921. Pluto Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (2014). The hidden thread: Russia and South Africa in the Soviet era. Review of African Political Economy. 41(139). 11 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin, et al.. (2013). Political rhetoric in the transition to Mozambican independence: Samora Machel in Beira, June 1975. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39(1). 10–19. 3 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Karin de Jager. (2012). ‘Making a Difference in the Research Community’: South Africa's Library Academy Experience and the Researcher–Librarian Relationship. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 38(3). 145–152. 7 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (2011). Eduardo Mondlane : dissent on Mozambique. 2(3). 45–59. 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (2011). BOOK REVIEW. Review of African Political Economy. 38(128). 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (2010). Freedom of Information and the Developing World. Chandos Publishing eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (2009). Freedom of Information and the Developing World: The Citizen, the State and Models of Openness. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 34 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (2005). Are pre-compiled citation indexes of peer-reviewed journals an adequate control for research quality? A case study of library and information science : research article. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 71(1). 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (2005). Freedom of information legislation, state compliance and the discourse of knowledge: The South African experience. The International Information & Library Review. 37(2). 77–86. 22 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (2005). Freedom of information legislation, state compliance and the discourse of knowledge: The South African experience. The International Information & Library Review. 37(2). 77–86. 19 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (2004). Digital Divide or Unequal Exchange? How the Northern Intellectual Property Rights Regime Threatens the South. International Journal of Legal Information. 32(2). 488–501. 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (2004). Progressive librarianship: oxymoron, tautology, or the smart choice. 22(1). 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin & Peter G. Underwood. (1999). Dirt road or yellow brick superhighway? Information and communication technology in academic libraries of South Africa. Library Hi Tech. 17(3). 285–298. 8 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin, et al.. (1989). Guide to Current National Bibliographies in the Third World. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(2). 330–330. 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin, et al.. (1983). The state of contemporary library development in Tanzania in the context of NATIS. 1 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin, et al.. (1983). A Soviet View of Africa. An Annotated Bibliography on Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 16(1). 168–168. 3 indexed citations
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Darch, Colin. (1975). The status of professional librarians in African Universities. International Library Review. 7(4). 497–502. 4 indexed citations

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