Jacob Mapara

471 total citations
23 papers, 244 citations indexed

About

Jacob Mapara is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Mapara has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 244 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Education and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Jacob Mapara's work include African cultural and philosophical studies (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers) and African history and culture studies (3 papers). Jacob Mapara is often cited by papers focused on African cultural and philosophical studies (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers) and African history and culture studies (3 papers). Jacob Mapara collaborates with scholars based in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Jacob Mapara's co-authors include Lesley Macheka, Lazarus Kajawu, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Patrick Ngulube and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Ethnic Foods and BMC Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Mapara

19 papers receiving 198 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob Mapara Zimbabwe 7 88 67 44 22 21 23 244
Louise Grenier 3 50 0.6× 59 0.9× 108 2.5× 17 0.8× 40 1.9× 5 309
Rob O’Donoghue South Africa 10 130 1.5× 91 1.4× 26 0.6× 12 0.5× 23 1.1× 47 281
Sandra Wooltorton Australia 11 121 1.4× 69 1.0× 8 0.2× 27 1.2× 21 1.0× 40 311
Len Collard Australia 9 50 0.6× 48 0.7× 10 0.2× 14 0.6× 14 0.7× 40 226
Zane Ma Rhea Australia 9 165 1.9× 61 0.9× 20 0.5× 44 2.0× 6 0.3× 49 282
Priscilla McCutcheon United States 9 33 0.4× 153 2.3× 46 1.0× 13 0.6× 26 1.2× 13 294
Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen Finland 9 23 0.3× 49 0.7× 17 0.4× 16 0.7× 19 0.9× 37 285
Helen Avery Sweden 10 106 1.2× 59 0.9× 29 0.7× 19 0.9× 19 0.9× 33 282
Barbara Kingsolver 7 27 0.3× 65 1.0× 66 1.5× 13 0.6× 22 1.0× 25 273
Martin Lewis United Kingdom 6 32 0.4× 59 0.9× 12 0.3× 4 0.2× 9 0.4× 17 216

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacob Mapara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Mapara

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

All Works

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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2025). Relationship between cultural food taboos and maternal and child nutrition: A systematic literature review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(19). 95–117. 1 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Naming the colonized and vanquished: archiving the successes of the imperial enterprise. Cogent Arts and Humanities. 11(1).
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2022). Impact of climate change-induced natural disasters on intangible cultural heritage related to food: a review. Journal of Ethnic Foods. 9(1). 18 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob. (2021). Affirmation of Unhu as Reflected in Selected Manyika Proverbs. 2(3). 65–86. 1 indexed citations
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Kajawu, Lazarus, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, & Jacob Mapara. (2019). Community Perceptions of Indigenous Healers and Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe. Open Journal of Psychiatry. 9(3). 193–214. 6 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2016). The interface between toponyms, hydronyms and geography: The case of selected Shona names from three provinces in Zimbabwe. South African Journal of African Languages. 36(2). 243–249. 1 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2015). It has always been a man’s world: The woman as other in the Shona and Ndebele proverb. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 2(4). 6 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob. (2013). Shona Sentential Names: A Brief Overview. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 4 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2009). Shona Ethnoaesthetics: Beauty and the Shona Proverb. The Journal of Pan-African Studies. 2(9). 197. 3 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob. (2009). Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Zimbabwe: Juxtaposing Postcolonial Theory. The Journal of Pan-African Studies. 3(1). 139. 132 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2008). Shona Traditional Children's Games and Play: Songs as Indigenous Ways of Knowing. The Journal of Pan-African Studies. 2(4). 189. 45 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2008). Ngano: Teaching Environmental Education Using the Shona Folktale. The Journal of Pan-African Studies. 2(3). 33. 6 indexed citations
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Mapara, Jacob, et al.. (2007). The impact of lexicographical work on language use : the case of Shona monolingual dictionaries in Zimbabwe : lexicofocus. Lexikos. 17(1). 385–396. 1 indexed citations

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