James Ferguson

66 papers and 8.2k indexed citations
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About

James Ferguson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, James Ferguson has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Anthropology and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in James Ferguson’s work include African history and culture studies (9 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (6 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers). James Ferguson is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (9 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (6 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (5 papers). James Ferguson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. James Ferguson's co-authors include Akhil Gupta, Colin Murray, Jon P. Mitchell, Gail M. Gerhart, James Pritchett, Dorothy L. Hodgson, Rena Lederman, Tanya Duke, Harry B. Cohen and William C. Dement and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Anesthesiology and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Ferguson

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

Fields of papers citing papers by James Ferguson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by James Ferguson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by James Ferguson. The network helps show where James Ferguson may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by James Ferguson

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