Janet MacGaffey

1.3k total citations
20 papers, 641 citations indexed

About

Janet MacGaffey is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet MacGaffey has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 641 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Anthropology, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Janet MacGaffey's work include African history and culture studies (8 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (4 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (3 papers). Janet MacGaffey is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (8 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (4 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (3 papers). Janet MacGaffey collaborates with scholars based in United States. Janet MacGaffey's co-authors include Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Gail M. Gerhart, Stephen Ellis, Jacques Depelchin, Brooke Grundfest Schoepf, Allen F. Roberts, Édouard Bustin, Johan Pottier, Stephen Ellis and David Northrup and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The American Historical Review and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Janet MacGaffey

18 papers receiving 439 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Janet MacGaffey United States 10 418 187 146 72 60 20 641
Abdi Ismail Samatar United States 15 434 1.0× 180 1.0× 276 1.9× 64 0.9× 80 1.3× 50 776
Robert Shenton Canada 9 259 0.6× 116 0.6× 95 0.7× 52 0.7× 31 0.5× 16 552
Alfred Zack-Williams United Kingdom 11 370 0.9× 68 0.4× 149 1.0× 53 0.7× 48 0.8× 30 597
George Joffé United Kingdom 13 356 0.9× 84 0.4× 359 2.5× 51 0.7× 48 0.8× 78 709
M. Anne Pitcher United States 15 348 0.8× 201 1.1× 160 1.1× 83 1.2× 24 0.4× 36 745
Alex Vines United Kingdom 14 422 1.0× 148 0.8× 284 1.9× 70 1.0× 73 1.2× 66 791
J.P. Olivier de Sardan France 4 371 0.9× 90 0.5× 108 0.7× 61 0.8× 33 0.6× 5 516
Miles Larmer United Kingdom 14 420 1.0× 167 0.9× 148 1.0× 37 0.5× 58 1.0× 46 674
E. A. Brett United Kingdom 12 270 0.6× 76 0.4× 155 1.1× 94 1.3× 31 0.5× 22 586
Jairus Banaji United Kingdom 15 560 1.3× 177 0.9× 205 1.4× 147 2.0× 87 1.4× 47 939

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janet MacGaffey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roder, Wolf, Janet MacGaffey, & Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga. (2002). Congo-Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 36(2). 394–394. 2 indexed citations
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Bustin, Édouard, Janet MacGaffey, & Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga. (2001). Congo-Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(2). 463–463. 29 indexed citations
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Gerhart, Gail M., Janet MacGaffey, & Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga. (2001). Congo-Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law. Foreign Affairs. 80(2). 187–187. 179 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1997). Paradoxes, Problems, and Opportunities in Zaire. American Anthropologist. 99(2). 369–372. 2 indexed citations
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Ellis, Stephen & Janet MacGaffey. (1997). Le commerce international informel en Afrique sub-saharienne. Cahiers d études africaines. 37(145). 11–37. 9 indexed citations
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Ellis, Stephen & Janet MacGaffey. (1996). Research on Sub-Saharan Africa's Unrecorded International Trade: Some Methodological and Conceptual Problems. African Studies Review. 39(2). 19–19. 54 indexed citations
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Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy & Janet MacGaffey. (1995). Vivre et briller à Paris. Des jeunes Congolais et Zaïrois en marge de la légalité économique. Politique africaine. 57(1). 124–133. 9 indexed citations
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Pottier, Johan & Janet MacGaffey. (1993). The Real Economy of Zaire: The Contribution of Smuggling and Other Unofficial Activities to National Wealth.. Man. 28(4). 819–819. 9 indexed citations
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Depelchin, Jacques, et al.. (1993). The Real Economy of Zaire: The Contribution of Smuggling and Other Unofficial Activities to National Wealth. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 26(1). 197–197. 173 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1990). Bitter Money: Cultural Economy and Some African Meanings of Forbidden Commodities. Parker Shipton. Journal of Anthropological Research. 46(2). 205–207. 1 indexed citations
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Northrup, David & Janet MacGaffey. (1990). Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaire.. The American Historical Review. 95(1). 227–227. 2 indexed citations
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Depelchin, Jacques & Janet MacGaffey. (1989). Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaire. African Economic History. 149–149. 2 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet & David Northrup. (1989). Beyond the Bend in the River: African Labor in Eastern Zaire, 1865-1940. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(4). 721–721. 4 indexed citations
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Roberts, Allen F. & Janet MacGaffey. (1988). Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaire. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 21(4). 701–701. 37 indexed citations
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Parpart, Jane L. & Janet MacGaffey. (1988). Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaire. African Economic History. 177–177. 1 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1987). PATRIMONIAL POLITICS IN MOBUTU'S ZAIRE. African Affairs. 86(344). 419–424.
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1987). Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaïre. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 101 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1983). HOW TO SURVIVE AND BECOME RICH AMIDST DEVASTATION: THE SECOND ECONOMY IN ZAIRE. African Affairs. 82(328). 351–366. 22 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1983). The Effect of Rural-Urban Ties, Kinship and Marriage on Household Structure in a Kongo Village. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 17(1). 69–84. 3 indexed citations
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MacGaffey, Janet. (1975). Two Kongo Potters. African Arts. 9(1). 28–28. 2 indexed citations

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