Janet Roitman

3.3k citations
39 papers · 1.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 14
Topics
African Studies and Geopolitics (4 papers)African history and culture studies (4 papers)African Studies and Ethnography (3 papers)

In The Last Decade

Janet Roitman

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulati...2004202620112018200450100150200250

Peers

Janet Roitman
Comparison fields: 5 of 85
  • Sociology and Political Science 886
  • Anthropology 427
  • Political Science and International Relations 423
  • Economics and Econometrics 169
  • Urban Studies 140
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Fields of papers citing papers by Janet Roitman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janet Roitman

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

All Works

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2 14
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The Ethics of Illegality in the Chad Basin
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11 245
12 3
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Autour du lac Tchad: intégrations et désintégrations
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15 54
16 10
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Objects of the economy and the language of politics in northern Cameroon
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About Janet Roitman

Janet Roitman is a scholar working on Anthropology, Urban Studies and General Social Sciences, having authored 39 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African Studies and Geopolitics (4 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and African Studies and Ethnography (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (427 citations), Development (86 citations) and Urban Studies (140 citations). Janet Roitman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Achille Mbembé, Deborah Poole, Steven Pierce, Florence Bernault, Hans Peter Schmitz, Michael Barnett, Thomas M. Callaghy, Frederick Cooper, Ronald Kassimir and William Reno. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and BMJ Global Health.

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