Joost Fontein

1.2k total citations
34 papers, 496 citations indexed

About

Joost Fontein is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joost Fontein has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 496 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Anthropology and 4 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Joost Fontein's work include African studies and sociopolitical issues (22 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (12 papers) and African history and culture studies (11 papers). Joost Fontein is often cited by papers focused on African studies and sociopolitical issues (22 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (12 papers) and African history and culture studies (11 papers). Joost Fontein collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Ireland. Joost Fontein's co-authors include Cara Krmpotich, Constance Smith, JoAnn McGregor and William Beinart and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Joost Fontein

30 papers receiving 419 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joost Fontein United Kingdom 13 289 273 70 53 51 34 496
Nick Shepherd South Africa 12 194 0.7× 210 0.8× 34 0.5× 141 2.7× 16 0.3× 47 531
Edna G. Bay United States 11 192 0.7× 230 0.8× 61 0.9× 19 0.4× 13 0.3× 30 483
Bogumił Jewsiewicki Canada 11 272 0.9× 256 0.9× 79 1.1× 71 1.3× 8 0.2× 92 474
Paul S. Landau United States 10 253 0.9× 266 1.0× 39 0.6× 15 0.3× 4 0.1× 33 518
Jean-Pierre Chrétien France 10 312 1.1× 162 0.6× 115 1.6× 27 0.5× 18 0.4× 105 490
Peter Skalník Czechia 10 189 0.7× 158 0.6× 123 1.8× 39 0.7× 15 0.3× 36 486
Jacqueline Solway Canada 11 227 0.8× 324 1.2× 62 0.9× 13 0.2× 24 0.5× 26 587
Randall L. Pouwels United States 12 112 0.4× 558 2.0× 157 2.2× 59 1.1× 7 0.1× 36 704
Victor Buchli United Kingdom 9 113 0.4× 210 0.8× 60 0.9× 187 3.5× 2 0.0× 16 598
T. O. Beidelman 8 197 0.7× 198 0.7× 66 0.9× 22 0.4× 14 0.3× 9 438

Countries citing papers authored by Joost Fontein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joost Fontein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joost Fontein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fontein, Joost & Constance Smith. (2023). Introduction: the stuff of African cities. Africa. 93(1). 1–19. 10 indexed citations
2.
Fontein, Joost. (2023). Goats, materials and uncertainty in Nairobi. Africa. 93(1). 60–79. 3 indexed citations
3.
Fontein, Joost. (2022). The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe 2000-2020. Boydell and Brewer eBooks.
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Fontein, Joost. (2022). The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe, 2000-2020. 1 indexed citations
5.
Fontein, Joost, et al.. (2022). The case for oral histories of neoliberal Africa. Third World Thematics A TWQ Journal. 7(4-6). 199–221. 2 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2018). Political Accidents in Zimbabwe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 44(1). 5 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost, et al.. (2017). ‘Those who are not known, should be known by the country’: patriotic history and the politics of recognition in southern Zimbabwe. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 11(1). 86–114. 10 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2016). Crossing Africa and Beyond: essays in honour of Marian Charles Jedrej (1943–2007). Critical African Studies. 8(1). 1–7. 1 indexed citations
9.
Fontein, Joost. (2016). Cultural Landscape Heritage in sub-Saharan Africa. 15 indexed citations
10.
Fontein, Joost. (2015). Remaking Mutirikwi. 31 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost, et al.. (2015). Corporealities of violence in southern and eastern Africa. Critical African Studies. 7(2). 89–98. 4 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost, et al.. (2013). The vitality and efficacy of human substances. Critical African Studies. 5(3). 115–126. 15 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2011). Graves, ruins, and belonging: towards an anthropology of proximity*. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 17(4). 706–727. 66 indexed citations
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Krmpotich, Cara, et al.. (2010). The substance of bones: the emotive materiality and affective presence of human remains. Journal of Material Culture. 15(4). 371–384. 46 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2010). Between tortured bodies and resurfacing bones: the politics of the dead in Zimbabwe. Journal of Material Culture. 15(4). 423–448. 44 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2009). 'We Want to Belong to Our Roots and We Want to be Modern People':New Farmers, Old Claims Around Lake Mutirikwi, Southern Zimbabwe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2009). Anticipating TheTsunami: Rumours, Planning and The Arbitrary State in Zimbabwe. Africa. 79(3). 369–398. 44 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost, et al.. (2009). The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 76 indexed citations
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Fontein, Joost. (2006). Silence, Destruction and Closure at Great Zimbabwe: Local Narratives of Desecration and Alienation. Journal of Southern African Studies. 32(4). 771–794. 8 indexed citations

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