Karin Barber

4.2k total citations
63 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Karin Barber is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Barber has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 19 papers in Anthropology and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Karin Barber's work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (20 papers), African history and culture studies (17 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers). Karin Barber is often cited by papers focused on Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (20 papers), African history and culture studies (17 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (8 papers). Karin Barber collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Nigeria. Karin Barber's co-authors include Alan Cobley, Ruth Finnegan, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, Jonathan Haynes, Sandra T. Barnes, Toyin Falọla, Kathryn L. Green, Robert M. Baum, Robert Cancel and Graham Furniss and has published in prestigious journals such as American Ethnologist, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Karin Barber

52 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Barber United Kingdom 20 802 785 427 182 140 63 1.7k
Aldon Lynn Nielsen United States 8 414 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 436 1.0× 280 1.5× 215 1.5× 32 2.3k
Peter Stallybrass United States 15 255 0.3× 590 0.8× 560 1.3× 117 0.6× 161 1.1× 37 1.8k
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o United States 19 536 0.7× 751 1.0× 786 1.8× 63 0.3× 276 2.0× 70 2.0k
Iain Chambers Italy 14 195 0.2× 662 0.8× 206 0.5× 212 1.2× 161 1.1× 70 1.3k
Allon White 5 182 0.2× 498 0.6× 376 0.9× 93 0.5× 120 0.9× 8 1.4k
Robert Stam United States 15 189 0.2× 637 0.8× 320 0.7× 63 0.3× 155 1.1× 73 1.4k
Jean Franco United States 13 158 0.2× 656 0.8× 396 0.9× 53 0.3× 240 1.7× 105 1.5k
Barbara Kirshenblatt‐Gimblett United States 13 274 0.3× 765 1.0× 136 0.3× 144 0.8× 124 0.9× 48 1.8k
Erich Auerbach United States 12 210 0.3× 435 0.6× 548 1.3× 32 0.2× 148 1.1× 42 1.7k
J. D. Y. Peel United Kingdom 21 684 0.9× 851 1.1× 116 0.3× 40 0.2× 252 1.8× 143 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Barber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Barber

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

All Works

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Olasehinde, Olalekan, Kathleen Lynch, Debra A. Goldman, et al.. (2024). Translation and psychometric assessment of the mastectomy module of the BREAST-Q questionnaire for use in Nigeria. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 8(1). 17–17.
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Barber, Karin. (2022). Popular Poesis: Language and the Pleasures of Everyday Creation. African Studies Review. 65(4). 795–809. 1 indexed citations
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Musila, Grace A. & Karin Barber. (2022). Routledge Handbook of African Popular Culture. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 5 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (2018). New Approaches to African History.
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Barber, Karin. (2012). Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel. 22 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (2007). The Anthropology of Texts, Persons and Publics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 172 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (2007). When People Cross Thresholds. African Studies Review. 50(2). 111–123. 11 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (2006). Africa's hidden histories : everyday literacy and making the self. Indiana University Press eBooks. 65 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin, et al.. (2006). Oladejo Okediji on His Writing Life. Research in African Literatures. 37(3). 28–44. 1 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (2001). Cultural Reconstruction in the New South Africa. African Studies Review. 44(2). 177–177. 6 indexed citations
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Ojaide, Tanure & Karin Barber. (1999). Readings in African Popular Culture. African Studies Review. 42(3). 193–193. 6 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin, et al.. (1997). West African Popular Theatre. Indiana University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Falọla, Toyin, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, & Karin Barber. (1992). Self-Assertion and Brokerage: Early Cultural Nationalism in West Africa. Journal of Religion in Africa. 22(3). 284–284. 37 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1991). I Could Speak Until Tomorrow. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 81 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1991). Multiple discourses in Yoruba oral literature. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. 73(3). 11–24. 8 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1990). BARNES, Sandra T., ed. Africa's Ogun: Old World and New, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-30282-X. Journal of Religion in Africa. 20(3). 289–291. 9 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1984). Yoruba oriki and deconstructive criticism. Research in African Literatures. 15(4). 497–518. 18 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1982). Popular Reactions to the Petro-Naira. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 20(3). 431–450. 38 indexed citations
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Barber, Karin. (1981). Documenting Social and Ideological Change Through Yoruba Oriki: A Stylistic Analysis. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 10(4). 39–52. 3 indexed citations
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