Kirk Helliker

548 total citations
35 papers, 282 citations indexed

About

Kirk Helliker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Helliker has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 282 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Kirk Helliker's work include African studies and sociopolitical issues (22 papers), African history and culture studies (12 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (11 papers). Kirk Helliker is often cited by papers focused on African studies and sociopolitical issues (22 papers), African history and culture studies (12 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (11 papers). Kirk Helliker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. Kirk Helliker's co-authors include Sam Moyo, Sandra Bhatasara, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Lungisile Ntsebeza, Doreen Atkinson, Lucien van der Walt and Peter Vale and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines and Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Helliker

29 papers receiving 228 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kirk Helliker South Africa 9 228 125 107 53 38 35 282
Laurine Platzky 3 191 0.8× 70 0.6× 32 0.3× 35 0.7× 64 1.7× 5 315
Helene Maria Kyed Denmark 11 302 1.3× 50 0.4× 94 0.9× 18 0.3× 30 0.8× 41 417
H. W. O. Okoth‐Ogendo Kenya 7 99 0.4× 116 0.9× 31 0.3× 79 1.5× 34 0.9× 15 279
Marjorie Mbilinyi Tanzania 10 92 0.4× 50 0.4× 66 0.6× 66 1.2× 14 0.4× 45 285
Simon Coldham United Kingdom 8 59 0.3× 120 1.0× 32 0.3× 64 1.2× 30 0.8× 24 201
Lyn Ossome Uganda 8 98 0.4× 48 0.4× 22 0.2× 99 1.9× 5 0.1× 17 209
M. P. K. Sorrenson New Zealand 6 71 0.3× 45 0.4× 85 0.8× 31 0.6× 15 0.4× 14 248
André J. Hoekema Netherlands 8 101 0.4× 67 0.5× 65 0.6× 61 1.2× 24 0.6× 24 276
Stephen Baier United States 13 135 0.6× 34 0.3× 153 1.4× 21 0.4× 11 0.3× 23 379
Fouad Makki United States 8 108 0.5× 59 0.5× 32 0.3× 110 2.1× 7 0.2× 12 231

Countries citing papers authored by Kirk Helliker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk Helliker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Helliker

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2024). Chinese Investment in Africa.
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2024). Natural Resource-Based Conflicts in Rural Zimbabwe. 1 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2022). Capital Penetration and the Peasantry in Southern and Eastern Africa. 1 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, Sandra Bhatasara, & Manase Kudzai Chiweshe. (2021). Fast Track Land Occupations in Zimbabwe. 6 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2020). Zimbabwe: continuities and changes. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 38(1). 5–17. 28 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk & Sandra Bhatasara. (2018). Inside the Land Occupations in Bindura District, Zimbabwe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk & Lucien van der Walt. (2016). Politics at a distance from the state: radical, South African and Zimbabwean praxis today. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 34(3). 312–331. 1 indexed citations
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Bhatasara, Sandra & Kirk Helliker. (2016). The Party-State in the Land Occupations of Zimbabwe: The Case of Shamva District. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 53(1). 81–97. 8 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk. (2014). Liberation movements in power: Party and state in southern Africa. South African Review of Sociology. 45(3). 118–121. 4 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk. (2014). Zimbabwe takes back its land. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 32(4). 510–512. 10 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2013). The promise of land: undoing a century of dispossession in South Africa. 58. 366. 7 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk. (2012). Civil society and state-centred struggles. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 30(1). 35–47. 10 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk & Peter Vale. (2012). Radical Thinking in South Africa’s Age of Retreat. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 47(4). 333–347. 1 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2011). Land struggles and civil society in Southern Africa. 332. 9 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk. (2011). Zimbabwe's Land Reform: Myths and Realities. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 29(3). 349–351. 104 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk, et al.. (2010). Transcending Objectifications and Dualisms: Farm Workers and Civil Society in Contemporary Zimbabwe. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 45(2). 209–225. 4 indexed citations
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Helliker, Kirk. (2007). A sociological analysis of intermediary non-governmental organizations and land reform in contemporary Zimbabwe. 5 indexed citations
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