Les Switzer

58 total papers · 485 total citations
27 papers, 239 citations indexed

About

Les Switzer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Switzer has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 239 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Les Switzer’s work include South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers). Les Switzer is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers). Les Switzer collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Les Switzer's co-authors include Alan Booth, Pamela Scully, Mohamed Adhikari, Ntongela Masilela, Michael G. Ryan, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Erving E. Beauregard, John K. McNamara, Robert B. Horwitz and William A. Hachten and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Studies Review.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Les Switzer

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

Les Switzer

23 papers receiving 189 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Les Switzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Les Switzer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Les Switzer. The network helps show where Les Switzer may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Les Switzer

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