Mike McGovern

545 total citations
17 papers, 271 citations indexed

About

Mike McGovern is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike McGovern has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 271 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Anthropology, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Mike McGovern's work include African Studies and Geopolitics (5 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers) and African history and culture studies (4 papers). Mike McGovern is often cited by papers focused on African Studies and Geopolitics (5 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 papers) and African history and culture studies (4 papers). Mike McGovern collaborates with scholars based in United States. Mike McGovern's co-authors include Helen F. Siu and Roland Marchal and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Anthropology, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

Mike McGovern

15 papers receiving 209 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mike McGovern United States 11 177 118 66 27 24 17 271
Felicitas Becker United Kingdom 10 167 0.9× 151 1.3× 62 0.9× 19 0.7× 28 1.2× 25 329
Andrew F. Clark United States 8 139 0.8× 125 1.1× 86 1.3× 4 0.1× 15 0.6× 26 260
Heike Behrend Germany 9 172 1.0× 126 1.1× 56 0.8× 13 0.5× 9 0.4× 23 292
Ch. Didier Gondola France 8 94 0.5× 63 0.5× 21 0.3× 4 0.1× 7 0.3× 12 186
Nakanyike B. Musisi Canada 8 131 0.7× 80 0.7× 54 0.8× 21 0.8× 8 0.3× 14 259
Sulayman N. Khalaf United Arab Emirates 8 160 0.9× 32 0.3× 53 0.8× 5 0.2× 6 0.3× 9 232
Signe Arnfred Denmark 11 174 1.0× 68 0.6× 34 0.5× 9 0.3× 6 0.3× 36 286
Francesco Strazzari Italy 10 234 1.3× 42 0.4× 111 1.7× 9 0.3× 34 1.4× 29 283
Odile Goerg France 9 104 0.6× 101 0.9× 41 0.6× 11 0.4× 3 0.1× 51 212
Inge Brinkman Belgium 9 164 0.9× 74 0.6× 46 0.7× 5 0.2× 14 0.6× 44 259

Countries citing papers authored by Mike McGovern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike McGovern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike McGovern

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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McGovern, Mike. (2021). ‘I Did Not Wash My Hand for Days’. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. 39(2). 78–95. 1 indexed citations
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Siu, Helen F. & Mike McGovern. (2017). China–Africa Encounters: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Realities. Annual Review of Anthropology. 46(1). 337–355. 16 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2017). A Socialist Peace?: Explaining the Absence of War in an African Country. 15 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2017). A Socialist Peace?. 18 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2015). Liberty and moral ambivalence: Postsocialist transitions, refugee hosting, and bodily comportment in the Republic of Guinea. American Ethnologist. 42(2). 247–261. 11 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike, et al.. (2013). “History is stubborn”: Talk about Truth, Justice, and National Reconciliation in the Republic of Guinea. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 55(1). 198–225. 13 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2012). The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe. African Studies Review. 24(2). 163.
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McGovern, Mike. (2012). Life during wartime: aspirational kinship and the management of insecurity. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18(4). 735–752. 14 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2012). Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 51 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2012). Unmasking the State. 25 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2011). Making War in Côte d'Ivoire. 67 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2011). WRITING ABOUT CONFLICT IN AFRICA: STAKES AND STRATEGIES. Africa. 81(2). 314–330. 2 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2011). Popular Development Economics—An Anthropologist among the Mandarins. Perspectives on Politics. 9(2). 345–355. 11 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike, et al.. (2007). Janvier 2007 – Sékou Touré est mort. Politique africaine. N° 107(3). 125–145. 5 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike. (2005). Rebuilding a failed state: Liberia. Development in Practice. 15(6). 760–766. 8 indexed citations
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McGovern, Mike & Roland Marchal. (2002). Conflit régional et rhétorique de la contre-insurrection. Politique africaine. N° 88(4). 84–102. 2 indexed citations

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