Nelson Mandela

1.6k total citations
56 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Nelson Mandela is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Law and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelson Mandela has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Law and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Nelson Mandela's work include South African History and Culture (8 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (3 papers). Nelson Mandela is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (8 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (7 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (3 papers). Nelson Mandela collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, India and South Africa. Nelson Mandela's co-authors include Kader Asmal, David Chidester, Wilmot James, Athanasia Matemu, Francis Shahada, Jacques Derrida, Eleanor Gouws, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Mark N. Lurie and Salim S. Abdool Karim and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Biology of the Cell, Foreign Affairs and Journal of democracy.

In The Last Decade

Nelson Mandela

42 papers receiving 320 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nelson Mandela Sweden 10 184 114 69 56 45 56 426
Suzette Heald United Kingdom 15 405 2.2× 135 1.2× 25 0.4× 32 0.6× 78 1.7× 31 664
Jeremy Youde United States 14 382 2.1× 101 0.9× 89 1.3× 63 1.1× 104 2.3× 54 653
Mariane C. Ferme United States 10 360 2.0× 122 1.1× 25 0.4× 22 0.4× 121 2.7× 25 629
Amanda Hammar Sweden 12 347 1.9× 47 0.4× 16 0.2× 23 0.4× 32 0.7× 25 507
Donna M. Hughes United States 16 571 3.1× 66 0.6× 11 0.2× 14 0.3× 21 0.5× 55 735
John A. Guidry United States 10 193 1.0× 100 0.9× 20 0.3× 6 0.1× 100 2.2× 17 404
Matthew Waites United Kingdom 15 418 2.3× 133 1.2× 10 0.1× 14 0.3× 16 0.4× 43 829
Alan Ingram United Kingdom 16 449 2.4× 211 1.9× 24 0.3× 9 0.2× 58 1.3× 35 718
Brooke Grundfest Schoepf United States 10 310 1.7× 53 0.5× 28 0.4× 54 1.0× 129 2.9× 21 688
Ton van Naerssen Netherlands 9 525 2.9× 308 2.7× 13 0.2× 21 0.4× 33 0.7× 23 790

Countries citing papers authored by Nelson Mandela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nelson Mandela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nelson Mandela

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

All Works

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Mpolya, Emmanuel, et al.. (2015). Mathematical Modeling on the Spread of Awareness Information to Infant Vaccination. Applied mathematics/Applied Mathematics. A Journal of Chinese Universities/Gao-xiao yingyong shuxue xuebao. 5(6). 101–110. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (2011). Nelson Mandela by Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations. 14 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (2010). Conversations with Myself. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 29 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson, et al.. (2007). Schistosomal appendicitis: myth busted. ; Apendicitis y Esquistosomiasis: Desafio de un mito.. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (2005). A prisoner in the garden : opening Nelson Mandela's prison archive. Penguin eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson, Kader Asmal, David Chidester, & Wilmot James. (2003). Nelson Mandela in his own words : from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches. 5 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson, et al.. (2001). The Burden of Race: 'Whiteness' and 'Blackness' in Modern South Africa. 1(1). 694–694. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1998). Renewal and renaissance: Towards a new world order. ISLAMIC STUDIES. 37(1). 125–135. 3 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1998). Address at the 53rd UN general assembly. South African Journal of International Affairs. 6(1). 127–134.
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Mandela, Nelson, et al.. (1995). The speeches of Nelson Mandela. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson, et al.. (1995). El largo camino hacia la libertad: la autobiografía de Nelson Mandela. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1993). South Africa's Future Foreign Policy. Foreign Affairs. 72(5). 86–86. 111 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson & Fidel Castro. (1991). How Far We Slaves Have Come!: South Africa and Cuba in Today's World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1990). Speech delivered by ANC Deputy Chairman, Dr. Nelson Mandela, on his release, Cape Town, 11 February 1990. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(58). 82–85. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1990). Nelson Mandela : the struggle is my life : his speeches and writings brought together with historical documents and accounts of Mandela in prison by fellow-prisoners. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1990). African National Congress. Journal of democracy. 1(4). 32–35. 3 indexed citations
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Derrida, Jacques, et al.. (1986). Pour Nelson Mandela. Gallimard eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1973). No easy walk to freedom : articles, speeches and trial addresses of Nelson Mandela. 4 indexed citations
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Mandela, Nelson. (1965). No easy walk to freedom : articles, speeches and trial addresses. Basic Books. 6 indexed citations

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