Peter Alexander

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 897 citations indexed

About

Peter Alexander is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Alexander has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 897 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Peter Alexander's work include South African History and Culture (20 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (9 papers) and African history and culture studies (8 papers). Peter Alexander is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (20 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (9 papers) and African history and culture studies (8 papers). Peter Alexander collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Russia. Peter Alexander's co-authors include Anita Chan, Rick Halpern, Marcelle C. Dawson, Karl von Holdt, Tina Uys, Nancy L. Clark, Lauren Basson, Benjamin Roberts, Steven Lawrence Gordon and Jonathan Hyslop and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Review of African Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Peter Alexander

42 papers receiving 766 citations

Hit Papers

Rebellion of the poor: South Africa's service delivery pr... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Rebellion of the poor: South Africa's service delivery protests – a preliminary analysis
    2010 338 citations Peter Alexander Review of African Political Economy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Alexander South Africa 13 606 211 190 95 78 46 897
Adam Habib South Africa 15 398 0.7× 192 0.9× 149 0.8× 77 0.8× 59 0.8× 51 787
Harry W. Arthurs Canada 14 330 0.5× 319 1.5× 270 1.4× 73 0.8× 174 2.2× 111 942
John S. Saul Canada 18 573 0.9× 208 1.0× 98 0.5× 20 0.2× 35 0.4× 93 1.1k
Nic Cheeseman United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.8× 618 2.9× 92 0.5× 27 0.3× 25 0.3× 84 1.6k
Marlies Glasius Netherlands 16 786 1.3× 610 2.9× 33 0.2× 56 0.6× 45 0.6× 58 1.2k
Gay W. Seidman United States 13 416 0.7× 153 0.7× 37 0.2× 80 0.8× 111 1.4× 29 699
Jenny Pearce United Kingdom 18 820 1.4× 387 1.8× 22 0.1× 60 0.6× 50 0.6× 77 1.2k
Gavin Williams United Kingdom 16 440 0.7× 187 0.9× 66 0.3× 38 0.4× 18 0.2× 59 893
Richard Simeon Canada 17 535 0.9× 829 3.9× 155 0.8× 61 0.6× 110 1.4× 43 1.2k
Henning Melber South Africa 18 526 0.9× 225 1.1× 48 0.3× 28 0.3× 16 0.2× 140 975

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Alexander

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Alexander

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Alexander

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Alexander. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Alexander 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 Peter Alexander. Peter Alexander 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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Rule, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Providing Evidence and “Voice” During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Online Rapid Response Surveys: Lessons from the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey. South African Review of Sociology. 51(3-4). 188–208. 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2018). Frequency and turmoil: South Africa's community protests 2005-2017. South African Crime Quarterly. 27–42. 37 indexed citations
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Roberts, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Minding the Protest: Attitudes towards different forms of protest action in contemporary South Africa. South African Crime Quarterly. 81–92. 6 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (2016). Marikana Commission of Inquiry: From Narratives Towards History. Journal of Southern African Studies. 42(5). 815–839. 12 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2016). The Community Work Programme: potentials and problems. Transformation. 91(1). 157–177. 3 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2013). Marikana: Voices from South Africa's Mining Massacre. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 15 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2013). Marikana massacre: explosive anger. Critical and Radical Social Work. 1(1). 131–133. 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (2010). Class, Subjectivity and Parochialism: A Reflection and an Introduction. South African Review of Sociology. 41(3). 1–23. 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (2010). Rebellion of the poor: South Africa's service delivery protests – a preliminary analysis. Review of African Political Economy. 37(123). 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alexander, Peter. (2007). Women and Coal Mining in India and South Africa, c1900-1940. African Studies. 66(2-3). 201–222. 20 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2006). Sociology research in contemporary South Africa. South African Review of Sociology. 37(2). 218–240. 5 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter, et al.. (2006). Globalisation and new identities : a view from the middle. 18 indexed citations
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Adilov, Nodir, Peter Alexander, & Keith I. Brown. (2006). Scale, Scope, and Cross Ownership: Story Choice in Broadcast News. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 3 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (2004). Race, class loyalty and the structure of capitalism: coal miners in Alabama and The Transvaal, 1918–1922. Journal of Southern African Studies. 30(1). 115–132. 6 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter & Anita Chan. (2004). Does China have an apartheid pass system?. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 30(4). 609–629. 75 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter & Tina Uys. (2002). AIDS and sociology: Current South African research. 33(3). 295–311. 9 indexed citations
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Clark, Nancy L. & Peter Alexander. (2001). Workers, War, and the Origins of Apartheid: Labour and Politics in South Africa 1939-1948. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(3). 674–674. 9 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter & Rick Halpern. (2000). Racializing class, classifying race : labour and difference in Britain, the USA and Africa. 6 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (1999). Workers, war & the origins of apartheid : labour & politics in South Africa, 1939-48. 2 indexed citations
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Alexander, Peter. (1987). Racism, Resistance and Revolution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

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