Robin Law

1.2k total citations
37 papers, 526 citations indexed

About

Robin Law is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Law has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 526 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Anthropology, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robin Law's work include African history and culture studies (20 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (18 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (15 papers). Robin Law is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (20 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (18 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (15 papers). Robin Law collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Israel and United States. Robin Law's co-authors include J. D. Y. Peel, John K. Thornton, Shimon Applebaum, Toyin Falọla, David Eltis, Ivor Wilks, David Henige and Bruce L. Mouser and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, The Economic History Review and African Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Robin Law

33 papers receiving 352 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robin Law United Kingdom 12 348 221 64 51 47 37 526
P. E. H. Hair United Kingdom 14 352 1.0× 170 0.8× 72 1.1× 36 0.7× 47 1.0× 106 705
Bogumił Jewsiewicki Canada 11 256 0.7× 272 1.2× 79 1.2× 26 0.5× 33 0.7× 92 474
Irene Silverblatt United States 8 241 0.7× 167 0.8× 136 2.1× 49 1.0× 85 1.8× 32 602
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Netherlands 12 255 0.7× 243 1.1× 50 0.8× 48 0.9× 140 3.0× 39 542
David Birmingham United Kingdom 14 270 0.8× 237 1.1× 108 1.7× 25 0.5× 33 0.7× 62 574
Peter van der Veer Germany 7 206 0.6× 312 1.4× 174 2.7× 35 0.7× 32 0.7× 27 529
Edna G. Bay United States 11 230 0.7× 192 0.9× 61 1.0× 20 0.4× 32 0.7× 30 483
Christopher L. Miller United States 10 177 0.5× 127 0.6× 42 0.7× 55 1.1× 32 0.7× 50 423
Joan Leopold United States 7 166 0.5× 152 0.7× 78 1.2× 19 0.4× 41 0.9× 16 511
John F. Schwaller United States 11 175 0.5× 155 0.7× 92 1.4× 57 1.1× 103 2.2× 99 608

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Law

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Law

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Law

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robin Law. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robin Law 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 Robin Law. Robin Law 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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Law, Robin. (2011). West Africa's Discovery of the Atlantic. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 44(1). 1–25. 9 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & J. D. Y. Peel. (2003). Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba. Africa. 73(2). 310–310. 164 indexed citations
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Henige, David, et al.. (2002). P.E.H. Hair, 1926–2001. History in Africa. 29. 1–13. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & John K. Thornton. (2001). Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800. African Studies Review. 44(3). 125–125. 4 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1994). A Lagoonside Port on the Eighteenth-Century Slave Coast: The Early History of Badagri. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 28(1). 32–59. 4 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1994). The Slave Trade in Seventeenth-Century Allada: A Revision. African Economic History. 59–59. 7 indexed citations
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Law, Robin & Ivor Wilks. (1992). Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana. Journal of Religion in Africa. 22(4). 377–377. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1991). Religion, Trade and Politics On the 'Slave Coast': Roman Catholic Missions in Allada and Whydah in the Seventeenth Century. Journal of Religion in Africa. 21(1). 42–77. 13 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1989). The Slave-Trader as Historian: Robert Norris and the History of Dahomey. History in Africa. 16. 219–235. 3 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1989). ‘My Head Belongs to the King’: On the Political and Ritual Significance of Decapitation in Pre-Colonial Dahomey. The Journal of African History. 30(3). 399–415. 23 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1986). The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 6: from 1870 to 1905. African Affairs. 85(340). 465–466. 11 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1983). Imperialism and Partition. The Journal of African History. 24(1). 101–104. 1 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1982). Making Sense of a Traditional Narrative: Political Disintegration in the Kingdom of Oyo. Cahiers d études africaines. 22(87). 387–401. 2 indexed citations
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Law, Robin. (1975). A West African Cavalry State: the Kingdom of Oyo. The Journal of African History. 16(1). 1–15. 19 indexed citations

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