Shepherd Mpofu

68 total papers · 570 total citations
29 papers, 181 citations indexed

About

Shepherd Mpofu is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Shepherd Mpofu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 181 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Shepherd Mpofu's work include African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 papers), African history and culture studies (7 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (6 papers). Shepherd Mpofu is often cited by papers focused on African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 papers), African history and culture studies (7 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (6 papers). Shepherd Mpofu collaborates with scholars based in South Africa. Shepherd Mpofu's co-authors include Dumisani Moyo, Trust Matsilele, Rachel Tribe, Dinesh Bhugra, Kam Bhui, Shanaya Rathod and Ines Testoni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journalism Studies and Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines.

In The Last Decade

Shepherd Mpofu

27 papers receiving 166 citations

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Shepherd Mpofu	111	59	44	21	19	29	181
Gretchen M. Bataille	81 0.7×	25 0.4×	27 0.6×	19 0.9×	20 1.1×	29	219
Lyn Thomas	149 1.3×	26 0.4×	9 0.2×	32 1.5×	12 0.6×	23	206
Mattias Gardell	173 1.6×	31 0.5×	12 0.3×	19 0.9×	15 0.8×	35	277
Perry Link	181 1.6×	25 0.4×	25 0.6×	11 0.5×	9 0.5×	32	252
Abigail Solomon‐Godeau	78 0.7×	9 0.2×	21 0.5×	14 0.7×	22 1.2×	23	222
Van C. Gessel	89 0.8×	14 0.2×	19 0.4×	9 0.4×	21 1.1×	27	227
Arturo Arias	97 0.9×	13 0.2×	32 0.7×	9 0.4×	41 2.2×	42	225
Kennan Ferguson	85 0.8×	13 0.2×	12 0.3×	21 1.0×	16 0.8×	25	176
Mary Vipond	110 1.0×	60 1.0×	15 0.3×	95 4.5×	26 1.4×	28	253
Brenda Cooper	39 0.4×	38 0.6×	30 0.7×	63 3.0×	105 5.5×	27	201

Countries citing papers authored by Shepherd Mpofu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shepherd Mpofu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shepherd Mpofu

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

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