Simon Gikandi

180 total papers · 3.4k total citations
61 papers, 787 citations indexed

About

Simon Gikandi is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Gikandi has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 787 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 16 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Gikandi’s work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (19 papers), African history and culture studies (13 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 papers). Simon Gikandi is often cited by papers focused on Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (19 papers), African history and culture studies (13 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 papers). Simon Gikandi collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Simon Gikandi's co-authors include Bruce King, Eileen Julien, Ketu H. Katrak, Anna Rutherford, Kirsten Holst Petersen, David Jefferess and John Lamphear and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Third World Quarterly and African Studies Review.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Gikandi

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

Simon Gikandi

49 papers receiving 438 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Gikandi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Simon Gikandi

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