Sophie Oldfield

925 total citations
33 papers, 542 citations indexed

About

Sophie Oldfield is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Oldfield has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 542 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Urban Studies and 9 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Sophie Oldfield's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers), South African History and Culture (9 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (9 papers). Sophie Oldfield is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (13 papers), South African History and Culture (9 papers) and Legal Issues in South Africa (9 papers). Sophie Oldfield collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Sophie Oldfield's co-authors include Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Brandon Marc Finn, Charlotte Lemanski, Susan Parnell, Kristian Stokke, Alan Mabin, Abdi Ismail Samatar, Karen Peters, Jessica Thorn and Zarina Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Oldfield

30 papers receiving 477 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophie Oldfield South Africa 13 283 231 125 80 75 33 542
Alan Mabin South Africa 13 410 1.4× 375 1.6× 155 1.2× 232 2.9× 42 0.6× 56 751
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou South Africa 14 229 0.8× 297 1.3× 154 1.2× 112 1.4× 66 0.9× 43 511
Dean Forbes Australia 13 187 0.7× 198 0.9× 120 1.0× 16 0.2× 19 0.3× 42 456
Amin Y. Kamete Sweden 17 523 1.8× 480 2.1× 139 1.1× 21 0.3× 93 1.2× 52 802
Alena Rochovská Slovakia 6 170 0.6× 145 0.6× 139 1.1× 14 0.2× 53 0.7× 14 452
Meshack M. Khosa South Africa 10 75 0.3× 164 0.7× 70 0.6× 72 0.9× 17 0.2× 26 328
Alexandre Apsan Frediani United Kingdom 12 141 0.5× 135 0.6× 74 0.6× 9 0.1× 43 0.6× 25 385
Keith Beavon South Africa 12 165 0.6× 145 0.6× 92 0.7× 91 1.1× 29 0.4× 32 417
Klaus Frantz Austria 8 298 1.1× 167 0.7× 77 0.6× 7 0.1× 64 0.9× 14 483
Sonia Roitman Australia 14 289 1.0× 169 0.7× 82 0.7× 8 0.1× 76 1.0× 31 523

Countries citing papers authored by Sophie Oldfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sophie Oldfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Oldfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sophie Oldfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sophie Oldfield 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 Sophie Oldfield. Sophie Oldfield 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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Törnberg, Petter, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence and the state: Seeing like an artificial neural network. Big Data & Society. 12(2). 2 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie, et al.. (2019). In bodies and homes: Gendering citizenship in Southern African cities. Urbani izziv. Supplement(30). 37–51. 3 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie & Zarina Patel. (2016). Engaging geographies: negotiating positionality and building relevance. South African Geographical Journal. 98(3). 505–514. 7 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie, et al.. (2015). Contesting the participatory sphere: Encountering the state in Johannesburg and Cape Town. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 232–247. 2 indexed citations
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Finn, Brandon Marc & Sophie Oldfield. (2015). Straining: Young Men Working through Waithood in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Africa Spectrum. 50(3). 29–48. 41 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie. (2014). Between activism and the academy: The urban as political terrain. Urban Studies. 52(11). 2072–2086. 26 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica & Sophie Oldfield. (2011). A Politics of Land Occupation: State Practice and Everyday Mobilization in Zille Raine Heights, Cape Town. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 46(5). 518–530. 9 indexed citations
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Bénit-Gbaffou, Claire & Sophie Oldfield. (2011). Accessing the State: Everyday Practices and Politics in Cities of the South. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 46(5). 445–452. 52 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie & Patricia Zweig. (2010). The Contested Politics of Housing Allocation in Ikapa, Cape Town, 1981–1994. Journal of Southern African Studies. 36(1). 133–150. 6 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie, et al.. (2009). Body politics and citizenship. 146. 1 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie & Elaine Salo. (2009). Nurturing researchers, building local knowledge : the ‘Body Politics’ project. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 1 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie. (2008). Who's Serving Whom? Partners, Process, and Products in Service-Learning Projects in South African Urban Geography. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 32(2). 269–285. 39 indexed citations
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Lemanski, Charlotte & Sophie Oldfield. (2008). The Parallel Claims of Gated Communities and Land Invasions in a Southern City: Polarised State Responses. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 41(3). 634–648. 38 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie. (2007). MAKING SENSE OF MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS: RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND ACTIVISM IN AND WITH COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES. South African Geographical Journal. 89(2). 104–110. 5 indexed citations
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Gervais-Lambony, Philippe, Frédéric Landy, & Sophie Oldfield. (2005). Reconfiguring identities and building territories in India and South Africa. 6 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie, Susan Parnell, & Alan Mabin. (2004). Engagement and reconstruction in critical research: negotiating urban practice, policy and theory in South Africa. Social & Cultural Geography. 5(2). 285–299. 24 indexed citations
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Oldfield, Sophie. (2003). Differentiation in South African and Indian Cities. Geoforum. 35(2). 143–144.
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Oldfield, Sophie. (2002). Partial formalization and its implications for community governance in an informal settlement. Urban Forum. 13(2). 102–115. 26 indexed citations

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