Steven Robins

2.7k total citations
61 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Steven Robins is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Robins has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Steven Robins's work include South African History and Culture (16 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (8 papers). Steven Robins is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (16 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (11 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (8 papers). Steven Robins collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Steven Robins's co-authors include Bettina von Lieres, Nick Shepherd, Andréa Cornwall, Kees van der Waal, Christopher J. Colvin, Peter Redfield, Nancy Scheper‐Hughes, Thomas A. Koelble, Brahm Fleisch and Andrew D. Spiegel and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Steven Robins

57 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven Robins South Africa 23 873 271 254 227 217 61 1.6k
Loren B. Landau South Africa 25 1.4k 1.6× 156 0.6× 329 1.3× 246 1.1× 242 1.1× 105 2.2k
Jeremy Seekings South Africa 25 1.2k 1.4× 105 0.4× 359 1.4× 351 1.5× 232 1.1× 157 2.6k
Colin Murray United Kingdom 20 1.4k 1.7× 416 1.5× 159 0.6× 476 2.1× 253 1.2× 110 2.4k
Jean‐Pierre Olivier de Sardan France 29 1.6k 1.8× 352 1.3× 435 1.7× 518 2.3× 212 1.0× 134 2.6k
Deborah Posel South Africa 18 779 0.9× 135 0.5× 158 0.6× 126 0.6× 44 0.2× 44 1.2k
Shula Marks United Kingdom 22 1.0k 1.2× 489 1.8× 208 0.8× 120 0.5× 37 0.2× 83 1.7k
Didier Fassin France 28 2.1k 2.4× 290 1.1× 585 2.3× 769 3.4× 162 0.7× 128 2.9k
Adriana Petryna United States 15 692 0.8× 141 0.5× 289 1.1× 161 0.7× 20 0.1× 36 1.7k
Luise White United States 24 1.1k 1.2× 908 3.4× 110 0.4× 269 1.2× 56 0.3× 69 1.8k
Cherryl Walker South Africa 14 627 0.7× 141 0.5× 80 0.3× 88 0.4× 121 0.6× 44 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Robins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Robins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steven Robins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steven Robins 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 Steven Robins. Steven Robins 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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Davids, Nuraan, Ronald Barnett, Thaddeus Metz, et al.. (2025). Gaza: We need to talk!. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 57(11). 964–989.
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Kovras, Iosif, et al.. (2016). ‘Like a part of a puzzle which is missing’: The impact on families of a relative missing in migration across the Mediterranean. 1 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2016). Letters of Stone: From Nazi Germany to South Africa. 2 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2014). The 2011 Toilet Wars in South Africa: Justice and Transition between the Exceptional and the Everyday after Apartheid. Development and Change. 45(3). 479–501. 40 indexed citations
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Cornwall, Andréa, Steven Robins, & Bettina von Lieres. (2011). States of Citizenship: Contexts and Cultures of Public Engagement and Citizen Action. 2011(363). 1–32. 26 indexed citations
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Colvin, Christopher J., et al.. (2010). Grounding ‘Responsibilisation Talk’: Masculinities, Citizenship and HIV in Cape Town, South Africa. The Journal of Development Studies. 46(7). 1179–1195. 47 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2009). Foot Soldiers of Global Health: Teaching and Preaching AIDS Science and Modern Medicine on the Frontline. Medical Anthropology. 28(1). 81–107. 17 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2005). Rights passages from "near death" to "new life" : AIDS activism and treatment testimonies in South Africa. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 25 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2005). The politics of ambiguity in the time of AIDS.. 2 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2004). 'Long live Zackie, long live': AIDS activism, science and citizenship after apartheid. Journal of Southern African Studies. 30(3). 651–672. 116 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven & Bettina von Lieres. (2004). Remaking Citizenship, Unmaking Marginalization: The Treatment Action Campaign in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 38(3). 575–575. 11 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2004). ARVs bring hope to Pondoland. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 1 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2002). At the limits of spatial governmentality: A message from the tip of Africa. Third World Quarterly. 23(4). 665–689. 60 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2002). Planning ‘Suburban Bliss’ in Joe Slovo Park, Cape Town. Africa. 72(4). 511–548. 39 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (2000). Land struggles and the politics and ethics of representing 'Bushman' history and identity. 26(26). 56–75. 15 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven, et al.. (1999). Miscast: The place of the museum in negotiating the Bushman past and present. Critical Arts. 13(1). 69–101. 9 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (1999). Spicing up the Multicultural (Post)Apartheid City. 25(1). 280–293. 8 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (1996). Heroes, heretics and historians of the Zimbabwe revolution: a review article of Norma Kriger's peasant voices (1992). Zambezia The Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe. 23(1). 73–91. 8 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (1996). Anthropology and the problems of alterity and location. Social Dynamics. 22(2). 15–22. 4 indexed citations
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Robins, Steven. (1995). Close encounters at the 'development' interface : local resistance, state power and the politics of land-use planning in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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