Thembela Kepe

2.1k total citations
75 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thembela Kepe is a scholar working on Soil Science, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Thembela Kepe has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Soil Science, 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 25 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Thembela Kepe's work include Land Rights and Reforms (31 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (25 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Thembela Kepe is often cited by papers focused on Land Rights and Reforms (31 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (25 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Thembela Kepe collaborates with scholars based in Canada, South Africa and United Kingdom. Thembela Kepe's co-authors include Ruth Hall, Ben Cousins, Rachel Wynberg, Ian Scoones, Brock Bersaglio, Charis Enns, Lungisile Ntsebeza, Andrew Ainslie, Georgina Cundill and Gladman Thondhlana and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Thembela Kepe

72 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thembela Kepe Canada 24 432 395 326 243 229 75 1.4k
Maano Ramutsindela South Africa 17 620 1.4× 485 1.2× 105 0.3× 144 0.6× 122 0.5× 76 1.5k
Jon D. Unruh Canada 21 439 1.0× 597 1.5× 709 2.2× 554 2.3× 68 0.3× 89 1.7k
Charles Geisler United States 21 488 1.1× 363 0.9× 153 0.5× 365 1.5× 41 0.2× 63 1.4k
Brent McCusker United States 14 571 1.3× 327 0.8× 176 0.5× 143 0.6× 39 0.2× 24 1.2k
Pauline E. Peters United States 22 742 1.7× 352 0.9× 966 3.0× 846 3.5× 110 0.5× 49 2.2k
Franz von Benda‐Beckmann Germany 21 691 1.6× 164 0.4× 294 0.9× 191 0.8× 411 1.8× 137 1.5k
Diana Carney United Kingdom 8 470 1.1× 324 0.8× 272 0.8× 493 2.0× 23 0.1× 11 1.5k
Dzodzi Tsikata Ghana 19 420 1.0× 157 0.4× 636 2.0× 712 2.9× 72 0.3× 47 1.4k
James F. Keeley Canada 12 388 0.9× 282 0.7× 475 1.5× 670 2.8× 30 0.1× 50 1.6k
Esther Mwangi United States 18 275 0.6× 657 1.7× 373 1.1× 466 1.9× 21 0.1× 36 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thembela Kepe

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thembela Kepe's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thembela Kepe with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thembela Kepe more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thembela Kepe

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thembela Kepe. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thembela Kepe. The network helps show where Thembela Kepe may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thembela Kepe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thembela Kepe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thembela Kepe 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 Thembela Kepe. Thembela Kepe 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
1.
Isaac, Marney E., et al.. (2025). Land tenure (in) security in the context of urban flood risk in Ghana. Land Use Policy. 159. 107797–107797.
2.
Kuuire, Vincent, et al.. (2024). On mapping urban community resilience: Land use vulnerability, coping and adaptive strategies in Ghana. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122426–122426. 4 indexed citations
3.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2024). Sand mining governance in post-apartheid South Africa: Interlegalities of resource extraction on the Wild Coast. The Extractive Industries and Society. 20. 101542–101542. 2 indexed citations
4.
5.
Allred, Shorna B., Julius G. Bright Ross, Darragh Hare, et al.. (2021). Overcoming racism in the twin spheres of conservation science and practice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1962). 20211871–20211871. 49 indexed citations
6.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2016). Spaces of Contention: Tension Around Street Vendors’ Struggle for Livelihoods and Spatial Justice in Lilongwe, Malawi. Urban Forum. 27(3). 297–309. 13 indexed citations
7.
Bersaglio, Brock, Charis Enns, & Thembela Kepe. (2015). Youth under construction: the United Nations’ representations of youth in the global conversation on the post-2015 development agenda. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 36(1). 57–71. 22 indexed citations
8.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2014). Smallholder farmers’ attitudes toward the provision of drinking water for dairy cows in Kagera, Tanzania. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 47(2). 415–421. 3 indexed citations
9.
Kepe, Thembela. (2012). Land and Justice in South Africa: Exploring the Ambiguous Role of the State in the Land Claims Process. African and Asian Studies. 11(4). 391–409. 10 indexed citations
10.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2011). Smallholder farmer participation in local and regional food aid procurement: Assessing the benefits and challenges in southwestern Uganda. International Development Planning Review. 33(1). 27–48. 6 indexed citations
11.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2011). The Elusive ‘Fair Deal’ in South Africa's Land Reform. Forum for Development Studies. 38(3). 371–378. 2 indexed citations
12.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2011). Can land reform terminate injustice in South Africa? A reply to Derman and Fay. Forum for Development Studies. 38(3). 387–390. 1 indexed citations
13.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2010). From land rights to environmental entitlements: Community discontent in the ‘successful’ Dwesa-Cwebe land claim in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 27(3). 353–361. 29 indexed citations
14.
Kepe, Thembela. (2009). Shaped by race: why “race” still matters in the challenges facing biodiversity conservation in Africa. Local Environment. 14(9). 871–878. 36 indexed citations
15.
Kepe, Thembela. (2009). Unjustified optimism: why the World Bank's 2008 ‘agriculture for development’ report misses the point for South Africa. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 36(3). 637–643. 15 indexed citations
16.
Kepe, Thembela. (2008). Social Dynamics of the Value of Wild Edible Leaves ( Imifino ) in a South African Rural Area. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 47(6). 531–558. 9 indexed citations
17.
Kepe, Thembela, et al.. (2005). Land reform and biodiversity conservation in South Africa: complementary or in conflict?. 1(1). 3–16. 57 indexed citations
18.
Cousins, Ben & Thembela Kepe. (2004). Decentralisation when Land and Resource Rights are Deeply Contested: A Case Study of the Mkambati Eco-Tourism Project on the Wild Coast of South Africa. European Journal of Development Research. 16(1). 41–54. 28 indexed citations
19.
Kepe, Thembela & Ben Cousins. (2002). Radical land reform is key to sustainable rural development in South Africa.. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 31 indexed citations
20.
Kepe, Thembela. (2001). Tourism, protected areas and development in South Africa: views of visitors to Mkambati Nature Reserve. African Journal of Wildlife Research. 31. 155–159. 23 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Maano Ramutsindela Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jon D. Unruh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Charles Geisler Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brent McCusker Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Pauline E. Peters Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Franz von Benda‐Beckmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Diana Carney Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dzodzi Tsikata Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by James F. Keeley Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Esther Mwangi
Rankless by CCL
2026