Thomas Spear

2.8k total citations
62 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Spear is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Spear has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Anthropology, 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Spear's work include African history and culture studies (24 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (21 papers) and African history and culture analysis (21 papers). Thomas Spear is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (24 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (21 papers) and African history and culture analysis (21 papers). Thomas Spear collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Thomas Spear's co-authors include Derek Nurse, Richard Waller, Justin Willis, Frederick Cooper, Terence Ranger, Charles Ambler, Marguerite Ylvisaker, Corinne A. Kratz, Mark Horton and Sheryl McCurdy and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The American Historical Review and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Spear

49 papers receiving 956 citations

Peers

Thomas Spear
Comparison fields: 5 of 95
  • Anthropology 833
  • Sociology and Political Science 451
  • Political Science and International Relations 284
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 214
  • Archeology 72
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Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Spear

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Spear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Spear

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Spear. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Spear 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 Thomas Spear. Thomas Spear 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 6
2
Une journée haïtienne
1
3
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa
1
4 206
5 52
6 1
7 1
8 21
9 5
10 18
11 3
12 0
13 0
14 14
15 79
16 23
17 8
18 5
19 1
20 17

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