V. Y. Mudimbé

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

V. Y. Mudimbé is a scholar working on Education, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Y. Mudimbé has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Education, 11 papers in Anthropology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in V. Y. Mudimbé's work include African cultural and philosophical studies (15 papers), African history and culture studies (10 papers) and African history and culture analysis (6 papers). V. Y. Mudimbé is often cited by papers focused on African cultural and philosophical studies (15 papers), African history and culture studies (10 papers) and African history and culture analysis (6 papers). V. Y. Mudimbé collaborates with scholars based in United States. V. Y. Mudimbé's co-authors include Ladislav Holý, Andrew Apter, Robert H. Bates, Jean F. O’Barr, Gail M. Gerhart, Bogumił Jewsiewicki, Robert O. Collins, Oyekan Owomoyela, Paulin J. Hountondji and Mario I. Aguilar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Foreign Affairs and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

V. Y. Mudimbé

42 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge

1989 688 citations V. Y. Mudimbé et al. profile →
The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

1991 688 citations V. Y. Mudimbé et al. Journal of Religion in Africa profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Y. Mudimbé United States	13	978	907	607	398	344	50	2.1k
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o United States	19	751 0.8×	536 0.6×	447 0.7×	276 0.7×	786 2.3×	70	2.0k
Alí A. Mazrui United States	27	1.1k 1.1×	657 0.7×	512 0.8×	795 2.0×	305 0.9×	256	2.5k
Enrique Dussel Mexico	22	1.1k 1.1×	496 0.5×	382 0.6×	412 1.0×	212 0.6×	183	2.3k
Brinda Bose India	10	1.0k 1.1×	363 0.4×	314 0.5×	300 0.8×	525 1.5×	20	2.1k
Nelson Maldonado‐Torres United States	15	1.2k 1.2×	464 0.5×	798 1.3×	431 1.1×	278 0.8×	45	2.3k
Gareth Griffiths United States	4	1.1k 1.2×	384 0.4×	287 0.5×	342 0.9×	593 1.7×	6	2.3k
Sabelo J. Ndlovu‐Gatsheni South Africa	27	1.5k 1.5×	672 0.7×	866 1.4×	502 1.3×	215 0.6×	105	2.6k
Myra Jehlen United States	9	1.2k 1.3×	420 0.5×	263 0.4×	477 1.2×	610 1.8×	22	2.7k
Orlando Patterson United States	19	1.7k 1.7×	591 0.7×	179 0.3×	395 1.0×	225 0.7×	62	2.8k
Richard Fardon United Kingdom	15	859 0.9×	578 0.6×	194 0.3×	247 0.6×	169 0.5×	83	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Y. Mudimbé

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gallagher, Julia & V. Y. Mudimbé. (2015). Images of Africa. Manchester University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (2010). Within Silence: A Meditation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (2003). Globalization and African Identity. CR The New Centennial Review. 3(2). 205–218. 6 indexed citations

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Engel, Sabine & V. Y. Mudimbé. (1997). Diaspora and Immigration. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1995). Nations, identities, cultures. 12 indexed citations

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Jewsiewicki, Bogumił & V. Y. Mudimbé. (1995). Meeting the Challenge of Legitimacy: Post-Independence Black African and Post-Soviet European States. Daedalus. 124(3). 191–207. 2 indexed citations

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Aguilar, Mario I. & V. Y. Mudimbé. (1995). Parables and Fables: Exegesis, Textuality and Politics in Central Africa. Journal of Religion in Africa. 25(1). 94–94. 33 indexed citations

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Vansina, Jan, Robert H. Bates, V. Y. Mudimbé, & Jean F. O’Barr. (1994). Africa and the Disciplines: The Contribution of Research in Africa to the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 27(3). 669–669. 14 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y. & Sandra Harding. (1994). Race and Science. Transition. 68–68. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1994). The idea of Africa. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 212 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1993). From ?primitive art? to ?memoriae loci?. Human Studies. 16(1-2). 101–110. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y., Pierre Bourdıeu, Jean-Claude Passeron, & Alain Darbel. (1993). Reading and Teaching Pierre Bourdieu. Transition. 144–144. 3 indexed citations

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Jewsiewicki, Bogumił & V. Y. Mudimbé. (1993). Africans' Memories and Contemporary History of Africa. History and Theory. 32(4). 1–1. 32 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y., Didier Éribon, & Betsy Wing. (1992). Saint Paul-Michel Foucault. Transition. 122–122. 3 indexed citations

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Thompson, Carol, Samuel A. Jacobs, Rosemary C. Hynes, et al.. (1991). ASR volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. African Studies Review. 34(2). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1987). Barry Hallen and J.O. Sodipo , Knowledge, Belief and Witchcraft: Analytic Experiments in African Philosophy . Reviewed by. 7(5). 200–202. 11 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1986). Placide Tempels and african philosophy. 32(3). 349–358. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y. & Robert Plant Armstrong. (1984). The Powers of Presence. Consciousness, Myth, and Affecting Presence. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 18(2). 466–466. 1 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y.. (1983). An African criticism of Christianity. 21(2). 91–100. 3 indexed citations

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Mudimbé, V. Y., et al.. (1978). Le Bel immonde. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 12(3). 478–478. 5 indexed citations

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