Africa Spectrum 4.4k citations
556 papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Topics International Development and Aid Political Conflict and Governance African history and culture studies Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Africa Spectrum
Comparison fields: 5 of 133 Sociology and Political Science 2.6k Political Science and International Relations 1.1k Anthropology 659 Development 517 Economics and Econometrics 424 Education 300 Gender Studies 275 Demography 244 Soil Science 224 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 218 Urban Studies 192 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 185 General Health Professions 181 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 171 History 168 Safety Research 161 Global and Planetary Change 142 Law 129 Building and Construction 129 Communication 107 Literature and Literary Theory 101 Finance 94 Clinical Psychology 90 Information Systems 88 Strategy and Management 80 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 73 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 65 General Social Sciences 62 Pollution 55 Health 54 Social Psychology 54 Infectious Diseases 49 Linguistics and Language 46 Business and International Management 44 Music 43 Modeling and Simulation 40 Cultural Studies 40 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 40 Religious studies 36 Plant Science 35 Artificial Intelligence 35 Transportation 34 Archeology 32 Accounting 31 Geography, Planning and Development 29 Philosophy 28 Ecology 27 Public Administration 22 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 22 Food Science 20 Nutrition and Dietetics 20 Nature and Landscape Conservation 19 Management Science and Operations Research 19 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 Language and Linguistics 17 Management of Technology and Innovation 17 Media Technology 14 Ocean Engineering 14 Forestry 13 Epidemiology 12 Genetics 12 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 12 Biomedical Engineering 12 Marketing 11 Information Systems and Management 11 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 10 General Energy 9 Management Information Systems 9 Water Science and Technology 9 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 9 Molecular Biology 8 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 7 Archeology 7 Environmental Engineering 7 Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 Conservation 6 History and Philosophy of Science 5 Human-Computer Interaction 5 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 Statistics and Probability 4 Civil and Structural Engineering 4 Mechanical Engineering 4 Health Information Management 4 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 3 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 Space and Planetary Science 3 Museology 3 Agronomy and Crop Science 3 Life-span and Life-course Studies 3 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 Automotive Engineering 2 General Psychology 2 Immunology 2 Environmental Chemistry 2 Reproductive Medicine 2 Paleontology 2 Emergency Medical Services 2 Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 Cognitive Neuroscience 2 Computer Science Applications 2 Virology 2 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 Rehabilitation 2 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 Geochemistry and Petrology 2 Speech and Hearing 2 Applied Mathematics 2 Insect Science 1 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 Microbiology 1 Emergency Medicine 1 Psychiatry and Mental health 1 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 Animal Science and Zoology 1 Oncology 1 Applied Psychology 1 Biotechnology 1 Geology 1 Analytical Chemistry 1 Oceanography 1 Geophysics 1 Signal Processing 1 Mechanics of Materials 1 Parasitology 1 Developmental Biology 1 Toxicology 1 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 Atmospheric Science 1 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 Physiology 1
Sociology and Political Science 2.6k Political Science and International Relations 1.1k Anthropology 659 Development 517 Economics and Econometrics 424 African and Asian Studies United States
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics United Kingdom
PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review United States
Journal of World-Systems Research United States
Journal of Developing Societies United States
Forum for Development Studies Norway
Critical Asian Studies United States
Journal of African Law South Africa
Journal of Latin American geography United States
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African and Asian Studies · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Africa Spectrum. 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 papers published in Africa Spectrum with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Africa Spectrum more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Africa Spectrum. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Africa Spectrum.
About Africa Spectrum The 556 papers published in Africa Spectrum in the last decades have received a total of 4.4k indexed citations . Papers published in Africa Spectrum usually cover Development (77 papers), Anthropology (119 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (161 papers) specifically the topics of International Development and Aid (77 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (72 papers) and African history and culture studies (71 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Africa Spectrum are Abimbola O. Adesoji , Francis B. Nyamnjoh , Christian Lund , Munyaradzi Mawere , Henning Melber , Stef Vandeginste , Roman Loımeıer , Jon Abbink , Raffaele Poli and Lewis Abedi Asante .
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