African Studies Review

2.7k papers and 28.5k indexed citations i.

About

The 2.7k papers published in African Studies Review in the last decades have received a total of 28.5k indexed citations. Papers published in African Studies Review usually cover Sociology and Political Science (883 papers), Anthropology (851 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (490 papers) specifically the topics of African history and culture studies (625 papers), African history and culture analysis (233 papers) and African studies and sociopolitical issues (218 papers). The most active scholars publishing in African Studies Review are Jane I. Guyer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, H. S. Bhola, Karin Barber, Guy Martin, Peter Geschiere, Leroy Vail, AbdouMaliq Simone, Stephen Jackson and Jeffrey Herbst.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in African Studies Review

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in African Studies Review. 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 African Studies Review.

Countries where authors publish in African Studies Review

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in African Studies Review. 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 African Studies Review with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites African Studies Review more than expected).

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