Postcolonial Studies

5.9k citations
692 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Postcolonial Studies

436 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers

Postcolonial Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 155
  • Anthropology 946
  • Geography, Planning and Development 435
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.2k
  • Cultural Studies 551
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.3k
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Fields of papers published in Postcolonial Studies

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About Postcolonial Studies

The 692 papers published in Postcolonial Studies in the last decades have received a total of 5.9k indexed citations . Papers published in Postcolonial Studies usually cover Anthropology (118 papers), Cultural Studies (53 papers), Sociology and Political Science (248 papers), Political Science and International Relations (119 papers) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (24 papers) specifically the topics of Anthropological Studies and Insights (55 papers), Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (29 papers), Australian History and Society (27 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (26 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (25 papers), Japanese History and Culture (24 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (23 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (18 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Postcolonial Studies are Gurminder K. Bhambra, Walter D. Mignolo, Deborah Bird Rose, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Suman Seth, Audra Simpson, Helen Verran, Warwick Anderson, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Richard Rottenburg.

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