Achille Mbembé

233 total papers · 20.9k total citations
88 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Achille Mbembé is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Achille Mbembé has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Achille Mbembé’s work include African history and culture studies (14 papers), South African History and Culture (10 papers) and African Studies and Ethnography (10 papers). Achille Mbembé is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (14 papers), South African History and Culture (10 papers) and African Studies and Ethnography (10 papers). Achille Mbembé collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Achille Mbembé's co-authors include Sarah Nuttall, Janet Roitman, AbdouMaliq Simone, Carolyn Shread, Olivier Mongin, Deborah Posel, Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Ella Shohat, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and John Fletcher and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Current Anthropology and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achille Mbembé

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Achille Mbembé. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Achille Mbembé 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 Achille Mbembé. Achille Mbembé is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Achille Mbembé

79 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Achille Mbembé

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Achille Mbembé

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