Leroy Vail
Impact in
- Anthropology top 0.5%
- African history and culture studies
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Archeology top 5%
Papers in
- Anthropology 19
- African history and culture studies 19
-
- South African History and Culture 8
- African studies and sociopolitical issues 3
- Sex work and related issues 1
- Co-authors
- Leonard Thompson (1 shared paper)Landeg White (7 shared papers)Charles van Onselen (1 shared paper)David B. Coplan (1 shared paper)Jeanne Marie Penvenne (1 shared paper)Bill Freund (1 shared paper)Andrew Porter (1 shared paper)Allen Isaacman (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The International Journal of African Historical Studies (10 papers)The American Historical Review (4 papers)The Journal of African History (3 papers)African Studies Review (3 papers)Journal of Southern African Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- ZambiaUnited StatesSouth Africa
In The Last Decade
Leroy Vail
31 papers receiving 972 citations
Leroy Vail's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 93
- Anthropology 822
- Archeology 36
- Sociology and Political Science 756
- Linguistics and Language 60
- Music 39
Countries citing papers authored by Leroy Vail
This map shows the geographic impact of Leroy Vail's research. 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 Leroy Vail with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Leroy Vail more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Leroy Vail
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Leroy Vail. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Leroy Vail. The network helps show where Leroy Vail may publish in the future.
Co-authors
The 24 scholars most cited alongside Leroy Vail, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 32 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 390 |
| 2 | 1984 | 165 | |
| 3 | 1993 | 151 | |
| 4 | 1987 | 134 | |
| 5 | 1977 | 92 | |
| 6 | 1982 | 80 | |
| 7 | 1976 | 56 | |
| 8 | 1981 | 53 | |
| 9 | 1975 | 52 | |
| 10 | 1983 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1978 | 43 | |
| 12 | 1983 | 36 | |
| 13 | 1997 | 36 | |
| 14 | 1978 | 32 | |
| 15 | 1978 | 24 | |
| 16 | 1987 | 22 | |
| 17 | Ethnicity, language and national unity: The case of Malawi | 1978 | 20 |
| 18 | 1995 | 17 | |
| 19 | 1989 | 9 | |
| 20 | 1984 | 9 |
About Leroy Vail
Leroy Vail is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory, Molecular Biology and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 32 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (19 papers), South African History and Culture (8 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 papers), Sex work and related issues (1 paper), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (1 paper), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (1 paper) and Legal Issues in South Africa (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (822 citations), Archeology (36 citations), Sociology and Political Science (756 citations), Linguistics and Language (60 citations) and Music (39 citations). Leroy Vail has collaborated with scholars based in Zambia, United States and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Leonard Thompson, Landeg White, Charles van Onselen, David B. Coplan, Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Bill Freund, Andrew Porter, Allen Isaacman, Richard Roberts and Sara Berry. Their work appears in journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, The American Historical Review, The Journal of African History, African Studies Review and Journal of Southern African Studies.
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.