Robert Mattes

273 total papers · 3.9k total citations
63 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Robert Mattes is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Mattes has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Robert Mattes’s work include Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 papers) and South African History and Culture (7 papers). Robert Mattes is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 papers) and South African History and Culture (7 papers). Robert Mattes collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Robert Mattes's co-authors include Michaël Bratton, Devra Moehler, Shaheen Mozaffar, Pippa Norris, Cecilia Josefsson, Amanda Clayton, Carolyn Logan, Boniface Dulani, Yul Derek Davids and Helen Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, American Journal of Political Science and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Mattes

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

Robert Mattes

60 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Mattes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Mattes

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