Ruth First
Impact in
- Anthropology top 5%
- African history and culture studies
- Development top 5%
- International Development and Aid
Papers in
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- Global Peace and Security Dynamics 7
- African history and culture analysis 2
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- African history and culture studies 7
Ruth First
23 papers receiving 322 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 76
- Anthropology 139
- Development 40
- Archeology 7
- Sociology and Political Science 267
- History 63
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth First
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Gold: The Mozambican Miner, Proletarian and Peasant | 1983 | 129 |
| 2 | The barrel of a gun: Political power in Africa and the coup d'état | 1970 | 67 |
| 3 | 1964 | 40 | |
| 4 | Libya: The Elusive Revolution | 1974 | 40 |
| 5 | 1975 | 32 | |
| 6 | 1982 | 30 | |
| 7 | 117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law | 1965 | 28 |
| 8 | Power in Africa | 1970 | 19 |
| 9 | The Mozambican Miner: A study in the export of labour | 1977 | 17 |
| 10 | 1975 | 16 | |
| 11 | 1978 | 12 | |
| 12 | 1974 | 11 | |
| 13 | 1964 | 11 | |
| 14 | 1985 | 11 | |
| 15 | Strategies of social research in Mozambique | 1982 | 7 |
| 16 | One hundred and seventeen days : an account of confinement and interrogation under the South African ninety-day detention law | 1965 | 7 |
| 17 | Uganda: the latest coup d'état in Africa | 1971 | 5 |
| 18 | 1985 | 5 | |
| 19 | 2010 | 4 | |
| 20 | 1976 | 4 |
About Ruth First
Ruth First is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Development and Law, having authored 28 papers that have together received 501 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include African history and culture studies (7 papers), Global Peace and Security Dynamics (7 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (3 papers), International Development and Aid (3 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 papers), African history and culture analysis (2 papers), Torture, Ethics, and Law (1 paper) and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (139 citations), Development (40 citations), Archeology (7 citations), Sociology and Political Science (267 citations) and History (63 citations). Frequent co-authors include Ann Scott, Elaine Showalter, Raphael Kaplinsky, John D. Hargreaves, Robert O. Matthews, Elisabeth Young‐Bruehl, Carol Ascher, Byron D. Cannon, William Gutteridge and Jeanne Marie Penvenne. Their work appears in journals such as The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Review of African Political Economy, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Feminist Studies and The American Historical Review.
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