Simon Gikandi
Impact in
- Literature and Literary Theory top 0.2%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
- Modernist Literature and Criticism
- Literature: history, themes, analysis
- Comparative and World Literature
- Religious studies top 0.5%
- Caribbean and African Literature and Culture
- Cultural Studies and Colonialism
Papers in
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- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies 50
- Modernist Literature and Criticism 6
- Literature: history, themes, analysis 5
- Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics 4
- Anthropology 12
- African history and culture studies 6
- Co-authors
- Bruce King (1 shared paper)Eileen Julien (1 shared paper)Kirsten Holst Petersen (2 shared papers)Jidlaph G. Kamoche (1 shared paper)Anna Rutherford (2 shared papers)Ketu H. Katrak (1 shared paper)David Jefferess (1 shared paper)John Lamphear (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (10 papers)Research in African Literatures (4 papers)Interventions (3 papers)The International Journal of African Historical Studies (3 papers)African Studies Review (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Simon Gikandi
61 papers receiving 652 citations
Simon Gikandi's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 59
- Literature and Literary Theory 894
- Religious studies 218
- Anthropology 188
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts 95
- History 140
Countries citing papers authored by Simon Gikandi
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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Gikandi
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Co-authors
The 12 scholars most cited alongside Simon Gikandi, 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 80 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 305 |
| 2 | 2011 | 117 | |
| 3 | 2001 | 112 | |
| 4 | 1993 | 65 | |
| 5 | 2000 | 65 | |
| 6 | 2003 | 61 | |
| 7 | 2001 | 52 | |
| 8 | 1993 | 47 | |
| 9 | 2011 | 43 | |
| 10 | 2011 | 43 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 31 | |
| 12 | Reading Chinua Achebe : language and ideology in fiction | 1991 | 28 |
| 13 | 2015 | 27 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 26 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 26 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 23 | |
| 17 | 2004 | 23 | |
| 18 | 2009 | 22 | |
| 19 | 2018 | 22 | |
| 20 | Maps of Englishness | 1996 | 20 |
About Simon Gikandi
Simon Gikandi is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Anthropology, Religious studies, History and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 80 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (50 papers), Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (8 papers), African history and culture studies (6 papers), Modernist Literature and Criticism (6 papers), Literature: history, themes, analysis (5 papers), Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics (4 papers), Visual Culture and Art Theory (4 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (894 citations), Religious studies (218 citations), Anthropology (188 citations), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (95 citations) and History (140 citations). Simon Gikandi has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Bruce King, Eileen Julien, Kirsten Holst Petersen, Jidlaph G. Kamoche, Anna Rutherford, Ketu H. Katrak, David Jefferess, John Lamphear, Laura A Doyle and Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Their work appears in journals such as PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Research in African Literatures, Interventions, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Studies Review.
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