Africa 39.7k citations
2.8k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Anthropological Studies and Insights African history and culture studies Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Papers in i African history and culture studies 619 Anthropological Studies and Insights 317 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 267 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Africa
Comparison fields: 5 of 209 Anthropology 12.6k Archeology 1.3k Sociology and Political Science 18.3k Urban Studies 2.1k Development 1.2k Soil Science 2.7k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.3k Political Science and International Relations 7.0k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2.6k Safety Research 1.5k Religious studies 982 Linguistics and Language 793 Gender Studies 1.5k Demography 1.8k General Social Sciences 494 Geography, Planning and Development 816 Music 452 Business and International Management 269 History 1.3k Cultural Studies 997 Literature and Literary Theory 1.3k Forestry 433 General Health Professions 2.0k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.7k Paleontology 639 Law 878 Economics and Econometrics 2.3k Archeology 879 Language and Linguistics 913 Education 2.2k Global and Planetary Change 1.6k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 377 Horticulture 63 Health 458 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 520 Communication 403 Museology 181 Building and Construction 653 Philosophy 561 Finance 475 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 578 Space and Planetary Science 62 History and Philosophy of Science 226 Social Psychology 872 Public Administration 149 Clinical Psychology 706 Food Science 581 Strategy and Management 462 Infectious Diseases 413 Ecology 583 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 355 Nutrition and Dietetics 304 Developmental and Educational Psychology 220 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 439 General Psychology 23 Management of Technology and Innovation 128 Conservation 57 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 168 Transportation 105 Complementary and Manual Therapy 28 Accounting 165 Pollution 164 Nature and Landscape Conservation 172 Marketing 127 Information Systems 317 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 20 Plant Science 453 General Energy 12 Genetics 268 Classics 38 Cognitive Neuroscience 170 Pharmacy 37 Agronomy and Crop Science 85 Media Technology 76 Management Information Systems 80 Human-Computer Interaction 48 Theoretical Computer Science 10 Reproductive Medicine 58 Applied Psychology 34 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 10 Human Factors and Ergonomics 16 Ecological Modeling 28 Epidemiology 174 Sensory Systems 25 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 89 Complementary and alternative medicine 41 Management Science and Operations Research 71 Psychiatry and Mental health 69 Developmental Biology 11 Emergency Medical Services 29 Virology 19 General Arts and Humanities 5 Aquatic Science 30 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 53 Artificial Intelligence 135 Ocean Engineering 60 General Decision Sciences 7 Speech and Hearing 22 Environmental Chemistry 37 Modeling and Simulation 16 Toxicology 11 Occupational Therapy 13 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 13 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 14 Animal Science and Zoology 29 Parasitology 18 Information Systems and Management 20 Endocrinology 13 Atmospheric Science 42 Earth-Surface Processes 16 Small Animals 16 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 7 Anatomy 3 Insect Science 26 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 Environmental Engineering 29 Library and Information Sciences 3 Physiology 43 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 29 Statistics and Probability 15 Water Science and Technology 25 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 16 Geology 10 Pharmacology 14 Industrial relations 1 Surgery 62 Automotive Engineering 18 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 31 Medical Laboratory Technology 2 Pharmacology 21 Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 Control and Systems Engineering 31 Architecture 2 Computer Science Applications 7 Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 Health Information Management 5 Neurology 8 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 15 Molecular Biology 64 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 Signal Processing 10 Hepatology 6 Leadership and Management 1 Microbiology 5 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 6 Hematology 8 Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 Geophysics 10 Health Informatics 1 Immunology 14 Geochemistry and Petrology 4 Civil and Structural Engineering 15 Physiology 3 Rehabilitation 4 Equine 1 Genetics 6 Family Practice 1 Mechanical Engineering 23 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 Immunology and Allergy 3 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 Emergency Medicine 4 Biomedical Engineering 22 Mathematical Physics 4 Molecular Medicine 2 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 Metals and Alloys 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 Biomaterials 5 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 Computer Networks and Communications 9 Urology 2 Biotechnology 3 Biochemistry 2 Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 Clinical Biochemistry 2 Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 Developmental Neuroscience 1 Orthodontics 1 Cell Biology 4 Oceanography 3 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 Software 1 Geometry and Topology 2 Cancer Research 3 Neurology 3 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 Mechanics of Materials 5 Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 Ceramics and Composites 1 Oncology 4 Oral Surgery 1 Rheumatology 2 Inorganic Chemistry 2 Polymers and Plastics 2 Biochemistry 1 Organic Chemistry 4 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 Dermatology 1 Aerospace Engineering 3 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 Analytical Chemistry 1 Computational Mechanics 2 Applied Mathematics 1 Materials Chemistry 4 Condensed Matter Physics 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2
Anthropology 12.6k Archeology 1.3k Sociology and Political Science 18.3k Urban Studies 2.1k Development 1.2k Journal of Southern African Studies South Africa
African Studies Review United States
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines United States
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History United States
Technology and Culture United States
American Ethnologist United States
African Affairs United Kingdom
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute United Kingdom
The International Journal of African Historical Studies United States
Geographical Review United States
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Journal of Southern African Studies · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Africa. 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 papers published in Africa with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Africa more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Africa. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Africa.
About Africa The 2.8k papers published in Africa in the last decades have received a total of 39.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Africa usually cover Anthropology (1.1k papers), Archeology (48 papers), Political Science and International Relations (644 papers), Sociology and Political Science (1.0k papers) and General Social Sciences (63 papers) specifically the topics of African history and culture studies (619 papers), African history and culture analysis (446 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (317 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (267 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (241 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (174 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (171 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (151 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Africa are Robin Horton , Lorna Marshall , Sara Berry , Achille Mbembé , Ulf Hannerz , Jesse Ribot , Brian Larkin , Karin Barber , Peter Geschiere and Kojo Amanor .
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