African Affairs

3.5k papers and 44.2k indexed citations i.

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The 3.5k papers published in African Affairs in the last decades have received a total of 44.2k indexed citations. Papers published in African Affairs usually cover Sociology and Political Science (1.3k papers), Anthropology (1.1k papers) and Political Science and International Relations (679 papers) specifically the topics of African history and culture studies (945 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (575 papers) and African history and culture analysis (369 papers). The most active scholars publishing in African Affairs are Lucy Mair, A. H. M. Kirk‐Greene, Peter Woodward, Hilary Blood and Christopher Fyfe.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in African Affairs

Since Specialization
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

This network shows the specialization of papers published in African Affairs. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors.

Countries where authors publish in African Affairs

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This map shows the geographic distribution of research published in African Affairs. It shows the number of citations received by papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of papers published in African Affairs with the expected number of papers based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country's share of papers is larger than expected).

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2025