Journal of African Law

797 papers and 4.2k indexed citations i.

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The 797 papers published in Journal of African Law in the last decades have received a total of 4.2k indexed citations. Papers published in Journal of African Law usually cover Law (370 papers), Political Science and International Relations (288 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (265 papers) specifically the topics of Legal Issues in South Africa (277 papers), Human Rights and Development (136 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (126 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of African Law are John Hatchard, Simon Coldham, A. N. Allott, Gordon R. Woodman, Jeremy Sarkin, Simon Roberts, John Comaroff, Jon Abbink, Olufemi Amao and Sylvia Tamale.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Journal of African Law

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Journal of African Law

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