Postcolonial Studies 7.7k citations
756 papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Anthropological Studies and Insights Japanese History and Culture Asian Culture and Media Studies Papers in i Anthropological Studies and Insights 56 Japanese History and Culture 26 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Postcolonial Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 156 Anthropology 1.3k Cultural Studies 811 Sociology and Political Science 4.1k Geography, Planning and Development 506 Literature and Literary Theory 816 Political Science and International Relations 1.6k Health 406 Gender Studies 500 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 231 Urban Studies 275 Demography 478 History 449 Museology 140 Music 117 Philosophy 390 Development 120 Communication 193 Linguistics and Language 121 Business and International Management 44 Space and Planetary Science 29 Religious studies 114 Education 605 History and Philosophy of Science 100 Public Administration 63 Archeology 176 General Health Professions 348 Social Psychology 288 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 101 Safety Research 98 Clinical Psychology 213 Classics 44 Law 110 Archeology 11 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 14 Marketing 81 Human-Computer Interaction 51 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 103 General Psychology 11 Conservation 27 Economics and Econometrics 209 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 78 Language and Linguistics 83 General Social Sciences 24 Building and Construction 98 Food Science 99 Human Factors and Ergonomics 13 General Arts and Humanities 6 Global and Planetary Change 100 General Energy 5 Nature and Landscape Conservation 49 Computer Science Applications 23 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 50 Transportation 25 Finance 37 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 5 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 90 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 30 Developmental and Educational Psychology 38 Management of Technology and Innovation 22 Information Systems and Management 19 Genetics 69 Nutrition and Dietetics 37 Information Systems 59 Ecology 62 Strategy and Management 38 Emergency Medical Services 12 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 17 Soil Science 16 Industrial relations 1 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Infectious Diseases 26 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 26 Speech and Hearing 9 Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 6 Ecological Modeling 6 Management Information Systems 13 Sensory Systems 6 Occupational Therapy 5 Reproductive Medicine 10 Cognitive Neuroscience 23 Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 15 Pollution 13 Plant Science 41 Paleontology 8 Physiology 25 General Decision Sciences 2 Management Science and Operations Research 13 Pharmacy 4 Psychiatry and Mental health 12 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 Accounting 10 Transplantation 2 Modeling and Simulation 3 Rehabilitation 4 Media Technology 6 Library and Information Sciences 1 Applied Psychology 3 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 Architecture 1 Agronomy and Crop Science 6 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 4 Atmospheric Science 10 Complementary and Manual Therapy 1 Artificial Intelligence 17 Virology 2 Complementary and alternative medicine 3 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 Statistics and Probability 3 Water Science and Technology 5 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 Molecular Biology 19 Insect Science 3 Epidemiology 7 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 Endocrinology 1 Ocean Engineering 3 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 Mechanical Engineering 7 Signal Processing 2 Geology 1 Microbiology 1 Automotive Engineering 2 Neurology 2 Small Animals 1 Environmental Engineering 2 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 Neurology 1 Pharmacology 2 Surgery 5 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 Dermatology 1 Computer Networks and Communications 3 Pharmacology 1 Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 Biotechnology 1 Analytical Chemistry 1 Animal Science and Zoology 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 Biomedical Engineering 4 Oceanography 1 Biomaterials 1 Geophysics 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 Immunology 1 Computational Mechanics 1 Civil and Structural Engineering 1 Control and Systems Engineering 1 Aerospace Engineering 1
Anthropology 1.3k Cultural Studies 811 Sociology and Political Science 4.1k Geography, Planning and Development 506 Literature and Literary Theory 816 Memory Studies United Kingdom
Interventions United States
Journal of Historical Sociology United States
Cultural Critique United States
Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory United States
Journal of Genocide Research United States
The Australian Journal of Anthropology Australia
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About Postcolonial Studies The 756 papers published in Postcolonial Studies in the last decades have received a total of 7.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Postcolonial Studies usually cover Anthropology (124 papers), Cultural Studies (58 papers), Sociology and Political Science (262 papers), Visual Arts and Performing Arts (27 papers) and Literature and Literary Theory (57 papers) specifically the topics of Anthropological Studies and Insights (56 papers), Australian History and Society (30 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (30 papers), Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (29 papers), Japanese History and Culture (26 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (25 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (25 papers) and South Asian Cinema and Culture (19 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Postcolonial Studies are Gurminder K. Bhambra , Walter D. Mignolo , Deborah Bird Rose , Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Fredric Jameson , Audra Simpson , Suman Seth , Helen Verran , Warwick Anderson and Simon During .
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