Social Dynamics

9.1k citations
980 papers · · active since 1950

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Social Dynamics

745 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Social Dynamics
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
  • Anthropology 1.4k
  • Urban Studies 774
  • Safety Research 973
  • Archeology 117
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.6k
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About Social Dynamics

The 980 papers published in Social Dynamics in the last decades have received a total of 9.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Dynamics usually cover Anthropology (256 papers), Archeology (15 papers), Urban Studies (78 papers), Sociology and Political Science (502 papers) and Law (95 papers) specifically the topics of South African History and Culture (272 papers), African history and culture studies (182 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (94 papers), Legal Issues in South Africa (85 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (69 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (66 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (54 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (50 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Dynamics are Suzanne Leclerc‐Madlala, Robert Moffitt, Andrew D. Spiegel, Edgar Pieterse, Isabel Hofmeyr, Kenneth Hughes, Jeremy Seekings, Ellen Hurst, Mahmood Mamdani and Ralph Callebert.

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