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African Studies Association

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Research works
52
▲ 166% vs 2013–17
Citations
179
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: African Studies Association is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.32× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.47× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.63× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at African Studies Association?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, Gender, Postcolonialism, Politics, Race, Culture and Nationalism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Identity5▲ 27×13 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 8.9×12 topics
  3. Gender4▲ 27×9 topics
  4. Postcolonialism3▲ 105×7 topics
  5. Politics3▲ 41×5 topics
  6. Culture3▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Race3▲ 96×5 topics
  8. Feminism2▲ 36×5 topics
  9. Nationalism2▲ 22×4 topics
  10. Literature2▲ 16×8 topics
  11. Education2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  13. Caribbean2▲ 428×2 topics
  14. Colonialism2▲ 14×8 topics
  15. Social Justice2▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Dancehall2▲ 914×1 topic
  17. Intersectionality2▲ 34×4 topics
  18. Social Movements2▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Black Studies1▲ 251×1 topic
  20. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 251×1 topic
  21. Migration1▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Diaspora1▲ 89×4 topics
  23. Epidemiology1▲ 1.30×2 topics
  24. History1▲ 7.1×6 topics
  25. Community1▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Digital Religion1▲ 296×1 topic
  27. Human Rights1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  28. Internet1▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Social Constructionism1▲ 123×2 topics
  30. Social Media1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  31. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.6×3 topics

Which research topics does African Studies Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Caribbean history, culture, and politics, Race, History, and American Society, Media, Religion, Digital Communication and Community Health and Development.

Caribbean history, culture, and politics: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksMedia, Religion, Digital…1Media, Religion, Digital Communication: 1 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…1Community Health and Development: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 0 fractional worksCuban History and Society: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political SciencePhilosophyGeneral Health Professions4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 2 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Media, Religion, Digital Communication Philosophy 1 works
  4. 4 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  8. 8 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African Studies Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 166% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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