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Researcher · University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Achille Mbembé

Achille Mbembé publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Religious studies, on topics such as French Urban and Social Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and African history and culture studies.

ORCID 0000-0003-0006-3194 OpenAlex
World rank
#27,686
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#40
of 5,570
Works
44
Citations
198
Citations per work
4.5

What does Achille Mbembé research?

Sociology and Political Science: 32.4%Anthropology: 18.9%Religious studies: 10.8%Literature and Literary Theory: 5.4%other fields: 32.5%32%top field
Sociology and Political Science32.4%Anthropology18.9%Religious studies10.8%Literature and Literary Theory5.4%other fields32.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science32% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology19% of their works
  3. 3Religious studies11% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory5% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Achille Mbembé's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Environmental Participation, Territorial Governance, Globalization, Nationalism, African History, Biblical Monotheism and Governmentality.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism64 topics
  2. Environmental Participation41 topic
  3. Territorial Governance41 topic
  4. Globalization32 topics
  5. Nationalism32 topics
  6. African History21 topic
  7. Biblical Monotheism21 topic
  8. Governmentality21 topic
  9. Jewish Society21 topic
  10. Neoliberalism21 topic
  11. Post-Colonial Africa21 topic
  12. Aging11 topic
  13. Elderly11 topic
  14. Heritage11 topic
  15. Human Rights11 topic
  16. Humanitarianism11 topic
  17. Identity11 topic
  18. Livestock Farming11 topic
  19. Sustainability11 topic

Where does Achille Mbembé work?

Achille Mbembé's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Achille Mbembé have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 198 citations for Achille Mbembé, ranking #27,686 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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