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Researcher · University of Johannesburg · South Africa

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and History, on topics such as South African History and Culture, Legal Issues in South Africa and African studies and sociopolitical issues.

ORCID 0000-0003-4091-7449 OpenAlex
World rank
#261,590
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#693
of 5,570
Works
23
Citations
48
Citations per work
2.1

What does Ashwin Desai research?

Sociology and Political Science: 52.2%Gender Studies: 8.7%History: 8.7%Anthropology: 8.7%other fields: 21.7%52%top field
Sociology and Political Science52.2%Gender Studies8.7%History8.7%Anthropology8.7%other fields21.7%

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 Science52% of their works
  2. 2Gender Studies9% of their works
  3. 3History9% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology9% of their works
  5. 5Law9% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ashwin Desai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: protests, South Africa, Colonialism, History, Human Rights, Nationalism, Constitutionalism and Developmental Local Government.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. South Africa51 topic
  2. protests51 topic
  3. Colonialism43 topics
  4. History32 topics
  5. Human Rights32 topics
  6. Nationalism32 topics
  7. Constitutionalism21 topic
  8. Developmental Local Government21 topic
  9. Land Reform21 topic
  10. Zimbabwe21 topic
  11. African History11 topic
  12. Atlantic History11 topic
  13. Ethics11 topic
  14. France11 topic
  15. Humanitarianism11 topic
  16. International Aid11 topic
  17. Just War Theory11 topic
  18. Post-Colonial Africa11 topic
  19. Sociopolitical11 topic
  20. Transatlantic Slave Trade11 topic

Where does Ashwin Desai work?

Ashwin Desai's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Ashwin Desai have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 48 citations for Ashwin Desai, ranking #261,590 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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