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Researcher · Transnational Press London · ??

Basil Davidson

Basil Davidson publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Colonialism, slavery, and trade and International Development and Aid.

OpenAlex
World rank
#148,797
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in ??
#134
of 3,358
Works
61
Citations
73
Citations per work
1.2

What does Basil Davidson research?

Anthropology: 40.0%Sociology and Political Science: 12.7%Political Science and International Relations: 10.9%Literature and Literary Theory: 7.3%other fields: 29.1%40%top field
Anthropology40.0%Sociology and Political Science12.7%Political Science and International Relations10.9%Literature and Literary Theory7.3%other fields29.1%

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

  1. 1Anthropology40% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5Development6% of their works
  6. 6Demography4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Basil Davidson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Post-Colonial Africa, Atlantic History, Development Policies, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid and Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism161 topic
  2. Post-Colonial Africa161 topic
  3. Atlantic History31 topic
  4. Development Policies31 topic
  5. Eritrea31 topic
  6. Ethiopia31 topic
  7. Foreign Aid31 topic
  8. Transatlantic Slave Trade31 topic
  9. Global Relations21 topic
  10. Indian Ocean21 topic
  11. Italian Foreign Policy21 topic
  12. prehistoric movement21 topic
  13. Economic Development11 topic
  14. Livestock Farming11 topic
  15. Sustainability11 topic
  16. Telecommunications11 topic

Where does Basil Davidson work?

Basil Davidson's main affiliation in the publication record is Transnational Press London, ??.

How many publications and citations does Basil Davidson have?

Science Explorer counts 61 works and 73 citations for Basil Davidson, ranking #148,797 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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