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Brian Raftopoulos

Brian Raftopoulos publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Anthropology, on topics such as African studies and sociopolitical issues, Rural development and sustainability and African history and culture studies.

World rank
#506,772
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Zimbabwe
#18
of 105
Works
18
Citations
23
Citations per work
1.3

What does Brian Raftopoulos research?

Sociology and Political Science: 76.9%General Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.7%Anthropology: 7.7%Political Science and International Relations: 7.7%77%top field
Sociology and Political Science76.9%General Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%Anthropology7.7%Political Science and International Relations7.7%

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 Science77% of their works
  2. 2General Agricultural and Biological Sciences8% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian Raftopoulos's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Nationalism, History, Land Reform, Zimbabwe, African History, Agricultural Change and Australian history.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 6 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism103 topics
  2. Nationalism103 topics
  3. History92 topics
  4. Land Reform81 topic
  5. Zimbabwe81 topic
  6. African History11 topic
  7. Agricultural Change11 topic
  8. Australian history11 topic
  9. British imperialism11 topic
  10. Canada11 topic
  11. Humanitarian Intervention11 topic
  12. Identity11 topic
  13. Post-Colonial Africa11 topic
  14. Responsibility to Protect11 topic
  15. Rural Development11 topic

Where does Brian Raftopoulos work?

Brian Raftopoulos's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

How many publications and citations does Brian Raftopoulos have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 23 citations for Brian Raftopoulos, ranking #506,772 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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