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Researcher · University of Zimbabwe · Zimbabwe

Brian Raftopoulos

Brian Raftopoulos publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African studies and sociopolitical issues, African history and culture studies and African history and culture analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#180,206
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Zimbabwe
#12
of 1,509
Works
77
Citations
1.9k
Citations per work
24.0
h-index
20
i10-index 21Top 6.4% in Sociology and Political Science
Brian Raftopoulos

What does Brian Raftopoulos research?

Brian Raftopoulos's work is mostly in Social Sciences (85%), Arts and Humanities (2%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (2%).

Social Sciences: 69 works · 90.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 65 works · 85.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 42 works · 55.0% of their workAnthropology: 15 works · 19.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 8.3% of their workPublic Administration: 2 works · 2.5% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 2.5% of their workHistory: 2 works · 2.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 2.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 2.5% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 10.0% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian Raftopoulos77works
Social Sciences90%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6585.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
  2. Everything else810.0%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science55% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics2% of their works
  5. 5History2% of their works
  6. 6Public Administration2% 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, Post-Colonial Africa and Eritrea.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism763 topics
  2. Nationalism742 topics
  3. History572 topics
  4. Land Reform531 topic
  5. Zimbabwe531 topic
  6. African History211 topic
  7. Post-Colonial Africa211 topic
  8. Eritrea41 topic
  9. Ethiopia41 topic
  10. Labor Movement31 topic
  11. Union Revitalization31 topic
  12. Australian history21 topic
  13. British imperialism21 topic
  14. Humanitarian Intervention21 topic
  15. Indian Ocean21 topic
  16. Responsibility to Protect21 topic
  17. South Africa21 topic
  18. prehistoric movement21 topic
  19. protests21 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?

OpenAlex counts 77 works and 1,850 citations for Brian Raftopoulos, an h-index of 20, ranking #180,206 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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