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Researcher · University of Manchester · United Kingdom

Colin Leys

Colin Leys publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology, on topics such as African history and culture studies, International Development and Aid and African history and culture analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#34,474
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#3,196
of 90,785
Works
44
Citations
193
Citations per work
4.4

What does Colin Leys research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.7%Political Science and International Relations: 17.1%Anthropology: 8.6%Development: 8.6%other fields: 40.0%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.7%Political Science and International Relations17.1%Anthropology8.6%Development8.6%other fields40.0%

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 Science26% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations17% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology9% of their works
  4. 4Development9% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research6% of their works
  6. 6Urban Studies6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Colin Leys's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Nationalism, Poverty Reduction, History, African History, Development Policies, Foreign Aid and Post-Colonial Africa.

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. Colonialism52 topics
  2. Nationalism52 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction52 topics
  4. History42 topics
  5. African History31 topic
  6. Development Policies31 topic
  7. Foreign Aid31 topic
  8. Post-Colonial Africa31 topic
  9. Conditional Cash Transfers21 topic
  10. Eritrea21 topic
  11. Ethiopia21 topic
  12. Globalization21 topic
  13. Identity21 topic
  14. Land Reform21 topic
  15. School Subsidies21 topic
  16. Slum Upgrading21 topic
  17. Urban Poverty21 topic
  18. Zimbabwe21 topic
  19. Healthcare11 topic
  20. NHS11 topic

Where does Colin Leys work?

Colin Leys's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Colin Leys have?

Science Explorer counts 44 works and 193 citations for Colin Leys, ranking #34,474 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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