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Deborah James

Deborah James publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Law and Anthropology, on topics such as Legal Issues in South Africa, South African History and Culture and African history and culture studies.

World rank
#159,749
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#386
of 5,570
Works
41
Citations
80
Citations per work
2.0

What does Deborah James research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.6%Law: 13.7%Anthropology: 9.8%Political Science and International Relations: 7.8%other fields: 47.1%22%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.6%Law13.7%Anthropology9.8%Political Science and International Relations7.8%other fields47.1%

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 Science22% of their works
  2. 2Law14% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations8% of their works
  5. 5Finance6% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Deborah James's research?

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

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. Colonialism62 topics
  2. Nationalism62 topics
  3. Constitutionalism51 topic
  4. Developmental Local Government51 topic
  5. South Africa51 topic
  6. protests51 topic
  7. African History41 topic
  8. History42 topics
  9. Land Reform42 topics
  10. Post-Colonial Africa41 topic
  11. Dictionaries21 topic
  12. Financialization21 topic
  13. Land Tenure21 topic
  14. Lexicography21 topic
  15. Political Economy21 topic
  16. Property Rights21 topic
  17. Shareholder Value21 topic
  18. Zimbabwe21 topic
  19. Hypersonic Effect11 topic
  20. Ultrasonic Perception11 topic

Where does Deborah James work?

Deborah James's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Deborah James have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 80 citations for Deborah James, ranking #159,749 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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