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Researcher · Rhodes University · South Africa

Fackson Banda

Fackson Banda publishes mostly in Communication, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology, on topics such as Media Studies and Communication, ICT Impact and Policies and African history and culture studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,130,878
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#9,023
of 29,826
Works
32
Citations
553
Citations per work
17.3
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 25% in Communication
Fackson Banda

What does Fackson Banda research?

Fackson Banda's work is mostly in Social Sciences (58%), Engineering (11%).

Social Sciences: 18 works · 57.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 57.6% of their workCommunication: 5 works · 16.7% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 works · 13.6% of their workAnthropology: 3 works · 10.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 3 works · 10.6% of their workEducation: 2 works · 6.1% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 31.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 10.6% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 10.6% of their workMedia Technology: 3 works · 10.6% of their workTHEIR WORKFackson Banda32works
Physical Sciences11%Social Sciences58%

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 Sciences1857.6%
  2. Everything else1031.8%
    1. Engineering310.6%
  1. 1Communication17% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology11% of their works
  4. 4Media Technology11% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  6. 6Education6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fackson Banda's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agenda Setting, Digital Divide, Media Framing, Economic Development, Telecommunications, Economic Growth, Colonialism 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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Agenda Setting91 topic
  2. Digital Divide92 topics
  3. Media Framing91 topic
  4. Economic Development71 topic
  5. Telecommunications71 topic
  6. Economic Growth62 topics
  7. Colonialism51 topic
  8. Post-Colonial Africa51 topic
  9. Development Policies31 topic
  10. Foreign Aid31 topic
  11. Globalization31 topic
  12. International Relations31 topic
  13. Mobile Technology21 topic
  14. Political Participation21 topic
  15. Rural Communities21 topic
  16. Social Media21 topic
  17. Training Pathways21 topic
  18. Vocational Education21 topic

Where does Fackson Banda work?

Fackson Banda's main affiliation in the publication record is Rhodes University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Fackson Banda have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 553 citations for Fackson Banda, an h-index of 11, ranking #2,130,878 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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