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Researcher · California University of Pennsylvania · United States

Igor Kopytoff

Igor Kopytoff publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as African history and culture studies, African history and culture analysis and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

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World rank
#757,946
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#254,291
of 1,627,098
Works
77
Citations
7k
Citations per work
90.3
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 12% in Anthropology
Igor Kopytoff

What does Igor Kopytoff research?

Igor Kopytoff's work is mostly in Social Sciences (71%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3%).

Social Sciences: 57 works · 73.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 55 works · 70.8% of their workAnthropology: 27 works · 35.7% of their workSociology and Political Science: 15 works · 19.3% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 works · 12.9% of their workCultural Studies: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 18 works · 23.4% of their workLife Sciences: 2 works · 2.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 2.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 works · 2.9% of their workTHEIR WORKIgor Kopytoff77works
Life Sciences3%Social Sciences74%

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 Sciences5570.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.9%
  2. Everything else1823.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.9%
  1. 1Anthropology36% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations13% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies3% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics3% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Igor Kopytoff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Nationalism, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Atlantic History and Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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. Colonialism313 topics
  2. Nationalism262 topics
  3. African History231 topic
  4. Post-Colonial Africa231 topic
  5. Eritrea141 topic
  6. Ethiopia141 topic
  7. Atlantic History101 topic
  8. Transatlantic Slave Trade101 topic
  9. Indian Ocean61 topic
  10. prehistoric movement61 topic
  11. Globalization51 topic
  12. Neoliberalism51 topic
  13. Cultural Capital41 topic
  14. Social Class41 topic
  15. African Philosophy31 topic
  16. Decolonization31 topic
  17. Uyghur31 topic
  18. Xinjiang31 topic

Where does Igor Kopytoff work?

Igor Kopytoff's main affiliation in the publication record is California University of Pennsylvania, United States.

How many publications and citations does Igor Kopytoff have?

OpenAlex counts 77 works and 6,954 citations for Igor Kopytoff, an h-index of 15, ranking #757,946 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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