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Researcher · Goldsmiths University of London · United Kingdom

Kodwo Eshun

Kodwo Eshun publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, on topics such as Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, Cinema and Media Studies and African history and culture studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,879,073
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#249,871
of 367,258
Works
117
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
14.9
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 23% in Sociology and Political Science
Kodwo Eshun

What does Kodwo Eshun research?

Kodwo Eshun's work is mostly in Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (21%).

Everything else: 62 works · 53.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 55 works · 46.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 25.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 14 works · 12.0% of their workCultural Studies: 9 works · 7.4% of their workAnthropology: 7 works · 6.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 25 works · 21.1% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 works · 9.5% of their workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 works · 6.2% of their workPhilosophy: 6 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKodwo Eshun117works
Social Sciences47%

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. Everything else6253.3%
    1. Social Sciences3025.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities2521.1%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory10% of their works
  3. 3Cultural Studies7% of their works
  4. 4Visual Arts and Performing Arts6% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology6% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kodwo Eshun's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Feminism, Nationalism, Box Office, Dystopia, Film Industry, Globalization and Identity.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism172 topics
  2. Feminism142 topics
  3. Nationalism132 topics
  4. Box Office91 topic
  5. Dystopia91 topic
  6. Film Industry91 topic
  7. Globalization92 topics
  8. Identity92 topics
  9. Utopia91 topic
  10. African History81 topic
  11. Post-Colonial Africa81 topic
  12. Literature51 topic
  13. Postcolonialism51 topic
  14. Astrobiology41 topic
  15. Cultural Diversity41 topic
  16. Culture41 topic
  17. Educational Leadership41 topic
  18. Extraterrestrial Life41 topic
  19. Music41 topic
  20. Psychotherapy Outcome41 topic
  21. Therapeutic Alliance41 topic

Where does Kodwo Eshun work?

Kodwo Eshun's main affiliation in the publication record is Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Kodwo Eshun have?

OpenAlex counts 117 works and 1,738 citations for Kodwo Eshun, an h-index of 10, ranking #3,879,073 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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