Molefi Kete Asante
Molefi Kete Asante publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Education and Anthropology, on topics such as Race, History, and American Society, African cultural and philosophical studies and African history and culture studies.
- World rank
- #137,903 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #52,258 of 1,627,098
- Works
- 227
- Citations
- 5.1k
- Citations per work
- 22.3
What does Molefi Kete Asante research?
Molefi Kete Asante's work is mostly in Social Sciences (66%), Arts and Humanities (7%).
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
- Social Sciences16673.1%
- Social Sciences15066.0%
- Arts and Humanities167.1%
- Everything else6126.9%
- 1Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
- 2Education12% of their works
- 3Anthropology12% of their works
- 4Political Science and International Relations12% of their works
- 5Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
- 6Cultural Studies5% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Molefi Kete Asante's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Feminism, Postcolonialism, Colonialism, Black Studies, Civil Rights Movement, Nationalism, African Philosophy and Decolonization.
- Transatlantic Slave Trade
- prehistoric movement
- Dancehall
- Ethiopia
- Literature
- Post-Colonial Africa
- Politics
- Identity
- Decolonization
- Nationalism
- Black Studies
- Postcolonialism
- Feminism
- Colonialism
- Civil Rights Movement
- African Philosophy
- Globalization
- Culture
- African History
- Cosmopolitanism
- Eritrea
- Caribbean
- Indian Ocean
- Atlantic 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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.
All 24 words, with their numbers
- Feminism712 topics
- Postcolonialism693 topics
- Colonialism582 topics
- Black Studies521 topic
- Civil Rights Movement521 topic
- Nationalism513 topics
- African Philosophy381 topic
- Decolonization381 topic
- Globalization312 topics
- Identity312 topics
- Culture272 topics
- Politics272 topics
- African History201 topic
- Post-Colonial Africa201 topic
- Cosmopolitanism191 topic
- Literature191 topic
- Eritrea151 topic
- Ethiopia151 topic
- Caribbean121 topic
- Dancehall121 topic
- Indian Ocean121 topic
- prehistoric movement121 topic
- Atlantic History101 topic
- Transatlantic Slave Trade101 topic
Where does Molefi Kete Asante work?
Molefi Kete Asante's main affiliation in the publication record is Temple University, United States.
How many publications and citations does Molefi Kete Asante have?
OpenAlex counts 227 works and 5,071 citations for Molefi Kete Asante, an h-index of 28, ranking #137,903 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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