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Researcher · National University of Lesotho · Lesotho

Motlatsi Thabane

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

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,384,378
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Lesotho
#19
of 82
Works
16
Citations
164
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 53% in Sociology and Political Science
Motlatsi Thabane

What does Motlatsi Thabane research?

Motlatsi Thabane's work is mostly in Social Sciences (81%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%), Materials Science (3%).

Social Sciences: 13 works · 80.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 13 works · 80.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 44.4% of their workAnthropology: 3 works · 16.7% of their workLaw: 2 works · 13.9% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 5.6% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 11.0% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 5.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 5.6% of their workSoil Science: 1 works · 5.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 0 works · 2.8% of their workMaterials Science: 0 works · 2.8% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 0 works · 2.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMotlatsi Thabane16works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Social Sciences81%

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 Sciences1380.6%
  2. Everything else211.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.6%
    1. Materials Science02.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science44% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology17% of their works
  3. 3Law14% of their works
  4. 4Soil Science6% of their works
  5. 5Archeology6% of their works
  6. 6Polymers and Plastics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Motlatsi Thabane's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Nationalism, protests, South Africa, Cultural Studies, African History, Land Reform 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. 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism102 topics
  2. Nationalism102 topics
  3. South Africa91 topic
  4. protests91 topic
  5. Cultural Studies72 topics
  6. African History61 topic
  7. Land Reform62 topics
  8. Post-Colonial Africa61 topic
  9. Constitutionalism51 topic
  10. Developmental Local Government51 topic
  11. History41 topic
  12. Zimbabwe41 topic
  13. Archaeology21 topic
  14. Land Tenure21 topic
  15. Property Rights21 topic
  16. Southern Africa21 topic
  17. Clothing11 topic
  18. Fashion11 topic
  19. Moisture Management11 topic
  20. Thermal Properties11 topic

Where does Motlatsi Thabane work?

Motlatsi Thabane's main affiliation in the publication record is National University of Lesotho, Lesotho.

How many publications and citations does Motlatsi Thabane have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 164 citations for Motlatsi Thabane, an h-index of 5, ranking #2,384,378 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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