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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

N. Barney Pityana

N. Barney Pityana publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Law and Education, on topics such as Legal Issues in South Africa, Race, History, and American Society and Human Rights and Development.

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World rank
#598,230
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,885
of 5,570
Works
17
Citations
31
Citations per work
1.8

What does N. Barney Pityana research?

Sociology and Political Science: 38.1%Law: 19.0%Education: 14.3%Political Science and International Relations: 14.3%other fields: 14.3%38%top field
Sociology and Political Science38.1%Law19.0%Education14.3%Political Science and International Relations14.3%other fields14.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science38% of their works
  2. 2Law19% of their works
  3. 3Education14% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems and Management5% of their works
  6. 6Transportation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe N. Barney Pityana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Human Rights, Equality, Constitutionalism, Developmental Local Government, Black Studies, Civil Rights Movement, Development and Global Governance.

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. Human Rights63 topics
  2. Equality42 topics
  3. Constitutionalism31 topic
  4. Developmental Local Government31 topic
  5. Black Studies21 topic
  6. Civil Rights Movement21 topic
  7. Development21 topic
  8. Global Governance21 topic
  9. African Philosophy11 topic
  10. Blended Learning11 topic
  11. COVID-1911 topic
  12. Decolonization11 topic
  13. European Court of Human Rights11 topic
  14. Non-Discrimination11 topic
  15. Online Learning11 topic
  16. Preprints11 topic
  17. Training Pathways11 topic
  18. Vocational Education11 topic

Where does N. Barney Pityana work?

N. Barney Pityana's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does N. Barney Pityana have?

Science Explorer counts 17 works and 31 citations for N. Barney Pityana, ranking #598,230 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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