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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

Niyi Akingbe

Niyi Akingbe publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and History, on topics such as Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies, African studies and sociopolitical issues and Travel Writing and Literature.

ORCID 0000-0003-4637-131X OpenAlex
World rank
#529,899
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,590
of 5,570
Works
20
Citations
5
Citations per work
0.3

What does Niyi Akingbe research?

Literature and Literary Theory: 38.5%Sociology and Political Science: 23.1%History: 15.4%Anthropology: 7.7%other fields: 15.3%38%top field
Literature and Literary Theory38.5%Sociology and Political Science23.1%History15.4%Anthropology7.7%other fields15.3%

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

  1. 1Literature and Literary Theory38% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science23% of their works
  3. 3History15% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology8% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies8% of their works
  6. 6Cultural Studies8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Niyi Akingbe's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nationalism, Identity, Postcolonialism, Literature, Feminism, Globalization, African Studies and Colonialism.

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 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Nationalism84 topics
  2. Identity74 topics
  3. Postcolonialism74 topics
  4. Literature63 topics
  5. Feminism52 topics
  6. Globalization52 topics
  7. African Studies41 topic
  8. Colonialism43 topics
  9. Cosmopolitanism41 topic
  10. History32 topics
  11. Caribbean22 topics
  12. Culture22 topics
  13. Gender22 topics
  14. Land Reform21 topic
  15. Race22 topics
  16. Zimbabwe21 topic
  17. African History11 topic
  18. Cultural Hermeneutics11 topic
  19. Dancehall11 topic
  20. Diaspora11 topic
  21. Exploration11 topic
  22. Haiti11 topic
  23. Historiography11 topic
  24. Literary Theory11 topic
  25. Politics11 topic
  26. Post-Colonial Africa11 topic
  27. Reenactment11 topic
  28. Travel Writing11 topic

Where does Niyi Akingbe work?

Niyi Akingbe's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Niyi Akingbe have?

Science Explorer counts 20 works and 5 citations for Niyi Akingbe, ranking #529,899 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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