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Researcher · SOAS University of London · United Kingdom

Richard Rathbone

Richard Rathbone publishes mostly in Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

OpenAlex
World rank
#55,134
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#5,215
of 90,785
Works
60
Citations
94
Citations per work
1.6

What does Richard Rathbone research?

Anthropology: 52.3%Political Science and International Relations: 11.4%Sociology and Political Science: 9.1%History: 6.8%other fields: 20.4%52%top field
Anthropology52.3%Political Science and International Relations11.4%Sociology and Political Science9.1%History6.8%other fields20.4%

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

  1. 1Anthropology52% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4History7% of their works
  5. 5General Economics, Econometrics and Finance4% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard Rathbone's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Indian Ocean, prehistoric movement, Atlantic History, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism182 topics
  2. African History161 topic
  3. Post-Colonial Africa161 topic
  4. Indian Ocean41 topic
  5. prehistoric movement41 topic
  6. Atlantic History31 topic
  7. Eritrea31 topic
  8. Ethiopia31 topic
  9. Transatlantic Slave Trade31 topic
  10. Climate Change22 topics
  11. Ecological Knowledge22 topics
  12. Human Rights21 topic
  13. Humanitarianism21 topic
  14. South Africa21 topic
  15. protests21 topic
  16. Arctic Indigenous Peoples11 topic
  17. Pastoralists11 topic
  18. Rangeland Degradation11 topic
  19. Traditional Knowledge11 topic

Where does Richard Rathbone work?

Richard Rathbone's main affiliation in the publication record is SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Richard Rathbone have?

Science Explorer counts 60 works and 94 citations for Richard Rathbone, ranking #55,134 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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