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Researcher · University of Limpopo · South Africa

Shepherd Mpofu

Shepherd Mpofu publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as African studies and sociopolitical issues, Media Influence and Politics and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism.

ORCID 0000-0001-5924-5721 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,538,033
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#5,235
of 5,570
Works
16
Citations
18
Citations per work
1.1

What does Shepherd Mpofu research?

Sociology and Political Science: 39.4%Communication: 15.2%Literature and Literary Theory: 6.1%Clinical Psychology: 6.1%other fields: 33.2%39%top field
Sociology and Political Science39.4%Communication15.2%Literature and Literary Theory6.1%Clinical Psychology6.1%other fields33.2%

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 Science39% of their works
  2. 2Communication15% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory6% of their works
  4. 4Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies6% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shepherd Mpofu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Political Economy, Social Media, History, News Media, Zimbabwe, Gender, Government Responsiveness and Media Bias.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Political Economy82 topics
  2. Social Media84 topics
  3. History51 topic
  4. News Media52 topics
  5. Zimbabwe51 topic
  6. Gender42 topics
  7. Government Responsiveness31 topic
  8. Media Bias31 topic
  9. Adaptation21 topic
  10. Agenda Setting21 topic
  11. Digital Divide21 topic
  12. Feminism21 topic
  13. Film21 topic
  14. Hypersexual Disorder21 topic
  15. Media Framing21 topic
  16. Neoliberalism21 topic
  17. Political Participation21 topic
  18. Pornography Consumption21 topic
  19. Detection11 topic
  20. Hate Speech11 topic

Where does Shepherd Mpofu work?

Shepherd Mpofu's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Limpopo, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Shepherd Mpofu have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 18 citations for Shepherd Mpofu, ranking #1,538,033 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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