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Researcher · Duke University · United States

Walter D. Mignolo

Walter D. Mignolo publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Literature and Literary Theory, on topics such as Latin American Cultural Politics, Globalization and Cultural Identity and Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America.

ORCID 0000-0002-2948-0656 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,207
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,002
of 358,040
Works
97
Citations
581
Citations per work
6.0

What does Walter D. Mignolo research?

Sociology and Political Science: 20.2%Anthropology: 16.3%Literature and Literary Theory: 15.4%Education: 6.7%other fields: 41.4%20%top field
Sociology and Political Science20.2%Anthropology16.3%Literature and Literary Theory15.4%Education6.7%other fields41.4%

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 Science20% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology16% of their works
  3. 3Literature and Literary Theory15% of their works
  4. 4Education7% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies7% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter D. Mignolo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Social Movements, Identity, Colonialism, Latin America, Postcolonialism, Decolonization and Coloniality.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization255 topics
  2. Social Movements152 topics
  3. Identity133 topics
  4. Colonialism124 topics
  5. Latin America122 topics
  6. Postcolonialism112 topics
  7. Decolonization102 topics
  8. Coloniality81 topic
  9. Eurocentrism81 topic
  10. Cultural71 topic
  11. Sustainability71 topic
  12. Literature62 topics
  13. Human Rights52 topics
  14. Interculturalism41 topic
  15. Poetry41 topic
  16. Atlantic History31 topic
  17. Chicano31 topic
  18. Cosmopolitanism31 topic
  19. Feminism31 topic
  20. Governmentality31 topic
  21. Latino31 topic
  22. Neoliberalism31 topic
  23. Transatlantic Slave Trade31 topic
  24. Humanitarianism21 topic
  25. International Aid21 topic

Where does Walter D. Mignolo work?

Walter D. Mignolo's main affiliation in the publication record is Duke University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter D. Mignolo have?

Science Explorer counts 97 works and 581 citations for Walter D. Mignolo, ranking #2,207 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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