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Researcher · University of the West Indies System · Jamaica

Walter Rodney

Walter Rodney publishes mostly in Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics, on topics such as African history and culture studies, Colonialism, slavery, and trade and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

OpenAlex
World rank
#218,586
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Jamaica
#6
of 73
Works
16
Citations
740
Citations per work
46.3

What does Walter Rodney research?

Anthropology: 44.4%Sociology and Political Science: 22.2%Economics and Econometrics: 7.4%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.4%other fields: 18.6%44%top field
Anthropology44.4%Sociology and Political Science22.2%Economics and Econometrics7.4%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%other fields18.6%

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

  1. 1Anthropology44% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  3. 3Economics and Econometrics7% of their works
  4. 4General Economics, Econometrics and Finance7% of their works
  5. 5Cultural Studies7% of their works
  6. 6Development4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Rodney's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Globalization, Imperialism, Nationalism, Atlantic History, Colonialism, Post-Colonial Africa, Transatlantic Slave Trade and Economic Growth.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization64 topics
  2. Imperialism62 topics
  3. Nationalism62 topics
  4. Atlantic History41 topic
  5. Colonialism41 topic
  6. Post-Colonial Africa41 topic
  7. Transatlantic Slave Trade41 topic
  8. Economic Growth32 topics
  9. Indian Ocean31 topic
  10. Industrialization32 topics
  11. prehistoric movement31 topic
  12. Capitalism21 topic
  13. Caribbean21 topic
  14. Culture21 topic
  15. Financial Crisis21 topic
  16. Income Distribution21 topic
  17. Marxism21 topic
  18. Economic Reforms11 topic
  19. Inclusive Development11 topic
  20. India11 topic
  21. Public-Private Partnership11 topic

Where does Walter Rodney work?

Walter Rodney's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the West Indies System, Jamaica.

How many publications and citations does Walter Rodney have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 740 citations for Walter Rodney, ranking #218,586 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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