Research in African Literatures

1.9k papers and 5.4k indexed citations i.

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The 1.9k papers published in Research in African Literatures in the last decades have received a total of 5.4k indexed citations. Papers published in Research in African Literatures usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (743 papers), Anthropology (691 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (557 papers) specifically the topics of Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (620 papers), African history and culture studies (570 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (201 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Research in African Literatures are Simon Gikandi, Isidore Okpewho, Mildred Mortimer, Karin Barber and Kenneth W. Harrow.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Research in African Literatures

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EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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