OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Africa Spectrum is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Marketplaces in Urban Ghana	82
The Corona Virus and Migration Governance in South Africa: Business As Usual?	26
Political Vigilante Groups in Ghana: Violence or Democracy?	13
Rethinking African Studies: Four Challenges and the Case for Comparative African Studies	11
Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics	10
Autocratisation by Term Limits Manipulation in Sub-Saharan Africa	9
Mutualism Despite Ostensible Difference: HuShamwari, Kuhanyisana, and Conviviality Between Shona Zimbabweans and Tsonga South Africans in Giyani, South Africa	9
African Studies in Distress: German Scholarship on Africa and the Neglected Challenge of Decoloniality	8
African and Not Religious: The State of Research on Sub-Saharan Religious Nones and New Scholarly Horizons	7
Remittance Houses and Transnational Citizenship: Mapping Eritrea’s Diaspora–State Relationships	7
A Marriage of Convenience on the Rocks? Revisiting the Sino–Angolan Relationship	7
Rethinking African Futures after COVID-19	7
Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics	7
Process Tracing the Term Limit Struggle in Malawi: The Role of International Democracy Promotion in Muluzi’s Bid for a Third Term	6
From “Anglophone Problem” to “Anglophone Conflict” in Cameroon: Assessing Prospects for Peace	6
Measuring the Middle Class in Africa – Income Versus Assets Approach	6
Presidential Term Limits and Regime Types: When Do Leaders Respect Constitutional Norms?	6
Endogenous Obstacles to Development in Global Value Chains: Insights From the Oil and Gas Sector	5
Participatory Media Cultures: Virality, Humour, and Online Political Contestations in Kenya	5
Cooperation and Conflict at the Horn of Africa: A New Regional Bloc Between Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia and Its Consequences for Eastern Africa	5
Citizenship, Indigeneity, and the Experiences of 1.5- and Second-Generation Fulani Herders in Ghana	4
The Ghetto President and Presidential Challenger in Uganda	4
Eritrea’s Chosen Trauma and the Legacy of the Martyrs: The Impact of Postmemory on Political Identity Formation of Second-Generation Diaspora Eritreans	4
Patronage, Repression, and Co-Optation: Bobi Wine and the Political Economy of Activist Musicians in Uganda	4
Voters’ Perceptions of Gender Differences in Vote Buying: The Case of Tanzania	4

Dear German Academia: What is Your Role in African Knowledge Production?	4
The Study of Term Limits in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons on Democratisation and Autocratisation	4