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This section – powered by Altmetrics – shows the top 50 papers (out of 3736 papers) published in July 2020 in the category ‘Area Studies’ with their respective Altmetric Attention Scores max. 14 days after their publication.

 
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1
Altmetric Attention Score: 153
The jihadi insurgency in Mozambique: origins, nature and beginning
Journal of Eastern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-06
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 59
The Intermingling of State and Private Companies: Analysing Censorship of the 19th National Communist Party Congress on WeChat
China Quarterly | Area Studies 2020-07-02
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 57
Interpreting contemporary Oromo politics in Ethiopia: an ethnographic approach
Journal of Eastern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-23
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 49
Charm Offensive or Offensive Charm? An Analysis of Russian and Chinese Cultural Institutes Abroad
Europe-Asia Studies | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-31
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 33
The Complex choreography of agricultural biotechnology in Africa
African Affairs | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-29
6
Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Unequal pain: a sketch of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on migrants’ employment in China
Eurasian Geography and Economics | Geography Area Studies 2020-07-07
7
Altmetric Attention Score: 22
Native-Place Networks and Political Mobilization: The Case of Post-Handover Hong Kong
Modern China | Area Studies 2020-07-03
8
Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Conceptualising the quiet revolution: the post-Fordist revolution in western military logistics
European Security | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-31
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 20
Assessing the South Korean Model of Emergency Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Asian Studies Review | Area Studies 2020-07-02
10
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
Small is beautiful but not trendy: Understanding the allure of big hydraulic works in the Euphrates-Tigris and Nile waterscapes
Mediterranean Politics | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-30
11
Altmetric Attention Score: 17
Translating and Transliterating Marxism in Indonesia
Modern Asian Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
12
Altmetric Attention Score: 16
Adopting Revolution: The Chinese Communist Revolution and the Politics of Global Humanitarianism
Modern China | Area Studies 2020-07-09
13
Altmetric Attention Score: 15
Reclaiming Africa: scramble and resistance in the 21st century
Review of African Political Economy | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-15
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 15
Enhancing the Robustness of Causal Claims Based on Case Study Research on Conflict Zones: Observations from Fieldwork in Donbas
Nationalities Papers | Political Science History Area Studies 2020-07-28
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 15
The politics of exporting higher education: Russian university branch campuses in the “Near Abroad”
Post-Soviet Affairs | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-06
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 15
The risks of NATO’s maladaptation
European Security | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-31
17
Altmetric Attention Score: 13
The Bolsonaro Voter: Issue Positions and Vote Choice in the 2018 Brazilian Presidential Elections
Latin American Politics and Society | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-16
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 13
Kin-State Politics: Causes and Consequences
Nationalities Papers | Political Science History Area Studies 2020-07-14
19
Altmetric Attention Score: 12
Islamist parties, intraparty organizational dynamics, and moderation as strategic behaviour
Mediterranean Politics | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-09
20
Altmetric Attention Score: 11
The ‘Colombianisation’ of Central America: Misconceptions, Mischaracterisations and the Military-Agroindustrial Complex
Journal of Latin American Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
21
Altmetric Attention Score: 10
‘We Could Not Be There’: Storytelling and the Narratives of Soviet Military Advisers, Specialists and Interpreters in Angola during the Civil War (1975–1992)
Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-31
22
Altmetric Attention Score: 9
Foreign policy decision-making in operational overlap: the UK’s policing assistance in Afghanistan through the EU and NATO
European Security | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-02
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 9
Southern Africa, the Cold War and transnational activism
Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-08
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 9
Liberating Taste: Memories of War, Food and Cooking in Northern Mozambique
Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-31
25
Altmetric Attention Score: 8
Political time and leadership in the Middle East: an analysis of 22 prominent leaders
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 8
Narratives of nationalism in culture and heritage production of the Arabian Peninsula: bringing the state back in
Middle Eastern Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
27
Altmetric Attention Score: 7
After Personalism: Rethinking Power Transfers in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Journal of Contemporary Asia | Area Studies 2020-07-02
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 7
Occasional Nationalists: The National Ideology of Ultras
Nationalities Papers | Political Science History Area Studies 2020-07-28
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 7
Engineering Value: The Transandine Railway and the ‘Techno-Capital’ State in Chile at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Journal of Latin American Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-03
30
Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Fighting for peace in Somalia: A history and analysis of the African Union mission (AMISOM), 2007–2017
African Affairs | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-17
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 6
The “Savage–Victim–Saviour” Story Grammar of the North Korean Human Rights Industry
Asian Studies Review | Area Studies 2020-07-10
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 6
Between grassroots contention and elite manoeuvring: sub-nationalism in Zanzibar and coastal Kenya
Journal of Eastern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-09
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 6
TraceTogether: Pandemic Response, Democracy, and Technology
East Asian Science, Technology & Society | Area Studies 2020-07-28
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 6
The Medieval Origins of Smithian Growth: The Proliferation of Occupations and Commodities in Japan, 1261–1638
Social Science Japan Journal | Area Studies 2020-07-02
35
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
The political economy of financial transformation in Turkey
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-14
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
A Political Prosopography of the Islamic Republic
Iranian Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-03
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
Smart enough to make a difference? An empirical test of the efficacy of strategic voting in Russia’s authoritarian elections
Post-Soviet Affairs | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-24
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
China’s Strategic Narratives in Global Governance Reform under Xi Jinping
Journal of Contemporary China | Area Studies 2020-07-08
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
The politics of the Brexit debate abroad: an analysis of parliamentary questions on Brexit in Belgian parliaments
Journal of Contemporary European Studies | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-23
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 5
A History of Pigs in China: From Curious Omnivores to Industrial Pork
Journal of Asian Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-07
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Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Overlapping Histories, Co-produced Concepts: Imperialism in Chinese Eyes
Journal of Asian Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Azeris and Muslim Ajarians in Georgia: The Swing between Tolerance and Alienation
Nationalities Papers | Political Science History Area Studies 2020-07-03
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Beyond infrastructure: re-thinking China’s foreign direct investment in Malaysia
Pacific Review | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-10
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Political identities, legitimacy and the Angolan civil war
Journal of Southern African Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-20
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
State-run media outlets in Central Asia: external regime legitimation through regional conflict and cooperation framing
Central Asian Survey | Area Studies 2020-07-14
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
A revolution in military learning? Cross-functional teams and knowledge transformation by lessons-learned processes
European Security | Political Science Area Studies 2020-07-21
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
The Tudeh Party of Iran and the peasant question, 1941–53
Middle Eastern Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-08
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Japan in der Ära Abe: Eine politikwissenschaftliche Studie
Social Science Japan Journal | Area Studies 2020-07-11
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
One Russia, many worlds: balancing external homeland nationalism and internal ethnocultural diversity
Eurasian Geography and Economics | Geography Area Studies 2020-07-29
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 4
Endangered Iranian Languages: Language Contact and Language Islands in Iran
Iranian Studies | Area Studies 2020-07-30