Deborah Potts

Deborah Potts publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Deborah Potts D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deborah Potts sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The slowing of sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization: evidence and implications for urban livelihoods:

  Deborah Potts

  360
  Citations

• ‘Restoring Order’? Operation Murambatsvina and the Urban Crisis in Zimbabwe

  Deborah Potts

  326
  Citations

• Shall we go home? Increasing urban poverty in African cities and migration processes.

  Deborah Potts

  316
  Citations

• Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

  Deborah Potts

  272
  Citations

• The urban informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa: from bad to good (and back again?)

  Deborah Potts

  237
  Citations

• Whatever Happened to Africa's Rapid Urbanisation?

  Deborah Potts

  201
  Citations

• Rural-urban linkages in contemporary Harare: why migrants need their land.

  Deborah Potts;Chris Mutambirwa

  191
  Citations

• Challenging the Myths of Urban Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence from Nigeria

  Deborah Potts

  189
  Citations

• Counter-urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and Implications:

  Deborah Potts

  179
  Citations

• Capital Relocation in Africa: The Case of Lilongwe in Malawi

  Deborah Potts

  145
  Citations

• African urban economies: viability, vitality or vitiation?

  Deborah Potts

  119
  Citations

• Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation

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  119
  Citations

• “Basics are now a luxury”: perceptions of structural adjustment's impact on rural and urban areas in Zimbabwe

  Deborah Potts;Chris Mutambirwa

  116
  Citations

• Urban Unemployment and Migrants in Africa: Evidence from Harare 1985–1994

  Deborah Potts

  113
  Citations

• Worker-peasants and farmer-housewives in Africa: the debate about 'committed' farmers, access to land and agricultural production.

  Deborah Potts

  102
  Citations

• THE STATE AND THE INFORMAL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN URBAN ECONOMIES: REVISITING DEBATES ON DUALISM

  Deborah Potts

  100
  Citations

• Cities, society and social perception: A Central African perspective

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  98
  Citations

• Debates about African urbanisation, migration and economic growth: what can we learn from Zimbabwe and Zambia?

  Deborah Potts

  91
  Citations

• Urban data and definitions in sub-Saharan Africa: Mismatches between the pace of urbanisation and employment and livelihood change:

  Deborah Potts

  88
  Citations

• Geography in a changing South Africa : progress and prospects

  Deborah Potts;Christian Rogerson;Jeffrey McCarthy

  25
  Citations