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James Ferguson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 84 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

James Ferguson 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 James Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

James Ferguson is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their recent research work includes publications in academic venues such as UNC Libraries.

One of Ferguson's recent papers is titled Conveying strength in emerging adulthood and during a pandemic, published in 2025 by UNC Libraries.

Frequent collaborators in Ferguson's research include Jeannette Wade.

Ferguson's publication record features works published in the following venue:

  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference

    Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • The anti-politics machine : "development," depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho

    James Ferguson

  • Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality

    James Ferguson;Akhil Gupta

  • Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt

    James Ferguson

  • Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

    James Ferguson

  • The Anti-Politics Machine

    James Ferguson

  • Culture, Power, Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology

    Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • The Anti-Politics Machine: 'Development', Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho.

    Colin Murray;James Ferguson

  • Culture, power, place: ethnography at the end of an era

    Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • The Uses of Neoliberalism

    James Ferguson

  • Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science

    Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • Seeing Like an Oil Company: Space, Security, and Global Capital in Neoliberal Africa

    James Ferguson

  • Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution

    James Ferguson

  • Declarations of dependence: labour, personhood, and welfare in southern Africa

    James Ferguson

  • MÁS ALLÁ DE LA "CULTURA": ESPACIO, IDENTIDAD Y LAS POLÍTICAS DE LA DIFERENCIA

    Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • Of Mimicry and Membership: Africans and the "New World Society"

    James G. Ferguson

  • Formalities of Poverty: Thinking about Social Assistance in Neoliberal South Africa

    James Ferguson

  • The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho

    Gail M. Gerhart;James Ferguson

  • Culture/Power/Place: Explorations in Critical Anthropology

    Dorothy L. Hodgson;Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • The Anti-Politics Machine: “Development” and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho

    J. Ferguson;L. Lohmann

  • Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt

    James A. Pritchett;James Ferguson

  • Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science

    Rena Lederman;Akhil Gupta;James Ferguson

  • Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt

    Angelique Haugerud;James Ferguson

  • The Anti-Politics Machine: Development, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho

    Dominique Darbon;James Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Dement
William C. Dement Stanford University
Jack D. Barchas
Jack D. Barchas Cornell University
Gail M. Gerhart
Gail M. Gerhart Columbia University

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