2026 Mahmood Mamdani: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	42	418	374	233	198	135	22415

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Political Science

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Overview

Mahmood Mamdani is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, with a focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Philosophy. The main topics addressed in their work include International Law and Human Rights, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Indian History and Philosophy, South Asian Studies and Conflicts, South Asian Studies and Diaspora, and Cambodian History and Society.

The scientist has published several recent papers, including:

7 - The Logic of Nuremberg, 2021, CODESRIA Bulletin
Primacy of the Political Community: a response to critics, 2022, Transformation
The Nation-State and its Minorities: Some Questions on Reading Madhav Khosla, India's Founding Moment, 2021, Global Intellectual History
Eingegangene Bücher, 2021, Historische Zeitschrift
Index, 2020, Harvard University Press eBooks

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Abdallah Khalil, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Abdel Wahid Al-Nur, Abdelaziz Al-Hilu, and Abel Alier.

The venues where this scientist often publishes are:

CODESRIA Bulletin
Transformation
Global Intellectual History
Historische Zeitschrift
Harvard University Press eBooks

Mahmood Mamdani has contributed to book publications with notable presses such as Harvard University Press and Princeton University Press. Titles include:

Neither Settler nor Native, 2020, Harvard University Press
When Victims Become Killers, 2020, Princeton University Press

Best Publications

Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism.

Franz Ansprenger;Mahmood Mamdani

4925
Citations
When Victims Become Killers

Mahmood Mamdani

3800
Citations
Good Muslim, bad Muslim : America, the Cold War, and the roots of terror

Mahmood Mamdani

2651
Citations
When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda

Mahmood Mamdani

1901
Citations
Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism

Mahmood Mamdani

1587
Citations
Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology

Nancy Scheper-Hughes;Philippe Bourgois;Joseph Conrad;Michael Thomas Taussig

1057
Citations
Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror

Mahmood Mamdani

904
Citations
Politics and class formation in Uganda

Mahmood Mamdani

757
Citations
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism

Mahmood Mamdani

745
Citations
Beyond Settler and Native as Political Identities: Overcoming the Political Legacy of Colonialism

Mahmood Mamdani

596
Citations
Amnesty or Impunity? A Preliminary Critique of the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC)

Mahmood Mamdani

432
Citations
Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity

Mahmood Mamdani

363
Citations
Reconciliation without justice

M. Mamdani

352
Citations
Imperialism and fascism in Uganda

Mahmood Mamdani

307
Citations
When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda

Jeanne Koopman;Mahmood Mamdani

299
Citations
Making Sense of Political Violence in Postcolonial Africa

Mahmood Mamdani

233
Citations
Neither Settler nor Native

Mahmood Mamdani

227
Citations
The myth of population control : family, caste, and class in an Indian village

Mahmood Mamdani

223
Citations
The myth of population control

P. Visaria;Mahmood Mamdani

217
Citations
Beyond Rights Talk and Culture Talk: Comparative Essays on the Politics of Rights and Culture

Mahmood Mamdani

213
Citations
Scholars in the Marketplace. The Dilemmas of Neo-Liberal Reform at Makerere University, 1989-2005

Mahmood Mamdani

187
Citations
Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish

Mahmood Mamdani

148
Citations
Settler colonialism: Then and now

Mahmood Mamdani

140
Citations
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim

Mahmood Mamdani

137
Citations
Define and Rule

Mahmood Mamdani

84
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Herbst Princeton University

External Links

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