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Richard Sandbrook

Richard Sandbrook

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
5587
World Ranking
1335
National Ranking
48

Richard Sandbrook publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard Sandbrook sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 106 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Richard Sandbrook D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard Sandbrook sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Richard Sandbrook is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science as well as Political Science and International Relations.

Their academic work often concentrates on topics such as Political Economy and Marxism, Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism, and the Political and Economic History of the UK and US.

Recent publications include the paper titled Polanyi's Double Movement and Capitalism Today, published in 2022 in the journal Development and Change.

  • Development and Change

  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
  • Political and Economic History of UK and US

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations

Richard Sandbrook has received the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1984, awarded by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Politics of Africa's Economic Stagnation

    Richard Sandbrook;Judith Barker

  • Social Democracy in the Global Periphery: Origins, Challenges, Prospects

    Richard Sandbrook;Marc Edelman;Patrick Heller;Judith Teichman

  • The Politics of Africa's Economic Stagnation

    Michael F. Lofchie;Richard Sandbrook;Judith Barker

  • The Politics of Africa's Economic Recovery

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Political Domination in Africa: Reflections on the Limits of Power

    Richard Sandbrook;Patrick Chabal

  • The Politics of Basic Needs: Urban Aspects of Assaulting Poverty in Africa

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Transitions without consolidation: Democratization in six African cases

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa

    Richard Sandbrook

  • The state and economic stagnation in Tropical Africa

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Proletarians and African capitalism : the Kenyan case, 1960-1972

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa*

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Reforming Dysfunctional Institutions Through Democratisation? Reflections on Ghana

    Richard Sandbrook;Jay Oelbaum

  • Liberal Democracy in Africa: A Socialist-Revisionist Perspective

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Polanyi and Post-neoliberalism in the Global South: Dilemmas of Re-embedding the Economy

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Social Democracy in the Global Periphery

    Richard Sandbrook;Marc Edelman;Patrick Heller;Judith Teichman

  • Globalization and the limits of neoliberal development doctrine

    Richard Sandbrook

  • New hopes for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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  • Origins of the Democratic Developmental State: Interrogating Mauritius

    Richard Sandbrook

  • Globalisation, extremism and violence in poor countries

    Richard Sandbrook;David Romano

  • Social Democracy in the Global Periphery: Burdens of history

    Richard Sandbrook;Marc Edelman;Patrick Heller;Judith Teichman

  • Disciplining Democracy: Development Discourse and Good Governance in Africa

    Richard Sandbrook;Rita Abrahamsen

  • Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa

    Martin J. Murray;Richard Sandbrook

  • The Politics of Basic Needs: Urban Aspects of Assaulting Poverty in Africa

    Callisto E. Madavo;Richard Sandbrook

  • The Development of Corporate Capitalism in Kenya, 1918-1977

    Richard Sandbrook;Nicola Swainson

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Edelman
Marc Edelman City University of New York
Robin Cohen
Robin Cohen University of Waterloo
Rita Abrahamsen
Rita Abrahamsen University of Ottawa

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