Walter D. Mignolo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Walter D. Mignolo between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Walter D. Mignolo published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 13.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 210 publications in 2002. 9 of the 750 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

50 100 150 200

1970 2025

750 publications in total across all disciplines

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Walter D. Mignolo: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year	Publications
1970	2
1971	10
1972	2
1973	0
1974	1
1975	2
1976	1
1977	1
1978	0
1979	1
1980	1
1981	1
1982	1
1983	4
1984	0
1985	0
1986	0
1987	1
1988	1
1989	2
1990	1
1991	3
1992	6
1993	1
1994	3
1995	7
1996	2
1997	6
1998	6
1999	11
2000	12
2001	31
2002	210
2003	36
2004	32
2005	26
2006	23
2007	34
2008	37
2009	56
2010	33
2011	20
2012	19
2013	12
2014	7
2015	4
2016	3
2017	7
2018	8
2019	5
2020	27
2021	6
2022	4
2023	12
2024	6
2025	3
Total	750

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Walter D. Mignolo 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 Walter D. Mignolo sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 624 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100	624

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Walter D. Mignolo 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 Walter D. Mignolo sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106	60
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Walter D. Mignolo is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, with a specific focus on anthropology, sociology and political science, literature and literary theory, linguistics and language, as well as political science and international relations.

Their research addresses several intertwined topics, including postcolonial and cultural literary studies, Latin American cultural politics, multilingual education and policy, Caribbean and African literature and culture, colonialism, slavery and trade, migration, identity and health, and globalization and cultural identity.

Recent scholarly papers by Walter D. Mignolo include:

Coloniality and globalization: a decolonial take, 2020, Globalizations
On decoloniality: second thoughts, 2020, Postcolonial Studies
The Logic of the In-Visible: Decolonial Reflections on the Change of Epoch, 2020, Theory Culture & Society
A Geopolítica do Conhecimento e a Diferença Colonial, 2020, Repositório Científico Lusófona (Grupo Lusófona)
Coloniality and the State: Race, Nation and Dependency, 2023, Theory Culture & Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walter D. Mignolo have included:

Catherine Walsh
Jean Casimir
Fábio Santino Bussmann
Isabella Brussolo Veiga
Romain Bigé

Publication venues in which Walter D. Mignolo has regularly appeared include:

Theory Culture & Society
Globalizations
Postcolonial Studies
Repositório Científico Lusófona (Grupo Lusófona)
Revista X

In addition to articles, Walter D. Mignolo has published books, including a title released by the University of North Carolina Press:

The Haitians, 2020

Best Publications

Local Histories/Global Designs

Walter D. Mignolo

7267
Citations
Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking

Walter D. Mignolo

6586
Citations
The Darker Side of Western Modernity: Global Futures, Decolonial Options

Walter D. Mignolo

3993
Citations
The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization

Walter Mignolo

3239
Citations
Delinking : The rhetoric of modernity, the logic of coloniality and the grammar of de-coloniality

Walter D. Mignolo

2900
Citations
Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and Decolonial Freedom:

Walter D. Mignolo

2760
Citations
The idea of Latin America

Walter D. Mignolo

2084
Citations
The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference

Walter D. Mignolo

1914
Citations
On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis

Walter D. Mignolo;Catherine E. Walsh

1382
Citations
The Many Faces of Cosmo-polis: Border Thinking and Critical Cosmopolitanism

Walter D. Mignolo

1164
Citations
El pensamiento des-colonial, desprendimiento y apertura: un manifiesto

Walter D. Mignolo

991
Citations
INTRODUCTION: Coloniality of power and de-colonial thinking

Walter D. Mignolo

925
Citations
Globalization and the decolonial option

Walter D. Mignolo;Arturo Escobar

818
Citations
Colonialidade: O Lado Mais Escuro da Modernidade

Walter D. Mignolo;Marco Oliveira

702
Citations
Theorizing from the Borders Shifting to Geo- and Body-Politics of Knowledge

Walter D. Mignolo;Madina V. Tlostanova

682
Citations
Geopolitics of sensing and knowing: On (de)coloniality, border thinking,and epistemic disobedience

Walter Mignolo

637
Citations
Cartas, crónicas y relaciones del descubrimiento y la conquista

Walter D. Mignolo

618
Citations
Learning to Unlearn: Decolonial Reflections from Eurasia and the Americas

Madina V. Tlostanova;Walter D. Mignolo

505
Citations
Epistemic disobedience and the decolonial option: a manifesto

Walter D. Mignolo

443
Citations
The art of transition

Francine Masiello;Walter D. Mignolo;Irene Silverblatt;Sonia Saldívar-Hull

319
Citations
The darker side of the Renaissance

Walter D. Mignolo

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arturo Escobar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mimi Sheller Drexel University

Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health

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