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Solimar Otero

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1999

Publications

57

Citations

556

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Solimar Otero studies folklore, religion, and performance in the African diaspora, with particular attention to Afro-Cuban and Afro-Latinx communities in the Caribbean. Her work examines how spiritual practices, ancestral traditions, gender, and cultural expression are passed down and reinterpreted across generations. She also engages with feminist and transnational theory to interpret storytelling, ritual, and material culture.

Afro-Latinx and Caribbean folkloreAfrican diasporic religion and ritualCuban history and cultureGender and transnational feminist theoryPerformance and generational memory

Publication activity has remained steady over the past decade, averaging around three works per year with modest year-to-year fluctuation.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 556cohort median 1,128
h-index: 9cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 3.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 17 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 5 publications5212022: 4 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Publishes in
  • Columbia University Press eBooks×4
  • Indiana University Press eBooks×4
  • Journal of American Folklore×3
  • Africa Today×2
  • Journal of Folklore Research×2
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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