Standout Papers

African Religions and Phi... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 1970 1992 1970 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. African Religions and Philosophy
    1969 1.3k citations E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, John Mbiti Journal of Religion in Africa profile →
  2. African Religions and Philosophy
    1970 878 citations David B. Barrett, John Mbiti Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →
  3. Introduction to African Religion
    1992 435 citations John Mbiti et al. The International Journal of African Historical Studies profile →
  4. African Religions and Philosophy.
    1970 190 citations John Mbiti et al. Man profile →

Immediate Impact

1 from Science/Nature 64 hit
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3 intermediate papers

Works of John Mbiti being referenced

Introduction to African Religion
1992 Hit
African religions & philosophy
1969
and 2 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Mbiti 1.8k 1.5k 631 623 390 44 3.6k
E. E. Evans‐Pritchard 2.6k 1.5× 760 0.5× 1.3k 2.0× 266 0.4× 750 1.9× 113 5.8k
Frantz Fanon 2.8k 1.6× 737 0.5× 975 1.5× 240 0.4× 909 2.3× 44 5.0k
Michaël Gilsenan 2.3k 1.3× 371 0.3× 737 1.2× 167 0.3× 720 1.8× 36 4.5k
Hans Georg Gadamer 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 204 0.3× 194 0.3× 527 1.4× 85 6.5k
James V. Spickard 1.7k 0.9× 260 0.2× 450 0.7× 192 0.3× 339 0.9× 76 3.5k
Homi Κ. Bhabha 3.4k 1.9× 968 0.7× 1.2k 1.9× 243 0.4× 1.1k 2.8× 69 7.1k
Ramón Grosfoguel 2.1k 1.2× 945 0.6× 563 0.9× 104 0.2× 728 1.9× 106 3.6k
Arnold van Gennep 1.4k 0.8× 402 0.3× 481 0.8× 90 0.1× 270 0.7× 24 3.5k
Emmanuel Lévinas 2.8k 1.6× 980 0.7× 321 0.5× 217 0.3× 874 2.2× 148 7.9k
Bill Ashcroft 2.1k 1.2× 545 0.4× 714 1.1× 188 0.3× 655 1.7× 64 4.4k

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