Douglas E. Cowan

1.2k total citations
27 papers, 628 citations indexed

About

Douglas E. Cowan is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas E. Cowan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 628 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Douglas E. Cowan's work include Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (8 papers) and Media, Religion, Digital Communication (8 papers). Douglas E. Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (8 papers) and Media, Religion, Digital Communication (8 papers). Douglas E. Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Douglas E. Cowan's co-authors include Lorne L. Dawson, Jeffrey K. Hadden, Lynn Schofield Clark, Christopher H. Schmid, Paula M. Bokesch, Douglas Ezzy, Jim Giles, David G. Bromley, John A. Saliba and Rebecca Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Anesthesia & Analgesia and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Douglas E. Cowan

23 papers receiving 515 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas E. Cowan United States 11 385 338 158 122 38 27 628
Jeffrey Kaplan United States 12 57 0.1× 375 1.1× 19 0.1× 18 0.1× 28 0.7× 49 495
Jovan Byford United Kingdom 8 47 0.1× 296 0.9× 65 0.4× 4 0.0× 21 0.6× 29 377
Carrie A. Rentschler Canada 11 39 0.1× 231 0.7× 156 1.0× 4 0.0× 38 1.0× 33 533
Rosemary Clark United States 8 21 0.1× 221 0.7× 251 1.6× 5 0.0× 25 0.7× 23 533
Anne Aly Australia 13 32 0.1× 439 1.3× 53 0.3× 3 0.0× 21 0.6× 38 525
Santiago Zabala Spain 7 80 0.2× 156 0.5× 4 0.0× 13 0.1× 46 1.2× 27 253
Tamara Kohn Australia 9 39 0.1× 71 0.2× 24 0.2× 16 0.1× 5 0.1× 37 272
Tristan Sturm United Kingdom 9 16 0.0× 174 0.5× 13 0.1× 43 0.4× 40 1.1× 29 294
Richard Stivers United States 10 22 0.1× 121 0.4× 24 0.2× 9 0.1× 13 0.3× 25 288
Nicole Smith Dahmen United States 14 40 0.1× 227 0.7× 251 1.6× 32 0.8× 39 492

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2023). The Christian Countercult Movement. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2022). The Forbidden Body. New York University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2020). “So we’re just going to ignore the bear”: Imagining Religion at Midsommar. 1(1). 54–56. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2018). Existential Threats: American Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Technological Era. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 33(2). 347–348.
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2011). Millennium, Apocalypse, and American Popular Culture. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2009). Seeing the Saviour in the Stars: Religion, Conformity, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 21(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E. & David G. Bromley. (2007). Cults and New Religions: A Brief History. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2007). Book Excerpt. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 7(1). 59–97.
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2006). Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet. Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 9(3). 119–120. 30 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim, Douglas Ezzy, Lorne L. Dawson, & Douglas E. Cowan. (2005). Special Report: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Nature. 438(7070). 48 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2005). Episode 712: South Park, Ridicule, and the Cultural Construction of Religious Rivalry. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. 10(1). 1–1. 10 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2005). Online U-Topia: Cyberspace and the Mythology of Placelessness. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44(3). 257–263. 22 indexed citations
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Dawson, Lorne L. & Douglas E. Cowan. (2004). Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 220 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2004). Cyberhenge. 42 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2003). Bearing False Witness?. Praeger eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2003). Confronting the Failed Failure: Y2K and Evangelical Eschatology in Light of the Passed Millennium. Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 7(2). 71–85. 4 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E.. (2002). Exits and Migrations: Foregrounding the Christian Counter-Cult. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 17(3). 339–354. 4 indexed citations
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Clark, Lynn Schofield, Jeffrey K. Hadden, & Douglas E. Cowan. (2002). Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. Sociology of Religion. 63(4). 540–540. 126 indexed citations
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Cowan, Douglas E. & John A. Saliba. (2001). Christian Responses to the New Age Movement: A Critical Assessment. Sociology of Religion. 62(1). 142–142. 9 indexed citations
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Bokesch, Paula M., et al.. (1996). Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 82(4). 724–727. 43 indexed citations

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