Frits Staal
Impact in
- Theoretical Computer Science top 5%
- Religious studies top 1%
- Indian and Buddhist Studies
Papers in
- Philosophy 12
- Indian History and Philosophy 6
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices 5
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication 2
-
- Indian and Buddhist Studies 9
Frits Staal
38 papers receiving 378 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 82
- Theoretical Computer Science 27
- Religious studies 103
- Philosophy 142
- Anthropology 87
- Language and Linguistics 82
Countries citing papers authored by Frits Staal
This map shows the geographic impact of Frits Staal's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Frits Staal with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Frits Staal more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Frits Staal
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frits Staal. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Frits Staal. The network helps show where Frits Staal may publish in the future.
Co-authors
The 2 scholars most cited alongside Frits Staal, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 44 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | 106 | |
| 2 | Rules Without Meaning: Ritual, Mantras and the Human Sciences | 1989 | 89 |
| 3 | Agni, the Vedic ritual of the fire altar | 1983 | 45 |
| 4 | 1979 | 26 | |
| 5 | 1989 | 24 | |
| 6 | Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights | 2008 | 21 |
| 7 | Ritual and Mantras: Rules without Meaning | 1996 | 19 |
| 8 | Word Order in Sanskrit and Universal Grammar | 1967 | 19 |
| 9 | Exploring Mysticism: A Methodological Essay | 1975 | 16 |
| 10 | 1993 | 14 | |
| 11 | Nambudiri, Veda recitation | 1961 | 14 |
| 12 | 2006 | 13 | |
| 13 | 1975 | 13 | |
| 14 | 1974 | 11 | |
| 15 | The fidelity of oral tradition and the origins of science | 1986 | 11 |
| 16 | 1995 | 10 | |
| 17 | 1999 | 10 | |
| 18 | The science of ritual | 1982 | 8 |
| 19 | 1979 | 8 | |
| 20 | 1989 | 8 |
About Frits Staal
Frits Staal is a scholar working on Philosophy, Religious studies, Language and Linguistics, Anthropology and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 44 papers that have together received 545 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (9 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (6 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (5 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 papers), Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers), History and Theory of Mathematics (2 papers) and Media, Religion, Digital Communication (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Theoretical Computer Science (27 citations), Religious studies (103 citations), Philosophy (142 citations), Anthropology (87 citations) and Language and Linguistics (82 citations). Frits Staal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Karl H. Potter and Wayne H. Howard. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Indian Philosophy, Numen, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, The Journal of Philosophy and The Journal of Asian Studies.
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.