Michael Witzel

1.3k citations
50 papers · 360 indexed · h-index 11

Michael Witzel

38 papers receiving 310 citations

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Michael Witzel
Comparison fields: 5 of 88
  • Religious studies 47
  • Archeology 61
  • Anthropology 52
  • Archeology 5
  • Language and Linguistics 39
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20170
2 201612
3
Vedic Śākhās: past, present, future : proceedings of the Fifth International Vedic Workshop, Bucharest, 2011
20160
4 20167
5
A First Link between the Ṛgvedic Panjab and Mesopotamia: śimbala/śalmali, and GIŠgišimmar?
20140
6 201375
7
Gandhāra and the Formation of the Vedic and Zoroastrian Canons
20110
8
The Hindutva View of History: Rewriting Textbooks in India and the United States
200922
9 20094
10
Rai Mythology: Kiranti Oral Texts
20091
11 20099
12 200813
13 20084
14
Rig-Veda : das heilige Wissen
20073
15
Das alte Indien
20033
16
Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia
200314
17 19922
18 19915
19 19901
20 196323

About Michael Witzel

Michael Witzel is a scholar working on Religious studies, Archeology and Language and Linguistics, having authored 50 papers that have together received 360 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (13 papers), Ancient Near East History (11 papers), Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers), South Asian Studies and Conflicts (10 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (7 papers), Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (6 papers) and Linguistics and Cultural Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Religious studies (47 citations), Archeology (61 citations) and Anthropology (52 citations). Michael Witzel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include D. Babel, Otto Braun‐Falco, Richard Sproat, Erwan Pennarun, Jacques Chiaroni, Stéphane Mazières, Mait Metspalu, Ene Metspalu, Natalie M. Myres and Peter A. Underhill. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Journal of Biosciences, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Archives of Dermatological Research and Daedalus.

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