Rudolf Bultmann

152 total papers · 3.5k total citations
67 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rudolf Bultmann is a scholar working on Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rudolf Bultmann has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Religious studies, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Rudolf Bultmann's work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (22 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 papers) and Theology and Canon Law Studies (6 papers). Rudolf Bultmann is often cited by papers focused on Biblical Studies and Interpretation (22 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 papers) and Theology and Canon Law Studies (6 papers). Rudolf Bultmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and India. Rudolf Bultmann's co-authors include Frederick C. Grant, John Marsh, Van A. Harvey, Schubert M. Ogden, G. R. Beasley-Murray, John Riches, Alasdair MacIntyre, Karl Jaspers, John Macquarrie and John Reumann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Biblical Literature and The Journal of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Rudolf Bultmann

47 papers receiving 629 citations

Hit Papers

The History of the Synopt... 1954 2026 1978 2002 1964 1954 50 100 150 200
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. The History of the Synoptic Tradition
    1964 202 citations Frederick C. Grant, Rudolf Bultmann et al. Journal of Biblical Literature profile →
  2. Theologie des Neuen Testaments
    1954 101 citations Frederick C. Grant, Rudolf Bultmann Journal of Biblical Literature profile →

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rudolf Bultmann 754 459 241 215 71 67 1.1k
Robert Alter 499 0.7× 438 1.0× 185 0.8× 182 0.8× 83 1.2× 63 1.0k
Richard Bauckham 657 0.9× 514 1.1× 143 0.6× 229 1.1× 64 0.9× 138 920
Raymond E. Brown 695 0.9× 463 1.0× 92 0.4× 222 1.0× 81 1.1× 90 956
Brevard S. Childs 906 1.2× 498 1.1× 121 0.5× 323 1.5× 77 1.1× 79 1.1k
James D. G. Dunn 800 1.1× 487 1.1× 94 0.4× 279 1.3× 50 0.7× 100 961
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza 633 0.8× 607 1.3× 128 0.5× 94 0.4× 92 1.3× 75 1.0k
Wayne A. Meeks 856 1.1× 558 1.2× 116 0.5× 340 1.6× 83 1.2× 64 1.1k
Bruce J. Malina 1.0k 1.3× 625 1.4× 103 0.4× 314 1.5× 49 0.7× 65 1.2k
J. K. Elliott 719 1.0× 473 1.0× 64 0.3× 251 1.2× 58 0.8× 104 958
Walter Brueggemann 660 0.9× 507 1.1× 116 0.5× 128 0.6× 44 0.6× 168 997

Countries citing papers authored by Rudolf Bultmann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rudolf Bultmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rudolf Bultmann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rudolf Bultmann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rudolf Bultmann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rudolf Bultmann. Rudolf Bultmann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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