Stef Aupers

2.3k total citations
51 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stef Aupers is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stef Aupers has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Philosophy and 9 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Stef Aupers's work include Religion and Society Interactions (12 papers), Media, Religion, Digital Communication (10 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers). Stef Aupers is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (12 papers), Media, Religion, Digital Communication (10 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers). Stef Aupers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom. Stef Aupers's co-authors include Dick Houtman, Jaron Harambam, Lars De Wildt, Willem de Koster, Peter Achterberg, Jeroen van der Waal, Julian Schaap, Paul Heelas, Johan Heilbron and Peter Mascini and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, American Behavioral Scientist and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Stef Aupers

42 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stef Aupers Netherlands 16 853 293 210 187 114 51 1.1k
Thomas Wood United States 15 1.2k 1.4× 225 0.8× 55 0.3× 425 2.3× 257 2.3× 26 1.4k
Türkay Salim Nefes United Kingdom 9 911 1.1× 217 0.7× 38 0.2× 240 1.3× 158 1.4× 27 1.0k
Renita Coleman United States 19 553 0.6× 42 0.1× 99 0.5× 632 3.4× 98 0.9× 62 1.2k
Michelle I. Seelig United States 13 817 1.0× 197 0.7× 25 0.1× 321 1.7× 102 0.9× 40 987
John A. Banas United States 18 884 1.0× 154 0.5× 73 0.3× 328 1.8× 18 0.2× 40 1.5k
Sophia Moskalenko United States 14 1.6k 1.9× 143 0.5× 43 0.2× 118 0.6× 151 1.3× 42 1.8k
Matthew J. Lindberg United States 10 732 0.9× 84 0.3× 29 0.1× 254 1.4× 83 0.7× 14 1.3k
Bence Bagó France 15 664 0.8× 124 0.4× 37 0.2× 182 1.0× 28 0.2× 29 1.3k
Kurt Braddock United States 12 585 0.7× 57 0.2× 29 0.1× 185 1.0× 54 0.5× 22 935
Onurcan Yılmaz Türkiye 20 716 0.8× 272 0.9× 43 0.2× 59 0.3× 58 0.5× 61 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stef Aupers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stef Aupers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stef Aupers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stef Aupers 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 Stef Aupers. Stef Aupers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Aupers, Stef, Dick Houtman, & Galen Watts. (2025). New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
2.
Aupers, Stef, et al.. (2024). Conspiracy Theory Goes to Hollywood: An Audiovisual Analysis of the Documentary Film Plandemic. Journal of cinema and media studies. 64(1). 66–86.
3.
Harambam, Jaron, et al.. (2023). Debating (in) echo chambers: How culture shapes communication in conspiracy theory networks on YouTube. New Media & Society. 26(12). 7037–7057. 10 indexed citations
4.
Harambam, Jaron, et al.. (2022). Picturing Opaque Power: How Conspiracy Theorists Construct Oppositional Videos on YouTube. Social Media + Society. 8(2). 9 indexed citations
5.
Houtman, Dick, Stef Aupers, & Rudi Laermans. (2021). Science under Siege. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations
6.
Wildt, Lars De & Stef Aupers. (2019). Pop theology: forum discussions on religion in videogames. Information Communication & Society. 23(10). 1444–1462. 13 indexed citations
7.
Schaap, Julian & Stef Aupers. (2016). ‘Gods in World of Warcraft exist’: Religious reflexivity and the quest for meaning in online computer games. New Media & Society. 19(11). 1744–1760. 13 indexed citations
8.
Houtman, Dick, et al.. (2012). Fantasy, Conspiracy and the Legacy of the Counterculture: Max Weber and the Spirit of Contemporary Popular Culture. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 401–422. 2 indexed citations
9.
Aupers, Stef, Dick Houtman, Peter Achterberg, et al.. (2012). Beyond the domestication of nature? Restructuring the relationship between nature and technology in car commercials. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 15(1). 3–18. 3 indexed citations
10.
Achterberg, Peter, Johan Heilbron, Dick Houtman, & Stef Aupers. (2011). A Cultural Globalization of Popular Music? American, Dutch, French, and German Popular Music Charts (1965 to 2006). American Behavioral Scientist. 55(5). 589–608. 32 indexed citations
11.
Houtman, Dick & Stef Aupers. (2010). Chapter 18: New Age Ethics. 1 indexed citations
12.
Aupers, Stef, et al.. (2010). De culturele obsessie met echt en onecht. 1 indexed citations
13.
Aupers, Stef, Dick Houtman, & Peter Pels. (2008). Cybergnosis: Technology, Religion and the Secular. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations
14.
Houtman, Dick & Stef Aupers. (2007). The Spiritual Turn and the Decline of Tradition: The Spread of Post‐Christian Spirituality in 14 Western Countries, 1981–2000. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 46(3). 305–320. 210 indexed citations
15.
Aupers, Stef & Dick Houtman. (2006). The spiritual revolution and the New Age gender puzzle: the sacralisation of the self in Late Modernity (1980-2000). RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam). 9 indexed citations
16.
Aupers, Stef. (2005). We are all gods”: New Age in the Netherlands (1960-2000). Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 9 indexed citations
17.
Aupers, Stef & Dick Houtman. (2004). ‘Reality Sucks’: On Alienation and Cybergnosis. RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam). 6 indexed citations
18.
Aupers, Stef, et al.. (2003). ”Vroeger kon je lachen”: Een reactie op ‘geld en de rest’ van Henk de Vos’. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 50(3). 312–318. 1 indexed citations
19.
Houtman, Dick & Stef Aupers. (2003). `Oriental Religion in the Secular West: Globalization, New Age, and the Reenchantment of the World¿. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 16. 67–86. 4 indexed citations
20.
Aupers, Stef. (2001). De wraak van de machines: Over moderniteit, technologie en animisme. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 28(3). 292–320. 1 indexed citations

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