Religion

9.0k citations
1.4k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Religion

1.1k papers receiving 7.0k citations

Peers

Religion
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
  • Religious studies 972
  • Philosophy 2.0k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 967
  • Health 1.4k
  • Anthropology 1.3k
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Countries where authors publish in Religion

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Religion. 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 papers published in Religion with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Religion more than expected).

Fields of papers published in Religion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Religion. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Religion.

About Religion

The 1.4k papers published in Religion in the last decades have received a total of 9.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Religion usually cover Religious studies (261 papers), Philosophy (471 papers), Anthropology (221 papers), Geography, Planning and Development (121 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (785 papers) specifically the topics of Religion and Society Interactions (436 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (188 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (171 papers), Study and Philosophy of Religion (161 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (147 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (134 papers), Religious Tourism and Spaces (107 papers) and Indian and Buddhist Studies (103 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Religion are Philip Goodchild, Joel Robbins, Leslie J. Francis, Michael Stausberg, Bron Taylor, Christian Karner, Ian Reader, Joseph Bulbulia, Richard Sosis and Timothy Fitzgerald.

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.

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