Journal of Religion in Africa

1.4k papers and 17.2k indexed citations i.

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The 1.4k papers published in Journal of Religion in Africa in the last decades have received a total of 17.2k indexed citations. Papers published in Journal of Religion in Africa usually cover Sociology and Political Science (680 papers), Anthropology (481 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (401 papers) specifically the topics of Religion, Society, and Development (351 papers), African history and culture analysis (324 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (212 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of Religion in Africa are Victor Turner, E. E. Evans‐Pritchard, John Mbiti, Birgit Meyer, Peter Geschiere, V. Y. Mudimbé, Andrew Apter, Paul Gifford, Todd Sanders and Adrian Hastings.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Journal of Religion in Africa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Journal of Religion in Africa. 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 Journal of Religion in Africa.

Countries where authors publish in Journal of Religion in Africa

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