Western Folklore

16.0k citations

1.9k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

Music top 2%
- Music History and Culture
Literature and Literary Theory top 2%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Papers in

Literature and Literary Theory 525
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies 435
Music 129
- Music History and Culture 101
- Diverse Musicological Studies 52

Top scholars: Victor Turner Elliott Oring Malcolm Collier John Collier Alan Dundes Richard Bauman Jan Harold Brunvand Leonard Norman Primiano

In The Last Decade

Western Folklore

866 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers

Western Folklore

Comparison fields: 5 of 209

Music 1.2k Literature and Literary Theory 3.1k Anthropology 2.5k Archeology 208 Geography, Planning and Development 922 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 783 Cultural Studies 1.3k Philosophy 1.4k Sociology and Political Science 5.3k Gender Studies 1.1k History 1.1k Linguistics and Language 454 Museology 332 Communication 636 Religious studies 406 Language and Linguistics 837 Classics 284 Urban Studies 413 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 873 Social Psychology 1.3k Archeology 639 Paleontology 433 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 80 Conservation 137 Health 340 Political Science and International Relations 929 Food Science 689 Marketing 333 Demography 409 Space and Planetary Science 42 Education 903 History and Philosophy of Science 133 Clinical Psychology 621 Speech and Hearing 199 General Health Professions 710 Human-Computer Interaction 153 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 301 General Psychology 31 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 237 General Social Sciences 72 Developmental and Educational Psychology 257 Public Administration 67 Life-span and Life-course Studies 16 Safety Research 140 Human Factors and Ergonomics 39 General Arts and Humanities 18 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 117 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 21 Architecture 16 Cognitive Neuroscience 203 Law 101 Development 37 Economics and Econometrics 270 Library and Information Sciences 14 Pharmacy 45 Psychiatry and Mental health 132 Complementary and alternative medicine 68 Management of Technology and Innovation 55 Applied Psychology 40 Research and Theory 7 Computer Science Applications 38 Health Information Management 30 Developmental Biology 14 Plant Science 236 Ecology 162 Nature and Landscape Conservation 76 Information Systems and Management 41 Finance 59 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 164 Global and Planetary Change 116 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 23 Business and International Management 10 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 103 Transportation 33 Strategy and Management 71 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 64 Artificial Intelligence 148 Genetics 124 Reproductive Medicine 35 Information Systems 82 Building and Construction 49 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 68 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 64 Emergency Medical Services 23 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 4 Atmospheric Science 56 Occupational Therapy 13 Management Science and Operations Research 38 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 15 Ecological Modeling 12 General Decision Sciences 5 Astronomy and Astrophysics 43 Accounting 29 Management Information Systems 22 Rehabilitation 17 Signal Processing 26 Nutrition and Dietetics 37 Forestry 9 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 27 Pharmacology 19 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Family Practice 4 Epidemiology 62 Soil Science 17 Virology 8 Infectious Diseases 31 Sensory Systems 8 Geology 9 Media Technology 13 Earth-Surface Processes 10 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 5 Complementary and Manual Therapy 3 Emergency Medicine 12 Physiology 31 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 8 Aging 2 Geochemistry and Petrology 6 General Energy 1 Environmental Engineering 14 Water Science and Technology 13 Geophysics 12 Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 Pharmacology 15 Toxicology 3 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 Mechanical Engineering 29 Pollution 9 Endocrinology 4 Urology 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 Automotive Engineering 9 Oceanography 9 Transplantation 2 Environmental Chemistry 7 Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 Oncology 19 Aquatic Science 5 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11 Periodontics 3 Statistics and Probability 5 Agronomy and Crop Science 6 Insect Science 7 Behavioral Neuroscience 2 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 General Dentistry 1 Control and Systems Engineering 12 Analytical Chemistry 5 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 Organic Chemistry 14 Computer Networks and Communications 11 Molecular Biology 33 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 Radiation 4 Dermatology 4 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 4 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 Surgery 18 Neurology 6 Metals and Alloys 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 Biomedical Engineering 17 Neurology 3 Inorganic Chemistry 5 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 Ocean Engineering 5 Aerospace Engineering 8 General Materials Science 1 Microbiology 2 Parasitology 2 Hardware and Architecture 2 Mechanics of Materials 7 Small Animals 2 Hematology 3 Software 1 Hepatology 2 Cell Biology 4 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 Biotechnology 2 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Ophthalmology 2 Modeling and Simulation 1 Materials Chemistry 10 Animal Science and Zoology 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 Civil and Structural Engineering 4 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 Biophysics 1 Pharmaceutical Science 1 Biomaterials 2 Clinical Biochemistry 1 Catalysis 1 Polymers and Plastics 2 Immunology 3 Nephrology 1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 Biochemistry 1 Oral Surgery 1 Cancer Research 2 Rheumatology 2 Geometry and Topology 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 Computational Mechanics 2 Spectroscopy 1

Music 1.2k
Literature and Literary Theory 3.1k
Anthropology 2.5k
Archeology 208
Geography, Planning and Development 922

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×1.8 922/518

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About Western Folklore

The 1.9k papers published in Western Folklore in the last decades have received a total of 16.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Western Folklore usually cover Literature and Literary Theory (525 papers), Music (129 papers), Anthropology (227 papers), Cultural Studies (133 papers) and History (156 papers) specifically the topics of Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (435 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (113 papers), Music History and Culture (101 papers), Latin American and Latino Studies (65 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (57 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (54 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (52 papers) and Philippine History and Culture (49 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Western Folklore are Victor Turner, Elliott Oring, Malcolm Collier, John Collier, Alan Dundes, Richard Bauman, Jan Harold Brunvand, Leonard Norman Primiano, Simon J. Bronner and Regina Bendix.

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