Mapping the scientific study of rituals: a bibliometric analysis of research published 2000–2020

This paper presents a bibliometric study and general overview of research on ritual. I searched the Web of Science Core Collection on Nov 22, 2020 for studies published between 2000 and 2020 with the term “ritual*” in the title, keywords or abstract. A data corpus of 16,600 English-language publicat...

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Published in:Religion, brain & behavior
Main Author: Fischer, Ronald (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 382-402
Further subjects:B Archaeology
B research analytics
B Bibliometrics
B Religion
B Ritual
B Evolution
B Network Analysis
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