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James C. VanderKam

James C. VanderKam publishes mostly in Religious studies, Archeology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

World rank
#30,606
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,274
of 358,040
Works
85
Citations
106
Citations per work
1.2

What does James C. VanderKam research?

Religious studies: 37.0%Archeology: 32.1%Sociology and Political Science: 11.1%Development: 3.7%other fields: 16.1%37%top field
Religious studies37.0%Archeology32.1%Sociology and Political Science11.1%Development3.7%other fields16.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Religious studies37% of their works
  2. 2Archeology32% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science11% of their works
  4. 4Development4% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory4% of their works
  6. 6Astronomy and Astrophysics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James C. VanderKam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Arabia, Byzantine, Cultural Transmission, Christian-Muslim Relations, Gospel Translation and Ancient Egypt.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Biblical Monotheism281 topic
  2. Jewish Society281 topic
  3. Arabia131 topic
  4. Byzantine131 topic
  5. Cultural Transmission112 topics
  6. Christian-Muslim Relations81 topic
  7. Gospel Translation81 topic
  8. Ancient Egypt61 topic
  9. Linguistics61 topic
  10. Ancient Magic31 topic
  11. Development31 topic
  12. Gnosticism31 topic
  13. Social Change31 topic
  14. Antikythera Mechanism21 topic
  15. Astronomical Calculator21 topic
  16. Babylonian21 topic
  17. Mesopotamia21 topic

Where does James C. VanderKam work?

James C. VanderKam's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Notre Dame, United States.

How many publications and citations does James C. VanderKam have?

Science Explorer counts 85 works and 106 citations for James C. VanderKam, ranking #30,606 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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