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Jan Assmann

Jan Assmann publishes mostly in Archeology, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, German Literature and Culture Studies and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

World rank
#37,735
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,813
of 86,443
Works
161
Citations
158
Citations per work
1.0

What does Jan Assmann research?

Archeology: 26.5%Literature and Literary Theory: 10.7%Sociology and Political Science: 8.7%Religious studies: 7.7%other fields: 46.4%26%top field
Archeology26.5%Literature and Literary Theory10.7%Sociology and Political Science8.7%Religious studies7.7%other fields46.4%

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

  1. 1Archeology26% of their works
  2. 2Literature and Literary Theory11% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Religious studies8% of their works
  5. 5Classics7% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Jan Assmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, Linguistics, Autorschaft, Bildung, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society and Ancient Magic.

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. Archaeology212 topics
  2. Ancient Egypt141 topic
  3. Linguistics141 topic
  4. Autorschaft131 topic
  5. Bildung131 topic
  6. Biblical Monotheism111 topic
  7. Jewish Society111 topic
  8. Ancient Magic101 topic
  9. Cultural History101 topic
  10. Gnosticism101 topic
  11. Medieval Literature101 topic
  12. Arabia91 topic
  13. Byzantine91 topic
  14. Mediterranean71 topic
  15. Pottery Production71 topic
  16. Literature61 topic
  17. Museum61 topic

Where does Jan Assmann work?

Jan Assmann's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Konstanz, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Jan Assmann have?

Science Explorer counts 161 works and 158 citations for Jan Assmann, ranking #37,735 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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