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John Mbiti

John Mbiti publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Education, on topics such as Religion, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission and African cultural and philosophical studies.

World rank
#98,536
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#2,331
of 19,404
Works
29
Citations
105
Citations per work
3.6

What does John Mbiti research?

Sociology and Political Science: 26.5%Religious studies: 14.7%Education: 11.8%Anthropology: 8.8%other fields: 38.2%26%top field
Sociology and Political Science26.5%Religious studies14.7%Education11.8%Anthropology8.8%other fields38.2%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science26% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies15% of their works
  3. 3Education12% of their works
  4. 4Anthropology9% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  6. 6Language and Linguistics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Mbiti's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, African Philosophy, Decolonization, Global Christianity, History and Short-Term Missions.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion102 topics
  2. Faith-Based Organizations71 topic
  3. Social Services71 topic
  4. African Philosophy41 topic
  5. Decolonization41 topic
  6. Global Christianity41 topic
  7. History42 topics
  8. Short-Term Missions41 topic
  9. Eritrea31 topic
  10. Ethiopia31 topic
  11. Agroforestry11 topic
  12. Autorschaft11 topic
  13. Bildung11 topic
  14. Dictionaries11 topic
  15. Language Teaching11 topic
  16. Lexicography11 topic
  17. Linguistic Historiography11 topic
  18. Tree Domestication11 topic

Where does John Mbiti work?

John Mbiti's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Geneva, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does John Mbiti have?

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 105 citations for John Mbiti, ranking #98,536 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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