Ninian Smart
Ninian Smart publishes mostly in Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Religious studies, on topics such as Religion and Society Interactions, Study and Philosophy of Religion and Indian and Buddhist Studies.
- World rank
- #67,422 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #6,351 of 90,785
- Works
- 91
- Citations
- 118
- Citations per work
- 1.3
What does Ninian Smart research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Philosophy27% of their works
- 2Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
- 3Religious studies16% of their works
- 4Political Science and International Relations11% of their works
- 5Education5% of their works
- 6Anthropology2% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Ninian Smart's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Nationalism, Secularism, Philosophy, Globalization, Public Sphere, Comparative Method and Theory.
- Theodicy
- Problem of Evil
- Spiritualism
- Jewish Society
- South Asia
- Buddhism
- Theory
- Public Sphere
- Philosophy
- Nationalism
- Religion
- Secularism
- Globalization
- Comparative Method
- American founding
- Constitutional government
- Biblical Monotheism
- Occultism
- Diversity
- Religious Education
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 20 words, with their numbers
- Religion253 topics
- Nationalism182 topics
- Secularism152 topics
- Philosophy132 topics
- Globalization121 topic
- Public Sphere121 topic
- Comparative Method71 topic
- Theory71 topic
- American founding61 topic
- Buddhism61 topic
- Constitutional government61 topic
- South Asia61 topic
- Biblical Monotheism51 topic
- Jewish Society51 topic
- Occultism51 topic
- Spiritualism51 topic
- Diversity31 topic
- Problem of Evil31 topic
- Religious Education31 topic
- Theodicy31 topic
Where does Ninian Smart work?
Ninian Smart's main affiliation in the publication record is Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
How many publications and citations does Ninian Smart have?
Science Explorer counts 91 works and 118 citations for Ninian Smart, ranking #67,422 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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