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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

René Girard

René Girard publishes mostly in Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Museology, on topics such as Violence, Religion, and Philosophy, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and European Political History Analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#8,038
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,880
of 358,040
Works
69
Citations
296
Citations per work
4.3

What does René Girard research?

Philosophy: 27.4%Sociology and Political Science: 12.3%Museology: 8.2%Literature and Literary Theory: 6.8%other fields: 45.3%27%top field
Philosophy27.4%Sociology and Political Science12.3%Museology8.2%Literature and Literary Theory6.8%other fields45.3%

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

  1. 1Philosophy27% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  3. 3Museology8% of their works
  4. 4Literature and Literary Theory7% of their works
  5. 5History7% of their works
  6. 6History and Philosophy of Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe René Girard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Philosophy, Literature, Psychology, Mimetic Theory, Violence, Ethics, Scientific History and Technological Development.

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
  1. Philosophy163 topics
  2. Literature132 topics
  3. Psychology132 topics
  4. Mimetic Theory101 topic
  5. Violence101 topic
  6. Ethics62 topics
  7. Scientific History41 topic
  8. Technological Development41 topic
  9. Artistic Exchange31 topic
  10. Augustine31 topic
  11. Cultural Transfer31 topic
  12. Culture31 topic
  13. Family Dynamics31 topic
  14. French Revolution31 topic
  15. Napoleonic Wars31 topic
  16. Nietzsche31 topic
  17. Societal Change31 topic
  18. Theology31 topic
  19. Autorschaft21 topic
  20. Bildung21 topic

Where does René Girard work?

René Girard's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does René Girard have?

Science Explorer counts 69 works and 296 citations for René Girard, ranking #8,038 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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