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Mythology

Mythology is a body of traditional narratives that explains a culture's cosmological foundations, religious beliefs, and social order through accounts of gods and supernatural beings.

7.4K

Publications

328.7K

Citations

7.9K

Authors

1.5K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

439

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Mythological StudiesMythology Studies

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Publications

7.4K

Theory of the Firm

Elmo L. Jackson, Kalman J. Cohen, Richard M. Cyert · Southern Economic Journal · 1966 · 2.3K citations

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The Myth of Asia's Miracle

Paúl Krugman · Foreign Affairs · 1994 · 2.3K citations

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White Mythologies: Writing History and the West

David William Foster, Robert Young · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1991 · 1.7K citations

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The Structural Study of Myth

Claude Lévi‐Strauss · Journal of American Folklore · 1955 · 1.2K citations

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Rape Myth Acceptance: Exploration of Its Structure and Its Measurement Using theIllinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale

Diana L. Payne, Kimberly A. Lonsway, Louise F. Fitzgerald · Journal of Research in Personality · 1999 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

7.9K

  1. BL
    Bruce Lincoln

    University of Chicago, United States

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  2. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    12 publications · 691 citations

    12

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  3. JC
    Joseph Campbell

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    11 publications · 774 citations

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  4. CS
    Charles Segal

    John Brown University, United States

    11 publications · 741 citations

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  5. JF
    Joseph Fontenrose

    10 publications · 612 citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    19 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    17 h-index

    24 publications

    807 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    23 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    931 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    15 h-index

    23 publications

    807 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    15 h-index

    17 publications

    531 citations

  8. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    18 publications

    919 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 805 publications · 52.1K citations

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  2. The Classical World

    129 publications · 9.5K citations

    56

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 94 publications · 6.3K citations

    43

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  4. Phoenix

    95 publications · 4.6K citations

    40

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  5. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 155 publications · 7.8K citations

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See also

Mythology

Deities

Hero Tales

Symbolism

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