Joseph O. Baker

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Joseph O. Baker is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph O. Baker has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 28 papers in Health and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Joseph O. Baker's work include Religion and Society Interactions (28 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (27 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (12 papers). Joseph O. Baker is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (28 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (27 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (12 papers). Joseph O. Baker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Joseph O. Baker's co-authors include Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, Buster G. Smith, Brian G. Smith, Christopher D. Bader, Samuel Stroope, Gerardo Martí, Scott Draper, Ruth Braunstein and Grace Yukich and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Joseph O. Baker

54 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and V... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election
    2018 223 citations Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry et al. Sociology of Religion profile →

Peers

Joseph O. Baker
Andrew L. Whitehead United States
Anson Shupe United States
Christian Michael Smith United States
Linda Woodhead United Kingdom
Paul Froese United States
Grace Davie United Kingdom
Penny Edgell United States
Nancy T. Ammerman United States
Susan Brownmiller United States
Michele Dillon United States
Andrew L. Whitehead United States
Joseph O. Baker
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph O. Baker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph O. Baker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph O. Baker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joseph O. Baker. Joseph O. Baker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clark, Tom, Joseph O. Baker, & Christopher D. Bader. (2025). Marginalized, Secularized, and Popularized? The Prevalence and Patterns of Paranormal Belief in the United Kingdom. Sociological Quarterly. 66(3). 612–635. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O. & Andrew L. Whitehead. (2024). Faith over fear? Christian nationalism and cultural fears in the United States. Nations and Nationalism. 4 indexed citations
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Perry, Samuel L., Joseph O. Baker, & Joshua B. Grubbs. (2021). Ignorance or culture war? Christian nationalism and scientific illiteracy. Public Understanding of Science. 30(8). 930–946. 21 indexed citations
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Stroope, Samuel, Rhiannon A. Kroeger, Courtney Williams, & Joseph O. Baker. (2021). Sociodemographic correlates of vaccine hesitancy in the United States and the mediating role of beliefs about governmental conspiracies. Social Science Quarterly. 102(6). 2472–2481. 16 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O., Samuel L. Perry, & Andrew L. Whitehead. (2020). Keep America Christian (and White): Christian Nationalism, Fear of Ethnoracial Outsiders, and Intention to Vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O., Samuel L. Perry, & Andrew L. Whitehead. (2020). Crusading for Moral Authority: Christian Nationalism and Opposition to Science. SocArXiv (OSF Preprints). 3 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O., Gerardo Martí, Ruth Braunstein, Andrew L. Whitehead, & Grace Yukich. (2020). Religion in the Age of Social Distancing: How COVID-19 Presents New Directions for Research. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O. & Buster G. Smith. (2020). American Secularism. New York University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O., Samuel Stroope, & Mark Walker. (2018). Secularity, religiosity, and health: Physical and mental health differences between atheists, agnostics, and nonaffiliated theists compared to religiously affiliated individuals. Social Science Research. 75. 44–57. 43 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O., et al.. (2018). Race, Xenophobia, and Punitiveness Among the American Public. Sociological Quarterly. 59(3). 363–383. 23 indexed citations
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Stroope, Samuel & Joseph O. Baker. (2014). Structural and cultural sources of community in American congregations. Social Science Research. 45. 1–17. 17 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O.. (2012). Perceptions of Science and American Secularism. Sociological Perspectives. 55(1). 167–188. 29 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O.. (2012). Public perceptions of incompatibility between “science and religion”. Public Understanding of Science. 21(3). 340–353. 62 indexed citations
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Draper, Scott & Joseph O. Baker. (2011). Angelic Belief as American Folk Religion1. Sociological Forum. 26(3). 623–643. 16 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O. & Scott Draper. (2010). Diverse Supernatural Portfolios: Certitude, Exclusivity, and the Curvilinear Relationship Between Religiosity and Paranormal Beliefs. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 49(3). 413–424. 29 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O.. (2009). THE VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES. Review of Religious Research. 51(1). 39–54. 14 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O. & Buster G. Smith. (2009). None Too Simple: Examining Issues of Religious Nonbelief and Nonbelonging in the United States. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 48(4). 719–733. 130 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O.. (2008). WHO BELIEVES IN RELIGIOUS EVIL? AN INVESTIGATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF BELIEF IN SATAN, HELL, AND DEMONS. Review of Religious Research. 50(2). 206–220. 26 indexed citations
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Baker, Joseph O.. (2008). An Investigation of the Sociological Patterns of Prayer Frequency and Content*. Sociology of Religion. 69(2). 169–185. 73 indexed citations
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Park, Jerry Z. & Joseph O. Baker. (2007). What Would Jesus Buy: American Consumption of Religious and Spiritual Material Goods. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 46(4). 501–517. 31 indexed citations

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