Robert A. Orsi

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 987 citations indexed

About

Robert A. Orsi is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Orsi has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 987 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in History and 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Orsi's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (10 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers). Robert A. Orsi is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (10 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (7 papers). Robert A. Orsi collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Australia. Robert A. Orsi's co-authors include Michael P. Carroll, Melvin D. Williams, James Hennesey, Joseph A. Varacalli, James S. Olson, John T. McGreevy, John W. Briggs, Leslie Woodcock Tentler, Richard N. Juliani and Ann Taves and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and International Migration Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Orsi

44 papers receiving 692 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950

1987 149 citations Robert A. Orsi et al. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Orsi Brazil	15	701	203	175	167	151	55	987
Tomoko Masuzawa United States	5	536 0.8×	181 0.9×	133 0.8×	51 0.3×	230 1.5×	17	760
Timothy Fitzgerald United Kingdom	10	723 1.0×	153 0.8×	107 0.6×	52 0.3×	357 2.4×	36	900
Ian Reader United Kingdom	14	589 0.8×	69 0.3×	90 0.5×	306 1.8×	150 1.0×	80	853
Diana L. Eck United States	9	274 0.4×	121 0.6×	129 0.7×	75 0.4×	85 0.6×	21	568
Irving Hexham Canada	12	456 0.7×	95 0.5×	142 0.8×	31 0.2×	54 0.4×	51	742
Susan Harding United States	10	352 0.5×	118 0.6×	158 0.9×	65 0.4×	58 0.4×	26	540
Lori G. Beaman Canada	14	555 0.8×	190 0.9×	40 0.2×	57 0.3×	51 0.3×	77	722
Karel Dobbelaere Belgium	15	937 1.3×	221 1.1×	28 0.2×	104 0.6×	116 0.8×	81	1.1k
P. Steven Sangren United States	16	505 0.7×	153 0.8×	248 1.4×	67 0.4×	50 0.3×	30	771
Harvey Cox United States	10	427 0.6×	73 0.4×	58 0.3×	57 0.3×	101 0.7×	44	651

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert A. Orsi

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Balmer, Randall, Robert A. Orsi, Jerry Z. Park, et al.. (2017). Forum: Studying Religion in the Age of Trump. Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation. 27(1). 2–56. 8 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2016). History and Presence. Harvard University Press eBooks. 33 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2012). I'm Starting to Think This is Not About Catholics. 44(2). 80–83. 1 indexed citations

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Edgell, Penny, Robert A. Orsi, & Ann Taves. (2011). What are our academic assumptions about religion. 5–12. 2 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2011). Crossing the City Line. 49–57. 1 indexed citations

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Bushman, Richard L., et al.. (2011). Finding the Presence in Mormon History: An Interview with Susanna Morrill, Richard Lyman Bushman, and Robert Orsi. Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought. 44(3). 174–187. 1 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2011). Belief. Material Religion. 7(1). 10–16. 11 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2003). 'The Infant of Prague's Nightie': The Devotional Origins of Contemporary Catholic Memory. 21. 1–18. 3 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2003). Is the Study of Lived Religion Irrelevant to the World We Live in? Special Presidential Plenary Address, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, November 2, 2002. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 42(2). 169–174. 113 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (2002). A Crisis About the Theology of Children. 30(4). 2 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (1999). Gods of the city: religion and the American urban landscape. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 69 indexed citations

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Neitz, Mary Jo & Robert A. Orsi. (1998). Thank You, St. Jude: Women's Devotions to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes. Sociology of Religion. 59(1). 92–92.

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Hennesey, James & Robert A. Orsi. (1997). Thank You, St. Jude: Women's Devotion to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes.. The American Historical Review. 102(4). 1247–1247. 69 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A. & Alexander von Hoffman. (1995). Local Attachments: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920. History of Education Quarterly. 35(4). 471–471. 1 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (1994). 'Mildred, Is It Fun to Be A Cripple?' The Culture of Suffering in American Catholicism in the Middle Years of the 20th Century. South Atlantic Quarterly. 93. 547–590. 3 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (1989). What Did Women Think They Were Doing When They Prayed to Saint Jude. 8. 2 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A. & James S. Olson. (1988). Catholic Immigrants in America. The American Historical Review. 93(2). 487–487. 17 indexed citations

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Orsi, Robert A.. (1987). Emergency Exceptions from NEPA: Who Should Decide?. Boston College environmental affairs law review. 14(3). 481. 1 indexed citations

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Dolan, Jay P., et al.. (1987). The New Religious History. Reviews in American History. 15(3). 449–449. 1 indexed citations

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Juliani, Richard N. & Robert A. Orsi. (1987). The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880- 1950.. International Migration Review. 21(1). 177–177. 7 indexed citations

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