Robert D. Woodberry

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Woodberry is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Woodberry has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Health and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Woodberry's work include Religion and Society Interactions (21 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (12 papers). Robert D. Woodberry is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (21 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (12 papers). Robert D. Woodberry collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Poland. Robert D. Woodberry's co-authors include Brian Steensland, Jerry Z. Park, Mark Regnerus, Lynn Robinson, W. Bradford Wilcox, Christian Smith, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Francisco Gallego, John C. Green and Corwin E. Smidt and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Scientific Reports and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Woodberry

25 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art

2000 1.0k citations Brian Steensland, Lynn Robinson et al. Social Forces profile →
The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art

2000 756 citations Brian Steensland, Jerry Z. Park et al. Social Forces profile →
The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy

2012 254 citations Robert D. Woodberry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert D. Woodberry United States	14	2.5k	1.3k	609	434	312	31	3.0k
Jerry Z. Park United States	18	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	403 0.7×	266 0.6×	344 1.1×	50	2.8k
Roger Finke United States	34	4.2k 1.7×	2.0k 1.5×	924 1.5×	541 1.2×	247 0.8×	77	4.7k
Brian Steensland United States	9	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	460 0.8×	152 0.4×	277 0.9×	16	2.2k
David Voas United Kingdom	25	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	275 0.5×	441 1.0×	170 0.5×	78	2.8k
Wade Clark Roof United States	28	3.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	626 1.0×	346 0.8×	350 1.1×	119	4.0k
W. Bradford Wilcox United States	22	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	385 0.6×	626 1.4×	681 2.2×	49	3.4k
Nancy T. Ammerman United States	26	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	445 0.7×	207 0.5×	193 0.6×	71	3.1k
Michael Welch United States	30	2.3k 0.9×	709 0.5×	529 0.9×	165 0.4×	296 0.9×	117	3.2k
Andrew L. Whitehead United States	32	2.1k 0.8×	836 0.6×	658 1.1×	100 0.2×	607 1.9×	68	2.7k
Ted G. Jelen United States	28	2.0k 0.8×	570 0.4×	1.3k 2.1×	129 0.3×	181 0.6×	154	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert D. Woodberry

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Woodberry, Robert D., et al.. (2025). Religious centrality across 22 countries. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 15081–15081.

Johnson, Kathryn A., Adam B. Cohen, R. Noah Padgett, et al.. (2025). God Loves Me, This I Know: Demographic Variation in Belief in Divine Love & Punishment Across 22 Countries.

Nakamura, Julia S., Dorota Węziak‐Białowolska, Robert D. Woodberry, et al.. (2025). Demographic variation in charitable giving and helping across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14802–14802.

Nakamura, Julia S., Cristina B. Gibson, Robert D. Woodberry, et al.. (2025). Understanding who volunteers globally through an examination of demographic variation in volunteering across 22 countries. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 25299–25299.

Woodberry, Robert D., et al.. (2017). The Contexts of Conversion among U.S. Latinos. Sociology of Religion. 78(2). 119–145. 8 indexed citations

Potter, Joseph E., et al.. (2016). The Growth of Protestantism in Brazil and its Impact on Income, 1970-2000. Anais. 1–29. 1 indexed citations

Shah, Timothy Samuel, Timothy Samuel Shah, Timothy Samuel Shah, et al.. (2016). Christianity and Freedom. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

Potter, Joseph E., et al.. (2014). The Growth of Protestantism in Brazil and Its Impact on Male Earnings, 1970-2000. Social Forces. 93(1). 125–153. 8 indexed citations

Woodberry, Robert D., Jerry Z. Park, Lyman A. Kellstedt, Mark Regnerus, & Brian Steensland. (2012). The Measure of American Religious Traditions: Theoretical and Measurement Considerations. Social Forces. 91(1). 65–73. 74 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (2010). Weber Through the Back Door: Protestant Competition, Elite Power Dispersion and the Global Spread of Democracy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (2010). World Religion Database: Impressive—But Improvable. International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 34(1). 21–22.

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (2006). The economic consequences of pentecostal belief. Society. 44(1). 29–35. 11 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (2006). RECLAIMING THE M-WORD: THE LEGACY OF MISSIONS IN NONWESTERN SOCIETIES. The Review of Faith & International Affairs. 4(1). 3–12. 6 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (2004). The shadow of empire : Christian missions, colonial policy, and democracy in postcolonial societies. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 51 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D. & Timothy Samuel Shah. (2004). Christianity and Democracy: The Pioneering Protestants. Journal of democracy. 15(2). 47–61. 71 indexed citations

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Steensland, Brian, Jerry Z. Park, Mark Regnerus, et al.. (2000). The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art. Social Forces. 79(1). 291–291. 756 indexed citations breakdown →

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Steensland, Brian, Lynn Robinson, W. Bradford Wilcox, et al.. (2000). The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art. Social Forces. 79(1). 291–318. 1028 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodberry, Robert D. & Howard E. Aldrich. (2000). Planning and Running Effective Classroom-Based Exercises. Teaching Sociology. 28(3). 241–241. 14 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D.. (1998). When Surveys Lie and People Tell the Truth: How Surveys Oversample Church Attenders. American Sociological Review. 63(1). 119–119. 53 indexed citations

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Woodberry, Robert D., et al.. (1997). The Right and the Righteous: The Christian Right Confronts the Republican Party. Review of Religious Research. 39(2). 191–191. 18 indexed citations

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