Wade Clark Roof

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Wade Clark Roof is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Wade Clark Roof has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Wade Clark Roof's work include Religion and Society Interactions (63 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (42 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (32 papers). Wade Clark Roof is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (63 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (42 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (32 papers). Wade Clark Roof collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Wade Clark Roof's co-authors include Robert Wuthnow, Rodger M. Payne, William T. McKinney, Roger Finke, Rodney Stark, Robin D. Perrin, C. Kirk Hadaway, George M. Marsden, Bryan Wilson and John Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Wade Clark Roof

106 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

American Mainline Religion: Its Changing Shape and Future 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1993 1989 100 200 300
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.

  1. American Mainline Religion: Its Changing Shape and Future
    1989 358 citations Wade Clark Roof et al. profile →
  2. The Churching of America 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy.
    1993 357 citations Wade Clark Roof et al. Social Forces profile →
  3. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II
    1989 343 citations Wade Clark Roof, Robert Wuthnow profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wade Clark Roof United States 28 3.3k 1.7k 626 378 350 119 4.0k
Nancy T. Ammerman United States 26 2.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 445 0.7× 285 0.8× 193 0.6× 71 3.1k
Roger Finke United States 34 4.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.2× 924 1.5× 220 0.6× 247 0.7× 77 4.7k
Charles Y. Glock United States 27 2.9k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 494 0.8× 242 0.6× 527 1.5× 93 4.0k
Christian Smith United States 38 4.3k 1.3× 2.6k 1.6× 751 1.2× 185 0.5× 519 1.5× 109 5.6k
Helen Rose Ebaugh United States 28 3.0k 0.9× 754 0.5× 454 0.7× 89 0.2× 146 0.4× 75 3.7k
Grace Davie United Kingdom 19 2.2k 0.7× 863 0.5× 380 0.6× 261 0.7× 137 0.4× 75 2.6k
Richard D. Knudten United States 8 1.5k 0.5× 593 0.4× 288 0.5× 260 0.7× 184 0.5× 22 2.1k
Jerry Z. Park United States 18 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 403 0.6× 79 0.2× 344 1.0× 50 2.8k
Elaine Howard Ecklund United States 30 2.0k 0.6× 966 0.6× 161 0.3× 156 0.4× 388 1.1× 122 2.8k
Sherene H. Razack Canada 21 1.9k 0.6× 382 0.2× 428 0.7× 86 0.2× 194 0.6× 46 2.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Juergensmeyer, Mark & Wade Clark Roof. (2012). Encyclopedia of global religion. Sage eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (2002). Religion as entertainment. P. Lang eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Payne, Rodger M. & Wade Clark Roof. (2002). Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 31(1). 43–43. 345 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (2000). Contemporary American Religion. DigitalCommons - Fairfield (Fairfield University). 15 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1999). Religious Studies and Sociology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 28(5). 522–522. 3 indexed citations
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Bibby, Reginald W., W. E. Hewitt, & Wade Clark Roof. (1998). Religion and Identity: The Canadian, American, and Brazilian Cases. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 39(2). 237–250. 1 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1996). God Is in the Details: Reflections on Religion's Public Presence in the United States in the Mid-1990s. Sociology of Religion. 57(2). 149–149. 13 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (1995). The transplanting of Seicho‐no‐ie from Japan to Brazil: Moving beyond the ethnic enclave. Journal of Contemporary Religion. 10(1). 41–54. 4 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (1992). "Desperately Seeking Sheila": Locating Religious Privatism in American Society. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 31(3). 346–346. 29 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1985). Religion in America today. Sage eBooks.
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Roof, Wade Clark & Barbara Hargrove. (1982). Religion for a Dislocated Generation. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 21(2). 178–178. 2 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1981). Unresolved Issues in the Study of Religion and the National Elite: Response to Greeley. Social Forces. 59(3). 831–836. 7 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (1979). The Religious Drop-Outs: Apostasy Among College Students.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(1). 133–133. 5 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (1978). Percent Black and Black-White Status Inequality: Southern versus Nonsouthern Patterns.. Social Science Quarterly. 59(3). 46 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1978). Alienation and apostasy. Society. 15(4). 41–45. 9 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark. (1978). ‘The negro as an immigrant group’ — A research note on Chicago's racial trends*. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1(4). 452–464. 1 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark & Robert Wuthnow. (1977). The Consciousness Reformation. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 16(3). 328–328. 2 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark & Daphne Spain. (1977). A Research Note on City-Suburban Socioeconomic Differences among American Blacks. Social Forces. 56(1). 15–15. 6 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark, et al.. (1975). On Conceptualizing Salience in Religious Commitment. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 14(2). 111–111. 53 indexed citations
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Roof, Wade Clark & Thomas L. Van Valey. (1972). Residential Segregation and Social Differentiation in American Urban Areas. Social Forces. 51(1). 87–87. 9 indexed citations

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