Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

153.2k citations

4.0k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

Health top 0.2%
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Sociology and Political Science top 0.5%
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Religion, Society, and Development

Papers in

Health 1.3k
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology 1.3k
Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
- Religion and Society Interactions 1.8k
- Religion, Society, and Development 1.0k
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies 107

Top scholars: Clifford Geertz Richard K. Fenn Peter L. Berger Mary Douglas William McCormack Richard L. Gorsuch Kenneth I. Pargäment Ralph W. Hood

In The Last Decade

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

3.3k papers receiving 90.9k citations

Peers

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Comparison fields: 5 of 219

Health 55.7k Sociology and Political Science 90.0k Social Psychology 25.6k Religious studies 5.9k Clinical Psychology 19.4k Philosophy 10.6k Geography, Planning and Development 4.9k Demography 10.3k Anthropology 7.7k Political Science and International Relations 15.6k Applied Psychology 2.9k Gender Studies 5.6k General Psychology 643 History 4.7k Cultural Studies 3.6k Education 11.9k General Health Professions 8.7k Communication 2.7k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3.4k Music 959 Literature and Literary Theory 3.1k Public Administration 987 Archeology 299 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1.4k Safety Research 2.3k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.2k History and Philosophy of Science 1.1k Marketing 1.9k Urban Studies 1.1k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 263 Information Systems and Management 1.3k Accounting 2.1k General Social Sciences 599 Museology 635 Cognitive Neuroscience 3.2k Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.0k Archeology 1.6k Linguistics and Language 664 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.7k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 195 Language and Linguistics 1.3k Reproductive Medicine 943 Classics 430 Development 427 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.0k Law 1.1k Strategy and Management 1.4k Human Factors and Ergonomics 226 Economics and Econometrics 2.6k Pharmacology 1.4k Conservation 306 Management of Technology and Innovation 582 General Decision Sciences 148 Paleontology 552 Psychiatry and Mental health 998 Pharmacy 314 Business and International Management 144 Management Science and Operations Research 740 Human-Computer Interaction 311 Leadership and Management 66 Food Science 931 Space and Planetary Science 66 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 431 Speech and Hearing 292 Nature and Landscape Conservation 577 Research and Theory 37 Management Information Systems 414 Epidemiology 1.3k Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 199 Physiology 983 Finance 405 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 670 General Arts and Humanities 41 Complementary and alternative medicine 275 Information Systems 683 Global and Planetary Change 634 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 31 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 116 Computer Science Applications 141 Infectious Diseases 438 Occupational Therapy 88 Library and Information Sciences 34 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 275 Emergency Medical Services 124 Transportation 129 Genetics 510 Plant Science 707 Health Information Management 81 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 117 Nutrition and Dietetics 243 Statistics and Probability 131 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 131 Family Practice 25 Life-span and Life-course Studies 13 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 185 Theoretical Computer Science 16 Astronomy and Astrophysics 232 Building and Construction 184 Artificial Intelligence 433 Biological Psychiatry 27 Sensory Systems 52 Behavioral Neuroscience 36 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 188 Ecology 273 Architecture 16 Media Technology 87 General Energy 10 Soil Science 95 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 191 Medical Terminology 2 Modeling and Simulation 39 Health Informatics 11 Obstetrics and Gynecology 56 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 130 Organic Chemistry 232 Chemical Health and Safety 5 Toxicology 25 Forestry 24 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 49 Emergency Medicine 43 Geochemistry and Petrology 30 Developmental Biology 11 Medical Laboratory Technology 7 Oncology 125 Rehabilitation 28 Neurology 36 Pollution 54 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 95 Aging 8 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 69 Transplantation 10 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 19 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 36 Pharmacology 33 Ecological Modeling 17 Insect Science 47 Ocean Engineering 59 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 61 Small Animals 26 Industrial relations 2 Atmospheric Science 57 Agronomy and Crop Science 32 Surgery 121 Urology 17 Automotive Engineering 37 Complementary and Manual Therapy 6 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 5 Virology 12 Computational Theory and Mathematics 43 Computer Networks and Communications 62 Geology 15 Environmental Engineering 35 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 Mechanical Engineering 83 Anatomy 3 Molecular Biology 140 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 21 Water Science and Technology 28 Signal Processing 21 Geriatrics and Gerontology 6 Computational Mathematics 1 Genetics 16 Neurology 22 Earth-Surface Processes 11 Microbiology 9 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 5 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 26 Dermatology 10 Periodontics 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 Rheumatology 16 Animal Science and Zoology 12 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 7 Control and Systems Engineering 25 Horticulture 1 Biomedical Engineering 45 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 8 Hepatology 6 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26 Civil and Structural Engineering 18 Ophthalmology 6 Immunology and Allergy 4 Environmental Chemistry 7 Applied Mathematics 7 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2 Oceanography 7 Oral Surgery 3 Nephrology 3 Immunology 9 Mathematical Physics 4 Molecular Medicine 2 Gastroenterology 2 Endocrinology 2 Hematology 4 Pharmaceutical Science 2 Cell Biology 5 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 Geophysics 4 Polymers and Plastics 4 Aerospace Engineering 7 Aquatic Science 2 Developmental Neuroscience 1 Software 1 Computational Mechanics 5 Biotechnology 2 Geometry and Topology 2 Cancer Research 3 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 Analytical Chemistry 2 Biochemistry 1 Spectroscopy 2 Materials Chemistry 5 Biomaterials 1 Inorganic Chemistry 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 Mechanics of Materials 1

Health 55.7k
Sociology and Political Science 90.0k
Social Psychology 25.6k
Religious studies 5.9k
Clinical Psychology 19.4k

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About Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

The 4.0k papers published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion in the last decades have received a total of 153.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion usually cover Health (1.3k papers), Sociology and Political Science (2.5k papers), Religious studies (235 papers), Philosophy (389 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (650 papers) specifically the topics of Religion and Society Interactions (1.8k papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (1.3k papers), Religion, Society, and Development (1.0k papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (467 papers), Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (217 papers), Religious Tourism and Spaces (145 papers), Mormonism, Religion, and History (142 papers) and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (107 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion are Clifford Geertz, Richard K. Fenn, Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, William McCormack, Richard L. Gorsuch, Kenneth I. Pargäment, Ralph W. Hood, Rodney Stark and Christopher G. Ellison.

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