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Top institutions in the United States for Religions & Theology

8 institutions · Religions & Theology · United States

Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Religions & Theology?

106 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Religions & Theology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.1% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 27 countries in the subfield. 11 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Boston University has the most (4), followed by Yale University (4) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (3). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
106
0.1% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
11
10.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 27 countries in Religions & Theology
Highest-ranked
#19,510
Campbell, Heidi A.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Boston University41#4Ammerman, Nancy Tatom #78,601
2Yale University40#6Zahn, Molly M. #371,521
3The University of Texas at San Antonio31#7Ellison, Christopher G. #23,299
4Princeton University32#8Wuthnow, Robert J. #59,574
5Duke University31#9Chaves, Mark A. #61,338
6University of Notre Dame31#11Smith, Christian S. #91,935
7University of California, Santa Barbara30#12Taves, Ann #110,765
8University of Michigan, Ann Arbor30#18Zubrzycki, Geneviève #375,939

The top 100 in Religions & Theology in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Campbell, Heidi A.
    Texas A&M University
  2. 2
    Ellison, Christopher G.
    The University of Texas at San Antonio
  3. 3
    Whitehead, Andrew L.
    Indiana University Indianapolis
  4. 4
    Wuthnow, Robert J.
    Princeton University
  5. 5
    Chaves, Mark A.
    Duke University
  6. 6
    Taylor, Bron R.
    University of Florida
  7. 7
    Brown, Peter R.L.
    Princeton University
  8. 8
    Ammerman, Nancy Tatom
    Boston University
  9. 9
    Stark, Rodney
    University of Washington
  10. 10
    Smith, Christian S.
    University of Notre Dame
  11. 11
    Ecklund, Elaine Howard
    Rice University
  12. 12
    Casanova, José
    Georgetown University
  13. 13
    Taves, Ann
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  14. 14
    Juergensmeyer, Mark
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  15. 15
    Scheitle, Christopher P.
    West Virginia University
  16. 16
    Schwadel, Philip
    University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  17. 17
    Morgan, David T.
    Duke University
  18. 18
    Baker, Joseph O.
    East Tennessee State University
  19. 19
    Wall, John
    Rutgers University–Camden
  20. 20
    Carr, David M.
    Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
  21. 21
    Jenkins, Willis
    University of Virginia
  22. 22
    Berger, Peter L.
    Boston University
  23. 23
    DeAngelis, Reed T.
    Carolina Population Center
  24. 24
    Yang, Fenggang
    Purdue University
  25. 25
    McGuire, Meredith B.
    Montclair State University
  26. 26
    Collins, John J.
    Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago
  27. 27
    Finke, Roger
    Pennsylvania State University
  28. 28
    Urban, Hugh B.
    The Ohio State University
  29. 29
    Reed, Annette Yoshiko
    Harvard University
  30. 30
    McKaughan, Daniel J.
    Boston College
  31. 31
    Braunstein, Ruth
    Johns Hopkins University
  32. 32
    Cadge, Wendy
    Bryn Mawr College
  33. 33
    Frankfurter, David T.M.
    Boston University
  34. 34
    McClure, Paul K.
    University of Lynchburg
  35. 35
    Bartkowski, John P.
    The University of Texas at San Antonio
  36. 36
    Shoemaker, Stephen J.
    University of Oregon
  37. 37
    Schilbrack, Kevin
    Appalachian State University
  38. 38
    Dabashi, Hamid
    Columbia University
  39. 39
    Woodberry, Robert D.
    Calvin University
  40. 40
    Olupọna, Jacob Kehinde
    Harvard Divinity School
  41. 41
    Froese, Paul S.
    Baylor University
  42. 42
    Bainbridge, William Sims
    National Science Foundation
  43. 43
    Olyan, Saul M.
    Brown University
  44. 44
    Yamane, David
    Wake Forest University
  45. 45
    Davis, Joshua T.
    University System of New Hampshire
  46. 46
    Zahn, Molly M.
    Yale University
  47. 47
    Zubrzycki, Geneviève
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  48. 48
    Allison, Elizabeth A.
    California Institute of Integral Studies
  49. 49
    Keller, Catherine
    Drew University
  50. 50
    Sharf, Robert H.
    University of California, Berkeley
  51. 51
    Ramelli, Ilaria L.E.
    Catholic University
  52. 52
    Corcoran, Katie E.
    West Virginia University
  53. 53
    Bielo, James S.
    Northwestern University
  54. 54
    van Dam, Raymond
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  55. 55
    Martí, Gerardo
    Davidson College
  56. 56
    Cragun, Ryan T.
    The University of Tampa
  57. 57
    Baden, Joel S.
    Yale University
  58. 58
    Gilman, Sander L.
    Emory University
  59. 59
    Cranney, Stephen
    The Catholic University of America
  60. 60
    Cavanaugh, William T.
    DePaul University
  61. 61
    Klawans, Jonathan
    Boston University
  62. 62
    Hart, David Bentley
    University of Notre Dame
  63. 63
    Hick, John H.
    Cornell University
  64. 64
    Bellah, Robert N.
    University of California, Berkeley
  65. 65
    Wolfson, Elliot R.
    University of California, Davis
  66. 66
    Edwards, Korie Little
    The Ohio State University
  67. 67
    Smith, Jesse M.
    Western Michigan University
  68. 68
    Adogame, Afe
    Princeton Theological Seminary
  69. 69
    Gavrilyuk, Paul L.
    University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
  70. 70
    Peters, Ted Frank
    The University of Chicago
  71. 71
    Johnson, James Turner
    Rutgers University
  72. 72
    Richardson, James T.
    University of Nevada, Reno
  73. 73
    Laycock, Joseph P.
    Texas State University
  74. 74
    Yong, Amos
    Fuller Seminary
  75. 75
    Lofton, Kathryn Emily
    Yale University
  76. 76
    Sommer, Benjamin D.
    The Jewish Theological Seminary
  77. 77
    Rebillard, Éric
    Cornell University
  78. 78
    Schäfer, Peter
    Princeton University
  79. 79
    Newsom, Carol A.
    Emory University
  80. 80
    Dillon, Michele
    University of New Hampshire Durham
  81. 81
    Park, Jerry Z.
    Baylor University
  82. 82
    Magness, Jodi
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  83. 83
    LeVasseur, Todd Jared
    College of Charleston
  84. 84
    Kent, Blake Victor
    Westmont College, Santa Barbara
  85. 85
    Wirzba, Norman
    Duke University
  86. 86
    Piela, Anna
    Northwestern University
  87. 87
    Olivelle, Patrick
    The University of Texas at Austin
  88. 88
    Lincoln, Bruce
    The University of Chicago
  89. 89
    Panchuk, Michelle Lynn
    Murray State University
  90. 90
    Graves, Mark
    AI & Faith
  91. 91
    Kynes, Will
    Samford University
  92. 92
    Lucia, Amanda J.
    Institute for the Study of Immigration and Religion
  93. 93
    Fleming, Daniel E.
    New York University
  94. 94
    Denton, Melinda Lundquist
    The University of Texas at San Antonio
  95. 95
    Bokenkamp, Stephen R.
    Indiana University
  96. 96
    Jennings, Willie James
    Yale University
  97. 97
    Lopez, Donald S.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  98. 98
    Jacobs, Janet Liebman
    University of Colorado Boulder
  99. 99
    Hunter, James Davison
    University of Virginia
  100. 100
    Albanese, Catherine L.
    University of California, Santa Barbara

106 listed scientists in Religions & Theology in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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