top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Religions & Theology

2025 single-year list · 254 listed authors · Philosophy & Theology

254 researchers whose main subfield is Religions & Theology, part of Philosophy & Theology, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 11,748 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 18 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
254
2.16% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
11,748
Median citations
3
top 1% from 90 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#4,267
Pihkala, Panu

Top countries

  1. United States10642%
  2. United Kingdom4719%
  3. Canada146%
  4. Australia114%
  5. Netherlands104%
  6. Israel94%
  7. Germany83%
  8. Switzerland62%
  9. South Africa62%
  10. Norway52%

Top institutions

  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem52%
  2. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen52%
  3. Deakin University42%
  4. Boston University42%
  5. University of Leeds42%
  6. Yale University42%
  7. The University of Texas at San Antonio31%
  8. Princeton University31%
  9. Duke University31%
  10. University of Birmingham31%

254 listed scientists in Religions & Theology

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