This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Theology. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Theology with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Theology more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Theology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Theology.
About Theology
The 1.4k papers published in Theology in the last decades have received a total of 2.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Theology usually cover Religious studies (391 papers), Philosophy (129 papers), History (92 papers), Sociology and Political Science (351 papers) and Classics (28 papers) specifically the topics of Biblical Studies and Interpretation (256 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (170 papers), Christian Theology and Mission (144 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (71 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (66 papers), Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (64 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (56 papers) and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (55 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Theology are Peter Hinchliff, G. B. Caird, F. Gerald Downing, Leslie J. Francis, John Macquarrie, Judith Lieu, Elizabeth Moore, William H. Telfer, James Woodward and Greg Smith.
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