OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
RACE AND THE POWER OF SERMONS ON AMERICAN POLITICS. By R.Khari Brown, Ronald E.Brown, and James S.Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021. xii + 167 pp. $70.00 hardcover, $54.95 ebo	25
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Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults	20
Individuals’ Use of Religion in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses	19
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation	18
Antiracism as Inclusivity: The Racial Justice Paradigm of White Progressive Churches	16
Introduction: W. E. B. Du Bois: Religion and Social Inequality	15
Racism in the Hands of an Angry God: How Image of God Impacts Cultural Racism in Relation to Police Treatment of African Americans	13
Race, Religion, and Death: How Racial Attitudes Contextualize the Relationship Between Religion and Support for Capital Punishment	12
Collaborative or Independent? Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Nonconflict Between Religion and Science	12
RELIGION, VIRTUES, AND HEALTH: NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT. By Neal M.Krause. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. 304 pages. ISBN: 9780197587652	12
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: Testing the Mediating Role of Mindfulness	11
Functions of the Black Church in a Global Society: A Du Boisian Approach	11
Expanded View of Ultimate Questions in Public Communication of Science: Qualitative Discourse Analysis of Genetics and Neuroscience	10
SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA: BEYOND DISENCHANTMENT. By RennyThomas. London: Routledge, 2022. 214pp. $160.00 cloth, $44.05 eBook.	10
Religion and Policy Preferences in Context: Born‐Again Christian Identity, Support for Inclusive COVID‐19 Aid, and the Broader Political Environment	10
Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals	9
The Association between Religious Discrimination and Health: Disaggregating by Types of Discrimination Experiences, Religious Tradition, and Forms of Health	9
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Identity, Incentives, and Religious Defense of Human Rights: Marshall Meyer and the DAIA in Argentina's Dirty War	8
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Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science	8
The Discursive and Practical Influence of Spirituality on Civic Engagement	8
The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion	8
Survey Zoroastrians: Online Religious Identification in the Islamic Republic of Iran	8

Will Americans Vote for an Atheist?	8
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“Too Much to Hope”: Analyzing Clergy Rhetoric on White Supremacy	7
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry	7
Ethnodoxy and Immigration Attitudes in the Middle East/North Africa	7
FAITH COMMUNITIES AND THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE: WHAT HAS WORKED, WHAT HASN'T, AND LESSONS WE CAN LEARN. By RobertWuthnow. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2023. 276 pp. $35.00	7
Conservative Protestantism, Sexual Insecurity, and Masculine Discrepancy Stress	7
Religious Correlates of Religious Victimization in Youth: Findings from Two Nationally Representative Surveys	7
Tattoo Artists as Religious Figures	6
Trust in God: The COVID‐19 Pandemic's Impact on Religiosity in China	6
How Christian Leaders Navigate Race After George Floyd's Murder: A Study of Unsettled Times	6
Making Space Behind the Veil: Black Agency within a Predominantly White Religion	6
Explaining the Relationship between Religiosity and Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Transcendent Accountability and Religiopolitical Awareness	6
Parental Sanctification, God Images, and Parental Happiness and Satisfaction in the United States	6
THE END OF EMPATHY: WHY WHITE PROTESTANTS STOPPED LOVING THEIR NEIGHBORS. By John W.Compton. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 399 pp. $34.95 hardcover.	6
HANDING DOWN THE FAITH: HOW PARENTS PASS THEIR RELIGION ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. By ChristianSmith and AmyAdamczyk. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. 264 pp. $29.95 hardcover.	5
Faith in Transition: The Complex Interplay of Parent and Peer Influences on Catholic Value Internalization Among College Students	5
Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain	5
Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness	5
The Impact of Ritual Participation on Perceived Moral Objectivity: A Longitudinal Investigation of the U.S. Adolescents	5
Introduction: Religion and Bodies Special Issue	5
IN THIS PLACE CALLED PRISON: WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF PUNISHMNET. By RachelEllis. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023. 270 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper.	5
On Weber, Pathogens, and Culture: A Global Empirical Analysis of Religion and Individualism	5
THE ORIGINS OF SECULAR INSTITUTIONS. IDEAS, TIMING, AND ORGANIZATION. By H.Zeynep Bulutgil. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022. 258pp. £64.00 Hardback, £19.99 Paperback.	5
Christian Nationalism and Violence Against Religious Minorities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis	5
Race, Religion, and Global Solidarities: W. E. B. Du Bois and “The Black Church” as a Contested Category	5
Flowing Across with Demonic Hate: Belief in Supernatural Evil and Support for Stricter Immigration Policy	4
ONE FAITH NO LONGER: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHRISTIANITY IN RED AND BLUE AMERICA. By GeorgeYancey and AshleeQuosigk. New York, NY: New York University Press. 2021. ix + 291pp. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 pape	4
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Religious Commitment and Body Appreciation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Positive Orientation and Gratitude in a Polish Sample	4
Do Religious Politicians Take Risks Differently? Evidence From Pakistan	4
Religion, Punitive Sentiment, and the Mediating Effect of Racial Resentment	4
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Race and Faith: The Role of Congregations in Racial Justice	4
The Others: Finding and Counting America's Invisible Churches	3
What Aspects of Religiosity are Associated with Values?	3
AGENTS OF GOD: BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORITY IN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. By Jeffrey Guhin. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021. vii + 296 pp. $74.00 hardcover.	3
Sexual Minorities, Religion, and Self‐Rated Health in the United States	3
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Religious Exit Costs	3
Examining Average Age at First Marriage within Orthodox Judaism: A Large Community‐Based Study	3
Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note	3
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Re‐Examining Collective Religious Violence at Rajneeshpuram: A Cultural Opposition Model Analysis	3
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What Makes Politicians “Religious”? How Identity Congruence Shapes Religious Evaluations	3
Religious Fundamentalism and Perception of Group Norms as Predictors of Radical Action Intention	3
Adolescents’ Change in Motivation as a Result of Buddhist Education: How Does It Make a Difference in Their Learning Outcomes?	3
Evangelical Civil War on the College Campus, White Evangelical Right Framing Resistance to Racial Justice in 2020s America	3
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REVIEWERS	3