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Biblical Theological Seminary

In research, Biblical Theological Seminary stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,705 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#909 of 1,896 worldwide) and Religious studies (#52 of 74 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Arts and Humanities and Philosophy (Religious studies is 171.7× its share of world research).

biblical.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#13,156
of 22,385 · #9,354 all time
Rank in United States
#1,848
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Biblical Theological Seminary

What is Biblical Theological Seminary known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,705 of 9,585 7.9%217 #2594
Arts and HumanitiesField #909 of 1,896 7.8%118 #817
Religious studiesSubfield #52 of 74 6.6%62 #53
Social SciencesField #4,271 of 5,988 7.6%91 #4579

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biblical Theological Seminary sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,594 #3,705
  2. Arts and Humanities#817 #909
  3. Religious studies#53 #52
  4. Social Sciences#4,579 #4,271
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Biblical Theological Seminary work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Biblical Theological Seminary is in Social Sciences, 2% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (51%), Social Sciences (40%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 279 fractional works · 95.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 149 fractional works · 50.6% of its workReligious studies: 84 fractional works · 28.7% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 117 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 55 fractional works · 18.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBiblicalTheological…294fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences95%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities14950.6%
    2. Social Sciences11739.7%
    3. Psychology103.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science31.0%
    2. Engineering20.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine30.9%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Biblical Theological Seminary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 171.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 84.3 works172×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 148.7 works18×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 20.1 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 17.52× its world share, 149 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 17.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities17.52×149 works
  2. Social Sciences3.13×116 works
  3. Psychology1.17×10 works
  4. Health Professions0.31×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  13. Medicine0.05×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  16. Engineering0.03×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Biblical Theological Seminary?

Ranked on the quality score, Tryggve N. D. Mettinger, Martti Nissinen and Outi Lehtipuu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biblical Theological Seminary.

  1. 1 Tryggve N. D. Mettinger United States · #799,130 worldwide 710 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Martti Nissinen United States · #1,013,954 worldwide 1.5k citations · 206 works
  3. 3 Outi Lehtipuu United States · #1,786,012 worldwide 238 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Renita J. Weems United States · #1,796,830 worldwide 327 citations · 13 works
  5. 5 Dele Alaba Ilesanmi United States · #2,069,138 worldwide 9 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Silvia Schroer United States · #2,175,236 worldwide 377 citations · 131 works
  7. 7 Samuel Byrskog United States · #2,277,394 worldwide 461 citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Charles Nathan Ridlehoover United States · #2,309,669 worldwide 94 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Tommy Wasserman United States · #2,376,141 worldwide 259 citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Blaženka Scheuer United States · #2,422,464 worldwide 54 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Biblical Theological Seminary

What are the most cited papers from Biblical Theological Seminary?

The most cited paper from Biblical Theological Seminary is "The old testament ‐a Hellenistic book?∗" (Niels Peter Lemche, 1993), with 81 citations. Next come "Hidden treasures and intercultural encounters : studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia" (76) and "A systems perspective on human flourishing: Exploring cross-country similarities and differences of a multisystemic flourishing network" (73).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The old testament ‐a Hellenistic book?∗ Niels Peter Lemche · Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 1993 81
2 Hidden treasures and intercultural encounters : studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia Dietmar W. Winkler, Li Tang 2009 76
3 A systems perspective on human flourishing: Exploring cross-country similarities and differences of a multisystemic flourishing network Jan Höltge, Richard Gregory Cowden, Matthew T. Lee et al. · The Journal of Positive Psychology Open access 7 Jul 2022 73
4 An Introduction to Biblical Law Benjamin J. Noonan · Bulletin for Biblical Research Sep 2018 57
5 Approaches to Paul: A Student's Guide to Recent Scholarship Magnus Zetterholm · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) May 2009 53
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Biblical Theological Seminary?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Religion, Social Justice, Globalization, African Christianity and Spirituality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Theology56▲ 209×4 topics
  2. Biblical Monotheism50▲ 666×1 topic
  3. Jewish Society50▲ 666×1 topic
  4. Religion43▲ 32×26 topics
  5. Globalization31▲ 5.4×14 topics
  6. Social Justice29▲ 16×13 topics
  7. African Christianity26▲ 376×2 topics
  8. Spirituality22▲ 77×7 topics
  9. Cultural Transmission21▲ 95×3 topics
  10. Ethics18▲ 12×16 topics
  11. Hermeneutics18▲ 75×2 topics
  12. Biblical Interpretation17▲ 187×2 topics
  13. Church History17▲ 134×3 topics
  14. Feminism17▲ 20×7 topics
  15. Gender17▲ 11×19 topics
  16. Christian-Muslim Relations17▲ 214×1 topic
  17. Gospel Translation17▲ 262×1 topic
  18. Pentecostalism17▲ 233×3 topics
  19. Development16▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Cultural Identity16▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Ecclesiology15▲ 595×1 topic
  22. Missionary Activities15▲ 595×1 topic
  23. Social Change15▲ 40×5 topics
  24. Identity14▲ 6.6×24 topics
  25. Philosophy14▲ 10×17 topics
  26. Race14▲ 39×8 topics
  27. Archaeological Evidence13▲ 97×2 topics
  28. Urban Development13▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Palestine12▲ 76×2 topics
  30. Semitic Languages12▲ 101×2 topics
  31. Literature11▲ 7.1×22 topics
  32. Intersectionality11▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Global Christianity11▲ 253×1 topic
  34. Short-Term Missions11▲ 253×1 topic
  35. Arabia11▲ 133×1 topic
  36. Byzantine11▲ 133×1 topic
  37. Black Liberation Theology11▲ 714×1 topic
  38. Oppression11▲ 714×1 topic
  39. Environmental Justice11▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Legal Theory10▲ 52×3 topics

Which research topics does Biblical Theological Seminary publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Historical and Linguistic Studies, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies and Christian Theology and Mission.

Biblical Studies and Int…50Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 50 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…17Historical and Linguistic Studies: 17 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…15Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 15 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 11 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 11 fractional worksTheological Perspectives…11Theological Perspectives and Practices: 11 fractional worksDevelopment, Ethics, and Society: 10 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 5 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 4 fractional worksReligion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity: 4 fractional works
Religious studiesSociology and Political ScienceArcheologyDevelopment2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 50 works
  2. 2 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  3. 3 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 15 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 11 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 11 works
  6. 6 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  7. 7 Development, Ethics, and Society Development 10 works
  8. 8 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Religious Education and Schools Education 4 works
  10. 10 Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity Political Science and International Relations 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Biblical Theological Seminary's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biblical Theological Seminary as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Biblical Theological Seminary0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biblical Theological Seminary over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Biblical Theological Seminary7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2021.

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