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Concordia Seminary

In research, Concordia Seminary stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,083 of 14,833 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#3,269 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,178
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,959
of 7,310
Research works
342
▼ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
245
0.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.72×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Concordia Seminary

What is Concordia Seminary known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #13,083 of 14,833 4.2%320
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,269 of 3,511 4.4%207

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Concordia 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 fields of science does Concordia Seminary work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Concordia Seminary is in Social Sciences, 3% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (60%), Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (3%). It does 4.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 320 fractional works · 93.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 207 fractional works · 60.3% of its workReligious studies: 92 fractional works · 26.8% of its workHistory: 72 fractional works · 20.9% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClassics: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKConcordiaSeminary342fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences93%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities20760.3%
    2. Social Sciences10129.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.8%
    4. Psychology41.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    2. Environmental Science30.9%
    3. Computer Science20.5%
    4. Engineering20.5%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine92.5%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 18.95× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 18.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities18.95×8 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.18×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.14×4 works
  4. Psychology0.77×0 works
  5. Computer Science0.30×0 works
  6. Medicine0.28×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.27×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Concordia Seminary?

Ranked on the quality score, Morton Scott Enslin, Wi Jo Kang and James Marriott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Concordia Seminary.

  1. 1 Morton Scott Enslin United States · #391,392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Wi Jo Kang United States · #2,699,832 worldwide 167 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 James Marriott United States · #3,095,718 worldwide 168 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Edward H. Schroeder United States · #3,168,190 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Joel C. Elowsky United States · #3,202,953 worldwide 33 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 William Wrede United States · #3,262,648 worldwide 215 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Donna Church United States · #3,304,180 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Paul R. Raabe United States · #3,733,818 worldwide 240 citations · 303 works
  9. 9 John E. Groh United States · #3,834,750 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Bruce M. Hartung United States · #3,852,830 worldwide 270 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Concordia Seminary

What are the most cited papers from Concordia Seminary?

The most cited paper from Concordia Seminary is "Computable categoricity of trees of finite height" (Steffen Lempp, Charles F. D. McCoy, Russell Miller et al., 2005), with 46 citations. Next come "Pietism on the American Landscape" (41) and "The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1–9" (40).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Computable categoricity of trees of finite height Steffen Lempp, Charles F. D. McCoy, Russell Miller et al. · Journal of Symbolic Logic Mar 2005 46
2 Pietism on the American Landscape Martin E. CONKLING · Concordia journal 2015 41
3 The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1–9 Norman C. Habel · Interpretation A Journal of Bible and Theology Apr 1972 40
4 Old Readings in 1 Esdras: The List of Returnees From Babylon (Ezra 2 // Nehemiah 7) Ralph W. Klein · Harvard Theological Review 1969 37
5 God's Gift of Martyrdom: The Early Reformation Understanding of Dying for the Faith Robert W. Kolb · Church History Sep 1995 7
All 106 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Concordia Seminary?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Church History, Reformation, Cultural Identity, Social History and Calvinism.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Theology138▲ 346×4 topics
  2. Biblical Monotheism68▲ 483×1 topic
  3. Jewish Society68▲ 483×1 topic
  4. Church History67▲ 320×3 topics
  5. Reformation66▲ 427×2 topics
  6. Cultural Identity62▲ 42×11 topics
  7. Social History60▲ 168×3 topics
  8. Calvinism60▲ 448×1 topic
  9. Religious Controversy60▲ 448×1 topic
  10. Religion39▲ 20×22 topics
  11. Globalization26▲ 4.1×25 topics
  12. Social Justice20▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Education18▲ 4.1×15 topics
  14. Catholicism18▲ 124×3 topics
  15. Social Dynamics17▲ 76×3 topics
  16. Philosophy17▲ 11×12 topics
  17. Ethics16▲ 9.8×8 topics
  18. History15▲ 5.6×18 topics
  19. Human Rights14▲ 4.9×14 topics
  20. African Christianity14▲ 155×2 topics
  21. Nationalism14▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Identity12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  23. Gender12▲ 6.0×12 topics
  24. Sociology11▲ 25×5 topics
  25. European Union11▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Migration11▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Pentecostalism11▲ 129×2 topics
  28. Spirituality11▲ 38×6 topics
  29. Political Philosophy11▲ 30×3 topics
  30. Latin America10▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Cultural History10▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Culture10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  33. Liberation10▲ 156×1 topic
  34. Multiculturalism10▲ 18×5 topics
  35. Secularism9▲ 25×4 topics
  36. American founding9▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Constitutional government9▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Politics9▲ 9.6×6 topics
  39. Church-State Relations9▲ 121×2 topics
  40. Freedom of Religion9▲ 121×2 topics

Which research topics does Concordia Seminary publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Management, Economics, and Public Policy, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices.

Reformation and Early Mo…2Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksManagement, Economics, and Public Policy: 1 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksMedieval Philosophy and Theology: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…1Historical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Criticism: 0 fractional worksContemporary Literature and Criticism: 0 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 0 fractional works
HistoryMarketingReligious studiesPhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  2. 2 Management, Economics, and Public Policy Marketing 1 works
  3. 3 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 1 works
  4. 4 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  6. 6 Medieval Philosophy and Theology Philosophy 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 0 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 available8.6%not open91.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Concordia Seminary's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Concordia Seminary as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Concordia Seminary0.000085% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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