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Researcher · Yale University · United States

Brevard S. Childs

Brevard S. Childs publishes mostly in Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

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World rank
#74,099
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#28,617
of 1,627,098
Works
140
Citations
3.9k
Citations per work
27.8
h-index
24
i10-index 39Top 1.1% in Religious studies
Brevard S. Childs

What does Brevard S. Childs research?

Brevard S. Childs's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (60%), Social Sciences (21%).

Social Sciences: 114 works · 81.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 84 works · 60.2% of their workReligious studies: 60 works · 43.1% of their workArcheology: 16 works · 11.3% of their workHistory: 4 works · 2.9% of their workPhilosophy: 4 works · 2.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 30 works · 21.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 25 works · 17.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 18.6% of their workTHEIR WORKBrevard S. Childs140works
Social Sciences81%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities8460.2%
    2. Social Sciences3021.2%
  2. Everything else2618.6%
  1. 1Religious studies43% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science18% of their works
  3. 3Archeology11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  5. 5History3% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brevard S. Childs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Arabia, Byzantine, Christian-Muslim Relations, Gospel Translation, African Christianity and Global Christianity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Biblical Monotheism941 topic
  2. Jewish Society941 topic
  3. Arabia251 topic
  4. Byzantine251 topic
  5. Christian-Muslim Relations231 topic
  6. Gospel Translation231 topic
  7. African Christianity172 topics
  8. Global Christianity101 topic
  9. Short-Term Missions101 topic
  10. Faith-Based Organizations91 topic
  11. Social Services91 topic
  12. Biblical Interpretation71 topic
  13. Canon Law71 topic
  14. Pentecostalism71 topic
  15. Religious Policy71 topic
  16. Critical Realism41 topic
  17. Social Structure41 topic

Where does Brevard S. Childs work?

Brevard S. Childs's main affiliation in the publication record is Yale University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brevard S. Childs have?

OpenAlex counts 140 works and 3,888 citations for Brevard S. Childs, an h-index of 24, ranking #74,099 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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