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Elmer L. Towns

Elmer L. Towns publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Religious studies and Education, on topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Christian Theology and Mission and Religion, Society, and Development.

World rank
#1,203,993
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#296,384
of 358,040
Works
75
Citations
6
Citations per work
0.1

What does Elmer L. Towns research?

Sociology and Political Science: 21.9%Religious studies: 21.9%Education: 7.8%Cultural Studies: 4.7%other fields: 43.7%22%top field
Sociology and Political Science21.9%Religious studies21.9%Education7.8%Cultural Studies4.7%other fields43.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  2. 2Religious studies22% of their works
  3. 3Education8% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies5% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics3% of their works
  6. 6Demography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elmer L. Towns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: African Christianity, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Faith-Based Organizations, Religious Identity and Social Services.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity82 topics
  2. Biblical Monotheism61 topic
  3. Jewish Society61 topic
  4. Global Christianity51 topic
  5. Short-Term Missions51 topic
  6. Faith-Based Organizations41 topic
  7. Religious Identity42 topics
  8. Social Services41 topic
  9. Biblical Interpretation31 topic
  10. Pentecostalism31 topic
  11. Archaeoastronomy21 topic
  12. Cultural Landscapes21 topic
  13. Homeschooling21 topic
  14. Mormonism21 topic
  15. Parental Involvement21 topic
  16. Pilgrimage21 topic
  17. Polygamy21 topic
  18. Religious Tourism21 topic

Where does Elmer L. Towns work?

Elmer L. Towns's main affiliation in the publication record is Liberty University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Elmer L. Towns have?

Science Explorer counts 75 works and 6 citations for Elmer L. Towns, ranking #1,203,993 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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