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Researcher · Southern Baptist Theological Seminary · ??

Gaines S. Dobbins

Gaines S. Dobbins publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Education and Religious studies, on topics such as Religion, Society, and Development, Religious Education and Schools and Christian Theology and Mission.

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World rank
#3,733,806
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in ??
#6,802
of 21,892
Works
901
Citations
79
Citations per work
0.1
h-index
4
i10-index 2Top 62% in Sociology and Political Science
Gaines S. Dobbins

What does Gaines S. Dobbins research?

Gaines S. Dobbins's work is mostly in Social Sciences (57%), Arts and Humanities (14%).

Social Sciences: 642 works · 71.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 516 works · 57.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 304 works · 33.7% of their workEducation: 141 works · 15.7% of their workHealth: 41 works · 4.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 works · 3.3% of their workArts and Humanities: 125 works · 13.9% of their workReligious studies: 100 works · 11.1% of their workPhilosophy: 25 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 259 works · 28.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGaines S. Dobbins901works
Social Sciences71%

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. Social Sciences51657.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities12513.9%
  2. Everything else25928.8%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science34% of their works
  2. 2Education16% of their works
  3. 3Religious studies11% of their works
  4. 4Health5% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations3% of their works
  6. 6Philosophy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gaines S. Dobbins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Secularism, African Christianity, Spirituality, Diversity and Religious Education.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion4263 topics
  2. Faith-Based Organizations2971 topic
  3. Social Services2971 topic
  4. Secularism1532 topics
  5. African Christianity1342 topics
  6. Spirituality1292 topics
  7. Diversity1031 topic
  8. Religious Education1031 topic
  9. Globalization1002 topics
  10. Global Christianity841 topic
  11. Short-Term Missions841 topic
  12. Coping791 topic
  13. Health791 topic
  14. Biblical Monotheism511 topic
  15. Jewish Society511 topic
  16. Atheism501 topic
  17. Biblical Interpretation501 topic
  18. Pentecostalism501 topic
  19. Public Sphere501 topic
  20. Critical Realism371 topic
  21. Social Structure371 topic

Where does Gaines S. Dobbins work?

Gaines S. Dobbins's main affiliation in the publication record is Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ??.

How many publications and citations does Gaines S. Dobbins have?

OpenAlex counts 901 works and 79 citations for Gaines S. Dobbins, an h-index of 4, ranking #3,733,806 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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