Subfield · Religious studies
Top Countries in Religious studies Research
Indonesia ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 23 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 100.0 | 17.2% | 7.6k | 4.4k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 77.9 | 10.6% | 5.4k | 2.1k | #1 |
| 3 | South Africa | 65.0 | 28.0% | 1k | 1.2k | #4 |
| 4 | Türkiye | 55.8 | 9.1% | 4k | 1.9k | #8 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 48.7 | 12.4% | 1.6k | 854 | #2 |
| 6 | Germany | 42.9 | 9.7% | 1.9k | 604 | #5 |
| 7 | India | 37.9 | 11.5% | 1.4k | 258 | #9 |
| 8 | ?? | 33.7 | 16.5% | 496 | 554 | #13 |
| 9 | Poland | 29.9 | 11.4% | 2k | 685 | #10 |
| 10 | Australia | 26.6 | 15.3% | 438 | 287 | #7 |
| 11 | Spain | 23.5 | 12.6% | 923 | 264 | #15 |
| 12 | France | 20.7 | 8.0% | 1.1k | 142 | #14 |
| 13 | Italy | 18.2 | 10.7% | 537 | 157 | #20 |
| 14 | Israel | 15.8 | 13.0% | 293 | 165 | #11 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 13.6 | 13.8% | 277 | 160 | #12 |
| 16 | Canada | 11.6 | 10.1% | 582 | 197 | #6 |
| 17 | Nigeria | 9.6 | 15.3% | 331 | 150 | #24 |
| 18 | China | 7.8 | 12.8% | 274 | 154 | #26 |
| 19 | Brazil | 6.1 | 5.6% | 590 | 100 | #16 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 4.5 | 11.8% | 306 | 111 | #17 |
| 21 | Russia | 2.9 | 12.2% | 308 | 85 | #23 |
| 22 | Japan | 141.8 | 13.9% | 201 | 46 | #18 |
| 23 | Austria | 0.0 | 10.2% | 264 | 72 | #21 |
countries ranked worldwide in Religious studies (23). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 7.6k works
- 2 United States 5.4k works
- 3 Türkiye 4k works
- 4 Poland 2k works
- 5 Germany 1.9k works
- 6 United Kingdom 1.6k works
- 7 India 1.4k works
- 8 France 1.1k works
- 9 South Africa 1k works
- 10 Spain 923 works
- 11 Brazil 590 works
- 12 Canada 582 works