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Top Religious studies Research Institutions

Jakarta Theological Seminary ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 70 ranked institutions.

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: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia · Jakarta 100.0 23.7% 743 478#4
2 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 83.7 26.5% 653 494#2
3 University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria 74.1 34.2% 237 310#3
4Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya?? · Palangkaraya 67.4 39.3% 70 310—
5 North-West UniversitySouth Africa · Potchefstroom 62.1 41.1% 138 217#5
6 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 57.8 18.9% 612 325#9
7 Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia · Sleman 54.2 25.1% 177 134#22
8 University of PretoriaSouth Africa · Pretoria 51.1 21.5% 191 205#1
9 Universitas Kristen IndonesiaIndonesia · Jakarta 48.3 26.0% 154 141#11
10 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland · Lublin 45.8 14.4% 320 145#13
11 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia · Makassar 43.6 31.9% 143 149#27
12 University of the Free StateSouth Africa · Bloemfontein 41.5 25.4% 158 137#10
13 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa · Stellenbosch 39.6 23.1% 123 93#6
14 Universitas Advent IndonesiaIndonesia · Bandung 37.9 36.3% 67 97—
15 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 36.3 9.9% 163 84#8
16 Universitas Widya Gama MalangIndonesia · Malang 34.7 27.7% 132 102#70
17 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 33.3 14.3% 134 81#7
18 Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland · Krakow 32.0 13.1% 191 52#24
19 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland · Warsaw 30.7 9.1% 230 87#42
20 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 29.5 18.7% 62 68#19
21 Pelita Harapan UniversityIndonesia · Tangerang 28.3 20.5% 81 54#30
22 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 27.2 15.1% 87 47#21
23 Institut Agama Islam Negeri ManadoIndonesia · Manado 26.2 19.2% 68 48#81
24 Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 25.2 12.6% 83 50#60
25 Sanata Dharma UniversityIndonesia · Yogyakarta 24.2 18.8% 113 49#82
26 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 23.3 17.3% 99 57#88
27 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 22.4 13.2% 95 32#59
28 Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia BandungIndonesia · Bandung 21.6 17.9% 73 42—
29 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 20.7 15.7% 81 35#63
30 Duta Wacana Christian UniversityIndonesia · Yogyakarta 19.9 19.9% 75 43#44
31 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye · Ankara 19.2 8.6% 150 58—
32 Universitas Muhammadiyah PontianakIndonesia · Pontianak 18.4 23.6% 61 34—
33 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye · Ankara 17.7 9.5% 122 64—
34 Muhammadiyah University PurwokertoIndonesia · Purwokerto 17.0 23.8% 68 40—
35 Satya Wacana Christian UniversityIndonesia · Salatiga 16.3 22.5% 74 54#68
36 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 15.7 21.9% 66 14#20
37 Marmara UniversityTürkiye · Istanbul 15.0 10.3% 100 50—
38 Baylor UniversityUnited States · Waco 14.4 10.9% 78 57#54
39 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 13.8 10.8% 94 23—
40 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 13.2 14.3% 66 28#47
41 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 12.6 15.3% 78 21#85
42 University of SzczecinPoland · Szczecin 12.0 18.8% 61 25—
43 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 11.5 18.9% 62 31—
44 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 10.9 14.2% 71 32—
45 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 10.4 9.8% 104 25#90
46 Mardin Artuklu UniversityTürkiye · Mardin 9.9 8.7% 64 19—
47 Andrews UniversityUnited States · Berrien Springs 9.4 15.0% 66 5#50
48 Fuller Theological SeminaryUnited States · Pasadena 8.9 9.9% 80 22#34
49 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye · Adapazarı 8.4 8.0% 68 37—
50 Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 7.9 8.6% 68 25—
51 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 7.5 10.7% 82 18#78
52 Directorate of Religious AffairsTürkiye · Ankara 7.0 5.2% 119 39—
53 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 6.5 8.4% 80 28#18
54 Boston CollegeUnited States · Boston 6.1 6.3% 71 23#49
55 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 5.7 9.7% 65 26#75
56 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye · Sivas 5.3 11.2% 67 36—
57 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 4.8 4.6% 68 29#29
58 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 4.4 7.2% 91 21#12
59 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye · Konya 4.0 9.3% 73 40—
60 Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 3.6 9.7% 78 47—
61 Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye · Konya 3.2 8.7% 70 33—
62 Ankara UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 2.9 9.5% 73 32—
63 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye · Erzurum 2.5 8.6% 66 25—
64 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 2.1 6.4% 74 10—
65 Biblical Theological SeminaryUnited States · Hatfield 1.7 10.3% 62 10#39
66 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye · Istanbul 138.5 7.3% 70 34—
67 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye · Samsun 103.1 6.5% 68 33—
68 University of BonnGermany · Bonn 68.2 6.4% 68 12—
69 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael · Ramat Gan 33.9 6.2% 62 13#46
70 Clinica Universidad de NavarraSpain · Pamplona 0.0 5.3% 62 8—

institutions ranked worldwide in Religious studies (70). 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.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia 743 works
  2. 2 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 653 works
  3. 3 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 612 works
  4. 4 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 320 works
  5. 5 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 237 works
  6. 6 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 230 works
  7. 7 Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland 191 works
  8. 8 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 191 works
  9. 9 Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia 177 works
  10. 10 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 163 works
  11. 11 University of the Free StateSouth Africa 159 works
  12. 12 Universitas Kristen IndonesiaIndonesia 154 works
  13. 13 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 151 works
  14. 14 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 143 works
  15. 15 North-West UniversitySouth Africa 139 works

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