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Islamic Studies and Radicalism

Islamic Studies and Radicalism is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1961. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role and impact of religious moderation, radicalism, and Islamic education in Indonesia. It delves into topics such as tolerance, social tolerance, Islamic religiosity, STEM education, entrepreneurship training, and human rights. The papers discuss the challenges and strategies for promoting religious moderation in a multicultural society like Indonesia.

  • Religious Moderation
  • Radicalism
  • Islamic Education
  • Tolerance
  • Indonesia
  • Social Tolerance
  • Islamic Religiosity
  • STEM Education
  • Entrepreneurship Training
  • Human Rights
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+54%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
89% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Islamic Studies and Radicalism

Which countries lead Islamic Studies and Radicalism research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (14k and 825 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 14k works
  2. 2 ?? 825 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 369 works
  4. 4 United States 159 works
  5. 5 Pakistan 108 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 77 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 67 works
  8. 8 Iraq 60 works
  9. 9 Australia 55 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 52 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 88.7%??: 5.3%Malaysia: 2.3%United States: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.7%89%largest
Indonesia14k · 88.7%??825 · 5.3%Malaysia369 · 2.3%United States159 · 1.0%6 others listed418 · 2.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Islamic Studies and Radicalism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Islamic Studies and Radicalism research, followed by Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta and Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 1.3k works
  2. 2 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 671 works
  3. 3 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 604 works
  4. 4 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 421 works
  5. 5 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 377 works
  6. 6 Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia 319 works
  7. 7 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia 280 works
  8. 8 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 252 works
  9. 9 Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim RiauIndonesia 224 works
  10. 10 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 204 works

Who are the leading researchers in Islamic Studies and Radicalism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Islamic Studies and Radicalism include Clifford Geertz and Peter Ludwig Berger.

  1. 1 Clifford Geertz United States 72k citations
  2. 2 Peter Ludwig Berger Brazil 64k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Islamic Studies and Radicalism?

The most cited paper in Islamic Studies and Radicalism is "Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia." (Stewart Sutley, 2001), with 485 citations. Next come "The role of religious and cultural education as a resolution of radicalism conflict in Sibolga community" (444) and "PONDOK PESANTREN: Lembaga Pendidikan Pembentukan Karakter" (417).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia. Stewart Sutley · Pacific Affairs Sep 2001 485
2 The role of religious and cultural education as a resolution of radicalism conflict in Sibolga community Muhammad Darwis Dasopang, Ismail Fahmi Arrauf Nasution, Azmil Hasan Lubis · HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies Open access 14 Apr 2023 444
3 PONDOK PESANTREN: Lembaga Pendidikan Pembentukan Karakter Imam Syafe’i · Al-Tadzkiyyah Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Open access 16 May 2017 417
4 Aktualisasi Moderasi Beragama di Lembaga Pendidikan Edy Sutrisno · Jurnal Bimas Islam Open access 27 Dec 2019 336
5 Pendidikan Karakter Sebagai Upaya Menciptakan Akhlak Mulia Sabar Budi Raharjo · Jurnal Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Open access 10 May 2010 246
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Where is Islamic Studies and Radicalism research done?

The largest centres of Islamic Studies and Radicalism research in 2022-now are Bengkulu (Indonesia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gresik, Demak and Padang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BengkuluIndonesia 1.4k works
  2. 2 YogyakartaIndonesia 1.2k works
  3. 3 BandungIndonesia 1.1k works
  4. 4 JakartaIndonesia 1k works
  5. 5 MedanIndonesia 1k works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 883 works
  7. 7 MalangIndonesia 639 works
  8. 8 MakassarIndonesia 556 works
  9. 9 SemarangIndonesia 442 works
  10. 10 Bandar LampungIndonesia 348 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Gresik30.3 works214×
  2. Demak20.4 works175×
  3. Padang124.3 works85×
  4. WonosoboID · 159.0 works79×
  5. Purwokerto83.5 works74×
  6. Curup21.8 works65×
  7. Kartasura109.0 works65×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Islamic Studies and Radicalism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Islamic Studies and Radicalism?

Among universities, judged by research, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu and Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 16.06%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Institut Agama Krist…Universitas Advent I…Sunan Gunung Djati S…Institut Agama Islam…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya 64.838.9%93.5×18 +810.7%
2Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 59.710.4%69.0×1,342 +53.8%
3Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University BandungIndonesia 55.112.8%86.2×422 +27.8%
4Universitas Advent IndonesiaIndonesia 54.734.9%16.7×9 +153.0%
5Islamic UniversityBangladesh 54.512.8%30.6×68 +56.4%
6Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 52.914.1%13.9×191 +65.5%
7Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 52.17.7%43.7×604 +318.6%
8Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia 51.211.1%51.9×252 +168.7%
9UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 50.68.6%86.1×377 +89.0%
10Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia 50.59.3%69.2×319 +26.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Islamic Studies and Radicalism, country by country

Is Islamic Studies and Radicalism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Islamic Studies and Radicalism.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Islamic Studies and Radicalism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.071% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Islamic Studies and Radicalism0.064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Islamic Studies and Radicalism over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Islamic Studies and Radicalism9.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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