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Islamic Thought and Society Studies

Islamic Thought and Society Studies is a research topic within Religious studies. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in Islamic studies and theology, including religious language, Mu'tazilite thought, hadith criticism, Alevism, Sufism, deism, Kalam, and religious pluralism. It explores various aspects of Islamic thought and practice from historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives.

  • Islamic Studies
  • Theology
  • Religious Language
  • Mu'tazilite Thought
  • Hadith Criticism
  • Alevism
  • Sufism
  • Deism
  • Kalam
  • Religious Pluralism
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+55%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Türkiye
84% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Islamic Thought and Society Studies

Which countries lead Islamic Thought and Society Studies research?

By volume, Türkiye and the United States publish the most (4k and 159 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 4k works
  2. 2 United States 159 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 132 works
  4. 4 Iran 90 works
  5. 5 Iraq 83 works
  6. 6 ?? 72 works
  7. 7 Azerbaijan 58 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 49 works
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 47 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 43 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.

Türkiye: 84.5%United States: 3.4%Indonesia: 2.8%Iran: 1.9%6 others listed: 7.5%84%largest
Türkiye3,998 · 84.5%United States159 · 3.4%Indonesia132 · 2.8%Iran90 · 1.9%6 others listed353 · 7.5%

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

Which institutions lead Islamic Thought and Society Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi publishes the most Islamic Thought and Society Studies research, followed by Directorate of Religious Affairs and Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 145 works
  2. 2 Directorate of Religious AffairsTürkiye 127 works
  3. 3 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 123 works
  4. 4 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 94 works
  5. 5 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 80 works
  6. 6 Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityTürkiye 76 works
  7. 7 Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye 72 works
  8. 8 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye 70 works
  9. 9 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 68 works
  10. 10 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 68 works

What are the most cited papers in Islamic Thought and Society Studies?

The most cited paper in Islamic Thought and Society Studies is "The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present" (Linda T. Darling, 2007), with 195 citations. Next come "The content of our character" (160) and "Toward a Framework for Islamic Psychology and Psychotherapy: An Islamic Model of the Soul" (155).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present Linda T. Darling · Journal of Early Modern History 2007 195
2 The content of our character Frank Winston Wylie · Public Relations Review Jun 1991 160
3 Toward a Framework for Islamic Psychology and Psychotherapy: An Islamic Model of the Soul Abdallah Rothman, Adrian Coyle · Journal of Religion and Health Open access 15 Jun 2018 155
4 Scientific Methodologies in Medieval Islam Jon McGinnis · Journal of the history of philosophy Open access Jul 2003 149
5 The development of the Professional Values Model in Nursing Ayla Kaya, İlkay Boz · Nursing Ethics 20 Sep 2017 142
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Islamic Thought and Society Studies research done?

The largest centres of Islamic Thought and Society Studies research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Konya (Türkiye) and Izmir (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Şırnak, Mardin and Hakkâri.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AnkaraTürkiye 689 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 411 works
  3. 3 KonyaTürkiye 161 works
  4. 4 IzmirTürkiye 81 works
  5. 5 ErzurumTürkiye 80 works
  6. 6 SamsunTürkiye 77 works
  7. 7 SivasTürkiye 69 works
  8. 8 AdapazarıTürkiye 66 works
  9. 9 MardinTürkiye 66 works
  10. 10 BursaTürkiye 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ŞırnakTR · 32.4 works204×
  2. MardinTR · 65.5 works151×
  3. HakkâriTR · 22.9 works145×
  4. KilisTR · 30.2 works124×
  5. ArdahanTR · 24.1 works123×
  6. ÇınarcıkTR · 35.9 works104×
  7. MuşTR · 38.6 works97×
  8. SiirtTR · 40.7 works92×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Islamic Thought and Society Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Islamic Thought and Society Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Siirt Üniversitesi, Marmara University and Kilis 7 Aralık University 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%10%20%mean 16.13%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Siirt ÜniversitesiKilis 7 Aralık Unive…Hitit ÜniversitesiMarmara University
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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
1Siirt ÜniversitesiTürkiye 78.722.5%103.4×41 +53.3%
2Marmara UniversityTürkiye 71.011.6%60.7×94 +34.7%
3Kilis 7 Aralık UniversityTürkiye 71.020.4%138.1×30 +54.9%
4Hitit ÜniversitesiTürkiye 70.819.3%95.5×42 +63.4%
5Eskişehir Osmangazi UniversityTürkiye 69.419.6%38.8×32 +65.8%
6Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy ÜniversitesiTürkiye 67.918.2%50.3×32 +273.3%
7Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityTürkiye 66.511.7%100.7×76 +35.6%
8Erciyes UniversityTürkiye 65.816.9%29.6×27 +180.1%
9Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 65.67.2%201.4×145 +42.1%
10Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal UniversityTürkiye 65.613.9%53.5×33 +97.4%

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 Thought and Society Studies, country by country

Is Islamic Thought and Society Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Islamic Thought and Society Studies.

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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 Thought and Society Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Islamic Thought and Society Studies0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Islamic Thought and Society Studies 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 Thought and Society Studies9.8% 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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