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Jewish Identity and Society

Jewish Identity and Society is a research topic within Demography. Science Explorer counts 7.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the contemporary American Jewish identity, including topics such as diaspora, Israel, education, demography, intermarriage, religious identity, and community. It explores the challenges and dynamics of Jewish identity in the United States.

  • American Jews
  • Jewish identity
  • Diaspora
  • Israel
  • Education
  • Demography
  • Intermarriage
  • Religious identity
  • Community
  • Census
Research works
7.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
793
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Jewish Identity and Society

Which countries lead Jewish Identity and Society research?

By volume, the United States and Israel publish the most (558 and 216 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 558 works
  2. 2 Israel 216 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 101 works
  4. 4 Canada 60 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 57 works
  6. 6 Germany 45 works
  7. 7 Australia 38 works
  8. 8 France 36 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 32 works
  10. 10 India 29 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.

United States: 47.6%Israel: 18.4%United Kingdom: 8.6%Canada: 5.1%6 others listed: 20.2%48%largest
United States558 · 47.6%Israel216 · 18.4%United Kingdom101 · 8.6%Canada60 · 5.1%6 others listed237 · 20.2%

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

Which institutions lead Jewish Identity and Society research?

By volume in 2022-now, Hebrew University of Jerusalem publishes the most Jewish Identity and Society research, followed by Bar-Ilan University and Tel Aviv University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 43 works
  2. 2 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 25 works
  3. 3 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 20 works
  4. 4 University of HaifaIsrael 17 works
  5. 5 Brandeis UniversityUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIsrael 15 works
  7. 7 Ariel UniversityIsrael 15 works
  8. 8 City University of New YorkUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 University of MiamiUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 8 works

What are the most cited papers in Jewish Identity and Society?

The most cited paper in Jewish Identity and Society is "Stages of Ethnic Identity Development in Minority Group Adolescents" (Jean S. Phinney, 1989), with 1,462 citations. Next come "Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism" (1,263) and "Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom" (1,048).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stages of Ethnic Identity Development in Minority Group Adolescents Jean S. Phinney · The Journal of Early Adolescence Feb 1989 1,462
2 Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Antisemitism Cecilia Castillo Ayometzi · Journal of Pragmatics May 2002 1,263
3 Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom Beverly Daniel Tatum · Harvard Educational Review Apr 1992 1,048
4 Reflective Learning Evelyn M. Boyd, Ann W. Fales · Journal of Humanistic Psychology Apr 1983 907
5 Toward a Process Model of Identity Formation Harold D. Grotevant · Journal of Adolescent Research Jul 1987 676
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Jewish Identity and Society research done?

The largest centres of Jewish Identity and Society research in 2022-now are Jerusalem (Israel), New York (United States), Tel Aviv (Israel) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jerusalem, Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JerusalemIsrael 60 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 55 works
  3. 3 Tel AvivIsrael 32 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works
  5. 5 Ramat GanIsrael 26 works
  6. 6 HaifaIsrael 23 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C.United States 22 works
  8. 8 BeershebaIsrael 19 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 19 works
  10. 10 WalthamUnited States 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JerusalemIL · 59.9 works52×
  2. Ramat GanIL · 25.7 works43×
  3. Tel AvivIL · 31.7 works26×
  4. HaifaIL · 23.4 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Jewish Identity and Society than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Jewish Identity and Society?

Among universities, judged by research, Ariel University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Haifa score highest, combining citation 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 13.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Ariel UniversityUniversity of HaifaBar-Ilan UniversityHebrew University of…
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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.

Citation 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
1Ariel UniversityIsrael 70.731.4%82.2×15 +83.5%
2Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 69.311.3%57.9×43 +111.5%
3University of HaifaIsrael 55.118.3%54.2×17 -10.1%
4Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 50.116.9%65.6×25 -11.9%
5Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 48.910.2%17.9×20 +9.0%
6Brandeis UniversityUnited States 44.912.2%154.4×17 +76.1%
7Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIsrael 41.913.1%29.3×15 -17.2%
8City University of New YorkUnited States 34.08.7%14.5×11 +82.1%
9University of MiamiUnited States 24.83.3%11.7×10 +84.8%
10University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 22.28.5%4.1×8 +20.5%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Jewish Identity and Society, country by country

Is Jewish Identity and Society research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Jewish Identity and Society.

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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 Jewish Identity and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0075% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Jewish Identity and Society0.0074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Jewish Identity and Society 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%Jewish Identity and Society9.6% in 2025200020102020

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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