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Mormonism, Religion, and History

Mormonism, Religion, and History is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 6k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the history, culture, and controversies surrounding Mormonism in America, including topics such as polygamy, religious identity, race and whiteness, the role of women, indigenous relations, and religious persecution. It delves into the founding figures of Mormonism such as Joseph Smith and examines the cultural and historical impact of the religion on American society.

  • Mormonism
  • Polygamy
  • Religious Identity
  • American History
  • Race and Whiteness
  • Joseph Smith
  • Women's Role
  • Cultural History
  • Indigenous Relations
  • Religious Persecution
Research works
6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
608
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
74% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mormonism, Religion, and History

Which countries lead Mormonism, Religion, and History research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (421 and 62 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 421 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 62 works
  3. 3 Canada 23 works
  4. 4 Australia 16 works
  5. 5 France 9 works
  6. 6 Germany 9 works
  7. 7 Israel 9 works
  8. 8 Russia 8 works
  9. 9 South Africa 7 works
  10. 10 China 7 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: 73.9%United Kingdom: 10.8%Canada: 4.0%Australia: 2.8%6 others listed: 8.4%74%largest
United States421 · 73.9%United Kingdom62 · 10.8%Canada23 · 4.0%Australia16 · 2.8%6 others listed48 · 8.4%

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

Which institutions lead Mormonism, Religion, and History research?

By volume in 2022-now, Brigham Young University publishes the most Mormonism, Religion, and History research, followed by Film Independent and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brigham Young UniversityUnited States 13 works
  2. 2 Film IndependentUnited States 7 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 7 works
  4. 4 Andrews UniversityUnited States 6 works
  5. 5 University of ChicagoUnited States 5 works
  6. 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 4 works
  7. 7 William & MaryUnited States 4 works
  8. 8 University of Notre DameUnited States 4 works
  9. 9 Baylor UniversityUnited States 4 works
  10. 10 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 4 works

What are the most cited papers in Mormonism, Religion, and History?

The most cited paper in Mormonism, Religion, and History is "Faithfulness and Reduplicative Identity" (John J. McCarthy, Alan Prince, 1995), with 1,620 citations. Next come "The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art" (1,375) and "Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups" (435).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Faithfulness and Reduplicative Identity John J. McCarthy, Alan Prince · Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) Open access 1995 1,620
2 The Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art Brian Steensland, Lynn D. Robinson, W. Bradford Wilcox et al. · Social Forces Open access Sep 2000 1,375
3 Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups David Allen Gerber, Stephan Thernstrom, А С Орлов et al. · Journal of American History Jun 1981 435
4 John Clarence Webster: The Laird of Shediac George F. G. Stanley · Érudit (Université de Montréal) 10 Oct 1973 374
5 The Scientific Study of Religion Bruce E. Kuhre, J. Milton Yinger · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1971 366
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Where is Mormonism, Religion, and History research done?

The largest centres of Mormonism, Religion, and History research in 2022-now are Provo (United States), Chicago (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Oxford (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ProvoUnited States 13 works
  2. 2 ChicagoUnited States 12 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works
  4. 4 OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
  5. 5 Los AngelesUnited States 10 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 AtlantaUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C.United States 8 works
  9. 9 Berrien SpringsUnited States 6 works
  10. 10 DallasUnited States 6 works
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Where is the best place to study Mormonism, Religion, and History?

Among universities, judged by research, Brigham Young University 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.

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
1Brigham Young UniversityUnited States 0.08.0%100.7×13 -39.8%

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 Mormonism, Religion, and History, country by country

Is Mormonism, Religion, and History research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2013.

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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 Mormonism, Religion, and History as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Mormonism, Religion, and History0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mormonism, Religion, and History 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%Mormonism, Religion, and History9.3% 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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