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Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

Religion, Ecology, and Ethics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the influence of various religious beliefs, values, and practices on environmental concern, activism, and attitudes towards climate change. It delves into the ethical considerations, conservation efforts, and sustainability initiatives within different religious contexts, particularly Christianity and Islam.

  • Religion
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
  • Ethics
  • Conservation
  • Sustainability
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Public Perception
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (520 and 236 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 520 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 236 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 185 works
  4. 4 India 163 works
  5. 5 Germany 69 works
  6. 6 Canada 67 works
  7. 7 Italy 62 works
  8. 8 South Africa 57 works
  9. 9 Australia 53 works
  10. 10 Poland 48 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: 35.6%Indonesia: 16.2%United Kingdom: 12.7%India: 11.2%6 others listed: 24.4%36%largest
United States520 · 35.6%Indonesia236 · 16.2%United Kingdom185 · 12.7%India163 · 11.2%6 others listed356 · 24.4%

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

Which institutions lead Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research, followed by University of Pretoria and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 14 works
  2. 2 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 13 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 12 works
  4. 4 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 10 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 10 works
  6. 6 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 9 works
  7. 7 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 9 works
  8. 8 Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia 9 works
  9. 9 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia 9 works
  10. 10 MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and SocietyNorway 9 works

Where is Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research done?

The largest centres of Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research in 2022–2025 are Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pretoria and Oslo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yogyakarta Indonesia 30 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 29 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 29 works
  4. 4 New York United States 24 works
  5. 5 Rome Italy 23 works
  6. 6 Pretoria South Africa 21 works
  7. 7 Oslo Norway 21 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 17 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 17 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PretoriaZA · 21.3 works8.0×
  2. OsloNO · 20.5 works6.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Religion, Ecology, and Ethics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Religion, Ecology, and Ethics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa and Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta 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 18.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Pretoria: 13, 28.4%University of South Africa: 8, 26.4%Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta: 9, 29.7%Jakarta Theological Seminary: 9, 25.0%Boston College: 9, 16.1%Durham University: 8, 12.1%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 10, 8.8%University of Oxford: 12, 18.5%MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society: 9, 3.7%University of Edinburgh: 8, 19.4%Syarif Hidayatullah …University of PretoriaUniversity of South …Jakarta Theological …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 86.628.4%13.9×13 +11.0%
2 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 66.726.4%8.6×8 +48.1%
3 Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia 66.129.7%12.3×9 —
4 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia 56.025.0%36.5×9 -33.3%
5 Boston CollegeUnited States 51.816.1%26.2×9 -15.5%
6 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 50.812.1%10.7×8 -4.8%
7 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 50.48.8%12.4×10 -46.7%
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 49.018.5%4.3×12 -19.9%
9 MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and SocietyNorway 45.83.7%466.1×9 +38.9%
10 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 44.819.4%5.1×8 +16.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Religion, Ecology, and Ethics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Religion, Ecology, and Ethics.

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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.

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.