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Religion, Theology, and Education

Religion, Theology, and Education is a research topic within Religious studies. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1950. 11.4% 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 related to religious education, interreligious relations, Islamic religious education, migrant organizations, ethical competence, sustainable behavior, youth extremism, and social embeddedness. The papers explore the development of mediengestützter Lernangebote, the effectiveness of different explainer video formats, and the impact of the flipped classroom on student achievement. Additionally, they delve into the role of religious organizations in social welfare, the integration of Islamic religious education in Western Europe, and the challenges of teaching and understanding religious diversity.

  • Religious Education
  • Interreligious Relations
  • Islamic Religious Education
  • Mediendidaktik
  • Migrant Organizations
  • Muslimische Wohlfahrtspflege
  • Ethical Competence
  • Sustainable Behavior
  • Youth Extremism
  • Social Embeddedness
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
935
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+50%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Religion, Theology, and Education research?

By volume, Germany and Türkiye publish the most (1k and 160 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 1k works
  2. 2 Türkiye 160 works
  3. 3 Austria 131 works
  4. 4 Switzerland 112 works
  5. 5 United States 108 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 34 works
  7. 7 Italy 17 works
  8. 8 Poland 17 works
  9. 9 Russia 16 works
  10. 10 Norway 16 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.

Germany: 62.4%Türkiye: 9.9%Austria: 8.1%Switzerland: 6.9%6 others listed: 12.8%62%largest
Germany1,014 · 62.4%Türkiye160 · 9.9%Austria131 · 8.1%Switzerland112 · 6.9%6 others listed207 · 12.8%

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

Which institutions lead Religion, Theology, and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Vienna publishes the most Religion, Theology, and Education research, followed by University of Münster and University of Bonn.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ViennaAustria 37 works
  2. 2 University of MünsterGermany 34 works
  3. 3 University of BonnGermany 30 works
  4. 4 University of TübingenGermany 27 works
  5. 5 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 21 works
  6. 6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 20 works
  7. 7 Leipzig UniversityGermany 19 works
  8. 8 University of BremenGermany 17 works
  9. 9 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 17 works
  10. 10 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 17 works

Where is Religion, Theology, and Education research done?

The largest centres of Religion, Theology, and Education research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Münster (Germany) and Munich (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Münster.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 71 works
  2. 2 Vienna Austria 69 works
  3. 3 Münster Germany 51 works
  4. 4 Munich Germany 50 works
  5. 5 Zurich Switzerland 42 works
  6. 6 Hamburg Germany 38 works
  7. 7 Cologne Germany 37 works
  8. 8 Frankfurt am Main Germany 35 works
  9. 9 Bonn Germany 34 works
  10. 10 Bochum Germany 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MünsterDE · 51.2 works49×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Religion, Theology, and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Religion, Theology, and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Vienna, University of Tübingen and Zurich University of Teacher Education 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 14.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Vienna: 37, 13.7%University of Tübingen: 27, 12.3%Zurich University of Teacher Education: 14, 29.6%Leipzig University: 19, 12.3%University of Münster: 34, 11.0%University of Zurich: 20, 18.7%Osnabrück University: 15, 13.3%Ruhr University Bochum: 16, 12.7%University of Bern: 12, 10.2%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 10, 15.5%Zurich University of…University of ViennaUniversity of TübingenLeipzig University
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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 ViennaAustria 57.113.7%42.5×37 +371.7%
2 University of TübingenGermany 49.212.3%39.6×27 +188.8%
3 Zurich University of Teacher EducationSwitzerland 46.229.6%225.8×14 —
4 Leipzig UniversityGermany 43.312.3%38.4×19 +189.2%
5 University of MünsterGermany 40.511.0%55.5×34 +75.7%
6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 40.018.7%20.8×20 +5.0%
7 Osnabrück UniversityGermany 39.713.3%83.6×15 +301.6%
8 Ruhr University BochumGermany 39.412.7%23.3×16 +167.4%
9 University of BernSwitzerland 39.410.2%15.6×12 +200.0%
10 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 39.415.5%15.2×10 +203.7%

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, Theology, and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Religion, Theology, and Education.

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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.