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Religious Education and Schools

Religious Education and Schools is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 18.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex intersection of religious education, diversity, and multiculturalism in schools, addressing issues of cultural identity, inclusion, secularism, and citizenship. The focus is on understanding and navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by religious diversity in educational settings.

  • Religious Education
  • Diversity
  • Schools
  • Cultural
  • Identity
  • Multiculturalism
  • Ethnic
  • Inclusion
  • Secularism
  • Citizenship
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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Which countries lead Religious Education and Schools research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (513 and 268 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 513 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 268 works
  3. 3 Germany 218 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 153 works
  5. 5 Australia 100 works
  6. 6 France 90 works
  7. 7 Norway 81 works
  8. 8 Hungary 75 works
  9. 9 Canada 73 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 71 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: 31.3%United Kingdom: 16.3%Germany: 13.3%Indonesia: 9.3%6 others listed: 29.8%31%largest
United States513 · 31.3%United Kingdom268 · 16.3%Germany218 · 13.3%Indonesia153 · 9.3%6 others listed489 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Religious Education and Schools research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Helsinki publishes the most Religious Education and Schools research, followed by Australian Catholic University and Boston College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of HelsinkiFinland 26 works
  2. 2 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia 23 works
  3. 3 Boston CollegeUnited States 19 works
  4. 4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 17 works
  5. 5 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 16 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 16 works
  7. 7 University of ViennaAustria 15 works
  8. 8 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 15 works
  9. 9 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 15 works
  10. 10 University of MünsterGermany 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Religious Education and Schools?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Religious Education and Schools include Émile Durkheim.

  1. 1 Émile Durkheim United States 2.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Religious Education and Schools research done?

The largest centres of Religious Education and Schools research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Budapest (Hungary), Oslo (Norway) and Vienna (Austria).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 57 works
  2. 2 Budapest Hungary 43 works
  3. 3 Oslo Norway 40 works
  4. 4 Vienna Austria 32 works
  5. 5 Paris France 29 works
  6. 6 Helsinki Finland 28 works
  7. 7 Brisbane Australia 28 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 27 works
  9. 9 Dublin Ireland 21 works
  10. 10 New York United States 20 works
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Where is the best place to study Religious Education and Schools?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Helsinki, University of Birmingham and Australian Catholic 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%20%40%mean 27.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Helsinki: 26, 26.0%University of Birmingham: 15, 39.8%Australian Catholic University: 23, 24.6%The University of Notre Dame Australia: 8, 42.1%University of Vienna: 15, 19.5%University of Tübingen: 10, 24.0%University of Debrecen: 10, 22.0%University of Glasgow: 16, 18.5%University College London: 16, 27.9%Liverpool Hope University: 8, 29.0%The University of No…University of Birmin…University of HelsinkiAustralian Catholic …
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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 HelsinkiFinland 82.726.0%16.3×26 +138.4%
2 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 72.339.8%9.6×15 -34.5%
3 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia 69.924.6%79.0×23 +10.7%
4 The University of Notre Dame AustraliaAustralia 69.542.1%62.5×8 +95.1%
5 University of ViennaAustria 69.019.5%11.5×15 +127.3%
6 University of TübingenGermany 66.124.0%9.6×10 +218.2%
7 University of DebrecenHungary 63.822.0%13.1×10 +208.3%
8 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 61.518.5%10.0×16 +16.8%
9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.427.9%4.3×16 +222.9%
10 Liverpool Hope UniversityUnited Kingdom 60.729.0%113.7×8 +109.8%

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 Religious Education and Schools research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Religious Education and Schools.

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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.