Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 108 Scientists Citation in Canada Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
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Ranking Based On Selection: 1
christian origins
Q
early christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,849
1,963
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
New Testament
voluntary associations
pedagogy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,629
913
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
chinese religion
daoist studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
597
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian origins
Gentiles
Parting of the ways
Jewish-Christian dialogue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
471
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
religion in Brazil
Umbanda
Kardecist Spiritism
spirit possession
theories/methods in the study of religion
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,786
872
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Religion and Politics
Early Christianity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
576
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Islamic economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
552
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Islamic Law
Law and Religion
Political Liberalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
445
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Islamic philosophy
Sufism
Quranic exegesis
cross-cultural philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,290
911
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Religious Studies
Biblical Studies
New Testament Studies
Christian Origins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
406
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
island studies
quality of life
economic geography
social geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
325
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
religion
gender
ecology
animals
nonviolence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
531
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
New Testament and Early Judaism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
664
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Old Testament
Biblical Theology
Canon
Biblical Hebrew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
313
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Old Testament
Hebrew Bible
Israelite Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
165
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hebrew Bible
Second Temple Judaism
New Testament
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
178
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
théologie
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
326
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Secularism
Muslim Studies
Method and Theory
Interpretations of Sharia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
365
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
bioethics
ethics
moral theology
theological ethics
animal ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631
197
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Learning with intelligent media
visual analytics
narrative structure
theology
history of Christian spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
62
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
spiritual care
poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
99
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Orthodox theology and spirituality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
214
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hebrews
Gender
Linguistics
Social Justice
Jewish Christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
286
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sikhism
sikhism and gender
Sikhs and social media
sikhism and women
religious studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
255
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Homiletics
Biblical Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
156
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,628
6,709
742
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John S Kloppenborg
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,849
1,963
0.287
christian origins
Q
early christianity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,382
14,670
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Ascough
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,629
913
0.347
New Testament
voluntary associations
pedagogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,633
17,146
1,298
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenneth Dean
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
597
0.295
chinese religion
daoist studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,469
17,358
1,792
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Terence L Donaldson
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
471
0.239
Christian origins
Gentiles
Parting of the ways
Jewish-Christian dialogue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,571
18,338
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steven Engler
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,786
872
0.488
religion in Brazil
Umbanda
Kardecist Spiritism
spirit possession
theories/methods in the study of religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,797
18,347
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lucian Turcescu
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
576
0.323
Religion and Politics
Early Christianity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,321
19,073
735
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maya Shatzmiller
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
552
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,196
20,821
2,131
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,388
445
0.321
Islamic Law
Law and Religion
Political Liberalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,541
21,631
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mohammed Rustom
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,290
911
0.706
Islamic philosophy
Sufism
Quranic exegesis
cross-cultural philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,411
22,270
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zeba Crook
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
406
0.336
Religious Studies
Biblical Studies
New Testament Studies
Christian Origins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
624,720
22,428
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Randall
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, Canada
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
325
0.273
island studies
quality of life
economic geography
social geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,788
22,452
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Heather Eaton
Université Saint Paul
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
531
0.448
religion
gender
ecology
animals
nonviolence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,743
22,594
887
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew Thiessen
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
664
0.568
New Testament and Early Judaism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,544
26,011
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephen Dempster
Crandall University
Moncton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
313
0.383
Old Testament
Biblical Theology
Canon
Biblical Hebrew
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,891
26,375
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Craig Broyles
Trinity Western University
Langley, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
165
0.211
Old Testament
Hebrew Bible
Israelite Religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,658
26,421
1,893
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gerbern Oegema
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
178
0.228
Hebrew Bible
Second Temple Judaism
New Testament
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,101
26,631
806
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Guy Jobin
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
326
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800,219
27,031
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jennifer A Selby
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
365
0.503
Secularism
Muslim Studies
Method and Theory
Interpretations of Sharia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
847,075
28,127
2,817
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John R Berkman
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631
197
0.312
bioethics
ethics
moral theology
theological ethics
animal ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
847,692
28,141
692
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Dobson
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
62
0.098
Learning with intelligent media
visual analytics
narrative structure
theology
history of Christian spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853,353
28,294
2,839
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pam Couture
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
99
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,490
28,390
2,842
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul Ladouceur
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
214
0.350
Orthodox theology and spirituality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862,383
28,499
1,054
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cynthia Long Westfall
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
286
0.475
Hebrews
Gender
Linguistics
Social Justice
Jewish Christianity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862,963
28,515
1,147
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Doris R Jakobsh
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
255
0.424
sikhism
sikhism and gender
Sikhs and social media
sikhism and women
religious studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869,166
28,651
1,057
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael P Knowles
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
156
0.264