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Harold G. Koenig

Harold G. Koenig

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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 132 12 9 7 6 797 83271

Harold G. Koenig publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Harold G. Koenig between 1962 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Harold G. Koenig published across 64 years, from 1962 to 2025, averaging 14.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 74 publications in 2023. 48 of the 910 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1962 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 74. Peak 74 publications in 2023. 1962: 1 publication 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 1 publication 1966: 0 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 21 publications 1998: 25 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 22 publications 2001: 34 publications 2002: 24 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 30 publications 2007: 33 publications 2008: 26 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 50 publications 2015: 38 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 35 publications 2018: 45 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 35 publications 2021: 40 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 74 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 22 publications
1962 2025

910 publications in total across all disciplines

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Harold G. Koenig: publications per year, 1962 to 2025
Year Publications
1962 1
1963 0
1964 0
1965 1
1966 0
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 5
1987 2
1988 11
1989 10
1990 7
1991 5
1992 8
1993 9
1994 5
1995 11
1996 9
1997 21
1998 25
1999 14
2000 22
2001 34
2002 24
2003 11
2004 19
2005 12
2006 30
2007 33
2008 26
2009 15
2010 18
2011 17
2012 30
2013 26
2014 50
2015 38
2016 27
2017 35
2018 45
2019 33
2020 35
2021 40
2022 21
2023 74
2024 26
2025 22
Total 910
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Harold G. Koenig publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold G. Koenig sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 570+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 797 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100 797
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Harold G. Koenig D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Harold G. Koenig sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 100+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 132 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97 132
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Oskar Pfister Award, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Harold G. Koenig is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has an extensive body of research mainly centered on the intersections of religion, spirituality, and psychology. The main fields of their work include Social Sciences and Psychology, with a particular focus on Health and Clinical Psychology as core subfields. Additional subfields connected to their research include Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics frequently cover Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Religion, Society, and Development, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Religion and Society Interactions.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health" (2022), published in JAMA
  • "Identifying Moral Injury in Healthcare Professionals: The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-HP" (2020), published in Journal of Religion and Health
  • "Spirituality, religiousness, and mental health: A review of the current scientific evidence" (2021), published in World Journal of Clinical Cases
  • "Maintaining Health and Well-Being by Putting Faith into Action During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), published in Journal of Religion and Health
  • "Psychometric Validation and Translation of Religious and Spiritual Measures" (2021), published in Journal of Religion and Health

Their frequent co-authors include Lindsay B. Carey, Terrence D. Hill, Ezra Gabbay, Jacinda R. Carey, and Carl Aiken. These collaborations indicate ongoing partnerships within the fields related to spirituality and mental health research.

Harold G. Koenig's works have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Religion and Health, where they have published 61 papers. Other significant publication venues include The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Research Square, and Religions.

Over the course of their career, they have received distinctions such as the Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association in 2012 and were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1953.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of Religion and Health

    Harold George Koenig;Michael E. McCullough;David B. Larson

  • Patterns of positive and negative religious coping with major life stressors.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Bruce W. Smith;Harold G. Koenig;Lisa Perez

  • The many methods of religious coping: Development and initial validation of the RCOPE

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Harold G. Koenig;Lisa M. Perez

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications

    Harold G. Koenig

  • Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: A Review:

    Harold G Koenig

  • Religious Involvement and Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Michael E. McCullough;William T. Hoyt;William T. Hoyt;David B. Larson;Harold G. Koenig

  • The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL): A Five-Item Measure for Use in Epidemological Studies

    Harold G. Koenig;Arndt Büssing

  • Religiousness and mental health: a review

    Alexander Moreira-Almeida;Francisco Lotufo Neto;Harold G Koenig;Harold G Koenig

  • Religious Coping Methods as Predictors of Psychological, Physical and Spiritual Outcomes among Medically Ill Elderly Patients: A Two-year Longitudinal Study

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Harold G. Koenig;Nalini Tarakeshwar;June Hahn

  • Spirituality and Health: What We Know, What We Need to Know

    Linda K. George;David B. Larson;Harold G. Koenig;Michael E. McCullough

  • Religious struggle as a predictor of mortality among medically ill elderly patients: a 2-year longitudinal study.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Harold G. Koenig;Nalini Tarakeshwar;June Hahn

  • Religiosity and Remission of Depression in Medically Ill Older Patients

    Harold G. Koenig;Linda K. George;Bercedis L. Peterson

  • Religious coping and health status in medically ill hospitalized older adults.

    Harold G. Koenig;Kenneth I. Pargament;Julie Nielsen

  • Religion index for psychiatric research.

    Harold Koenig;George R. Parkerson Jr.;Keith G. Meador

  • Religious coping and depression among elderly, hospitalized medically ill men.

    Harold G. Koenig;Harvey J. Cohen;Dan G. Blazer;Carl Pieper

  • Handbook of religion and mental health

    Harold George Koenig

  • Religion, spirituality, and medicine: research findings and implications for clinical practice.

    Harold G. Koenig

  • Concerns about measuring "spirituality" in research.

    Harold G. Koenig

  • The Use of Religion and Other Emotion-Regulating Coping Strategies Among Older Adults

    Harold G. Koenig;Linda K. George;Ilene C. Siegler

  • Rowe and Kahn's Model of Successful Aging Revisited: Positive Spirituality--The Forgotten Factor.

    Martha R. Crowther;Michael W. Parker;W. A. Achenbaum;Walter L. Larimore

  • Handbook of religion and health, 2nd ed.

    Harold G. Koenig;Dana E. King;Verna Benner Carson

Frequent Co-Authors

Harvey J. Cohen
Harvey J. Cohen Duke University
Dan G. Blazer
Dan G. Blazer Duke University
Amir H. Pakpour
Amir H. Pakpour Jönköping University
Linda K. George
Linda K. George Duke University
Michael E. McCullough
Michael E. McCullough University of California, San Diego
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Michael Parker
Michael Parker University of Oxford
Clive J. Robins
Clive J. Robins Duke University
David H. Rosmarin
David H. Rosmarin Harvard University
Farr A. Curlin
Farr A. Curlin Duke University

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