2026 Harold G. Koenig: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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

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

5799
Citations
Patterns of positive and negative religious coping with major life stressors.

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

3509
Citations
The many methods of religious coping: Development and initial validation of the RCOPE

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

3376
Citations
Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications

Harold G. Koenig

2239
Citations
Research on Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health: A Review:

Harold G Koenig

1702
Citations
Religious Involvement and Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review

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

1559
Citations
The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL): A Five-Item Measure for Use in Epidemological Studies

Harold G. Koenig;Arndt Büssing

1343
Citations
Religiousness and mental health: a review

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

1285
Citations
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

1215
Citations
Spirituality and Health: What We Know, What We Need to Know

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

1193
Citations
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

1126
Citations
Religiosity and Remission of Depression in Medically Ill Older Patients

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

1104
Citations
Religious coping and health status in medically ill hospitalized older adults.

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

1075
Citations
Religion index for psychiatric research.

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

1055
Citations
Religious coping and depression among elderly, hospitalized medically ill men.

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

979
Citations
Handbook of religion and mental health

Harold George Koenig

946
Citations
Religion, spirituality, and medicine: research findings and implications for clinical practice.

Harold G. Koenig

844
Citations
Concerns about measuring "spirituality" in research.

Harold G. Koenig

844
Citations
The Use of Religion and Other Emotion-Regulating Coping Strategies Among Older Adults

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

771
Citations
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

746
Citations
Handbook of religion and health, 2nd ed.

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

574
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir H. Pakpour Jönköping University

Linda K. George Duke University

Michael E. McCullough University of California, San Diego

Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University

Michael Parker University of Oxford

Clive J. Robins Duke University

David H. Rosmarin Harvard University

Farr A. Curlin Duke University

Kevin J. Flannelly The University of Texas at Austin

Arndt Büssing Witten/Herdecke University

External Links

Personal website of Harold G. Koenig

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