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Harold G. Koenig

Harold G. Koenig

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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
132
Citations
83271
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
7

Harold G. Koenig publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 797 publications — 100th percentile

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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.

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This scientist: 132 D-Index — 100th percentile

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

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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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