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D-Index
65
Citations
30289
World Ranking
1006
National Ranking
470

Robert Wuthnow 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 Robert Wuthnow sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 412 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Wuthnow 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 Robert Wuthnow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert Wuthnow is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans social sciences and arts and humanities, with a strong focus on sociology, political science, and related interdisciplinary areas.

Their work concentrates on topics including religion and society interactions, American constitutional law and politics, and the development dimensions of religion and society. Additional focuses include religious tourism and spaces, the study and philosophy of religion, and religious education and schools.

Recent papers by Robert Wuthnow include:

  • The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Atheism in American Culture, 2020, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Religion, Democracy & the Task of Restoring Trust, 2022, Daedalus
  • Fighting to Preserve a Nation's Soul: America's Ecumenical War on Poverty. By Robert Bauman. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019. xviii + 208 pp. $54.95 cloth., 2020, Church History

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthias Koenig
  • J. W. Payne
  • Mar-Garita Mooney
  • Julie Park
  • Rachel Stephen

Robert Wuthnow publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Daedalus
  • Church History

A significant portion of their book publications has been released through Princeton University Press, with at least nine books in their catalogue. Notable titles include:

  • Why Religion Is Good for American Democracy (2021)
  • What Happens When We Practice Religion? (2020)
  • Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice (2023)
  • The Restructuring of American Religion (2021)

Throughout their career, Robert Wuthnow has been recognized with honors such as being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2003.

Best Publications

  • The restructuring of American religion

    William Sims Bainbridge;Robert Wuthnow

  • The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II

    Robert Wuthnow

  • After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950s

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Acts of Compassion

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Meaning and Moral Order

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Sharing the Journey: Support Groups and America's New Quest for Community

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Loose Connections: Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Communities of Discourse: Ideology and Social Structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European Socialism

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Cultural Analysis: The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas

    Robert Wuthnow;James Davison Hunter;Albert J. Bergesen;Edith Kurzweil

  • The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II

    Wade Clark Roof;Robert Wuthnow

  • After the Baby Boomers

    Robert Wuthnow

  • After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Religious Involvement and Status‐Bridging Social Capital

    Robert Wuthnow

  • America and the challenges of religious diversity

    Robert Wuthnow

  • Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves

    James G. Hougland;Robert Wuthnow

  • Saving America?: Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society

    Robert J. Wuthnow

  • Meaning and Moral Order: Explorations in Cultural Analysis

    Robert Wuthnow

  • God And Mammon In America

    Robert Wuthnow

  • The Struggle for America's Soul: Evangelicals, Liberals, and Secularism

    Robert Wuthnow

  • After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950s.

    Donald E. Miller;Robert Wuthnow

  • Meaning and Moral Order: Explorations in Cultural Analysis

    Steven Tipton;Robert Wuthnow

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter V. Marsden
Peter V. Marsden Harvard University
Jürgen Habermas
Jürgen Habermas Goethe University Frankfurt
William C. Cockerham
William C. Cockerham University of Alabama at Birmingham
Noah E. Friedkin
Noah E. Friedkin University of California, Santa Barbara
Glenna Spitze
Glenna Spitze University at Albany, State University of New York
Peter L. Berger
Peter L. Berger Boston University
Mary Douglas
Mary Douglas University College London
Howard E Aldrich
Howard E Aldrich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christian Smith
Christian Smith University of Notre Dame
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein Yale University

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