OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Religion & Health is 27. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19, Mental Health, and Religious Coping Among American Orthodox Jews	173
Religion and Faith Perception in a Pandemic of COVID-19	120
Maintaining Health and Well-Being by Putting Faith into Action During the COVID-19 Pandemic	117
Intention to Vaccinate Against the Novel 2019 Coronavirus Disease: The Role of Health Locus of Control and Religiosity	117
Identifying Moral Injury in Healthcare Professionals: The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-HP	113
COVID-19 Anxiety	105
Association of Death Anxiety with Spiritual Well-Being and Religious Coping in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	73
The Association Between Positive Religious Coping, Perceived Stress, and Depressive Symptoms During the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Among a Sample of Adults in Palestine: Across Sectional Study	62
Moral Injury: An Increasingly Recognized and Widespread Syndrome	53
The Blood of Christ Compels Them: State Religiosity and State Population Mobility During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic	52
Psychometric Validation and Translation of Religious and Spiritual Measures	52
An Italian Experience of Spirituality from the Coronavirus Pandemic	48
The Impact of COVID-19 on Pilgrimages and Religious Tourism in Europe During the First Six Months of the Pandemic	47
The Faith Community and the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?	41
A Look at the First Quarantined Community in the USA: Response of Religious Communal Organizations and Implications for Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic	41
Community Calls: Lessons and Insights Gained from a Medical–Religious Community Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic	40
Religiosity and Resilience: Cognitive Reappraisal and Coping Self-Efficacy Mediate the Link between Religious Coping and Well-Being	40
Religion as a Health Promoter During the 2019/2020 COVID Outbreak: View from Detroit	38
Love of Neighbor During a Pandemic: Navigating the Competing Goods of Religious Gatherings and Physical Health	37
Meaning in Life, Religious Coping, and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Health Crisis in Turkey	36
Religious Cliché and Stigma: A Brief Response to Overlooked Barriers in COVID-19 Management	36
“A Divine Infection”: A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19	34
Religious Coping Amidst a Pandemic: Impact on COVID-19-Related Anxiety	34
The Role of Clerics in Confronting the COVID-19 Crisis in Iran	31
New Zealand Religious Community Responses to COVID-19 While Under Level 4 Lockdown	29

“I Took the Trouble to Make Inquiries, So I Refuse to Accept Your Instructions”: Religious Authority and Vaccine Hesitancy Among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Mothers in Israel	29
The Effect of Nurses' Death Anxiety on Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey	28
Religion and Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic	27