Bibliometrics and Pentecostal Scholarship

The Society for Pentecostal Studies celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2020. To commemorate the half-century mark, the editors of Pneuma assembled a special issue that included a history of the Society. While the fiftieth-anniversary commemorative volume captured the growth of the Society, absent was a consideration of the impact of Pneuma . As such, the fifty-year anniversary deserves a more quantifiable discussion of the journal’s impact on scholarship. By using a combination of information science and theological reflection, this article offers fresh insights on the journal’s impact in the realm of scholarly publishing. It fleshes out significant theological trends in Pentecostalism covered in its fifty-year history using bibliometrics. An index of all 710 peer-reviewed research articles published from 1978 to 2022 was created. Bibliometrics were used to assess that scholarship’s impact, understand where pentecostal studies flourished, and uncover possible gaps in pentecostal research where further study may be needed. Bibliometric research in theological studies acts as a mirror for researchers by quantifiably reflecting trends in pentecostal research that may have been anecdotally assumed or overlooked altogether. It places possible bias into sharp focus and offers new tools for discussing sensitive research and publication issues such as gender politics, diversity, and inclusivity

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  Elsie Vezemburuka Hindjou, Saurabh Kumar Dixit•British Food Journal•2025

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• Is a Contextualized Hermeneutic the Future of Pentecostal Readings

  Rodolfo Galvan Estrada, Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III•Pneuma•2015

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• The Dubious Legacy of Charles Parham

  Allan Anderson, A C Anderson•Pneuma•2005

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• Engaging Racial Equity

  David D Daniels•Pneuma•2022

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• Black Pentecostal Hermeneutics

  Antipas L Harris•Pneuma•2019

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• Latin American Pentecostalism

  Manuel J Gaxiola-Gaxiola•Pneuma•1991

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• From Azusa to Memphis

  Leonard Lovett, Ithiel C Clemmons et al.•Pneuma•1996

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• African Pentecostalism in the Context of Global Pentecostal Ecumenical Fraternity

  Kingsley Larbi•Pneuma•2002

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• Pentecostalism in East Asia

  Allan Heaton Anderson•Pneuma•2000

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• What Has Been Happening in the Charismatic Movement

  Peter Hocken•Pneuma•1994

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• The First Fifty Years of the Society for Pentecostal Studies

  Glen W Menzies•Pneuma•2020

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• The Pentecostalization of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity

  Gastón Espinosa•Pneuma•2004

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• Origins and Development of the Theology of Oneness Pentecostalism in the United States

  David Arthur Reed•Pneuma•1979

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• An African Pentecostal on Mission in Eastern Europe

  J Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, J Kwabena Asamoah‐gyadu•Pneuma•2005

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