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Scott A. Desmond

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1996
Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyCrime Patterns and InterventionsReligion and Society InteractionsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentHomelessness and Social Issues

Publications

52

Citations

1,546

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
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Scott A. Desmond studies how religious belief and practice relate to human behavior, particularly among adolescents and young adults. His work examines links between religiosity and topics such as deviance, crime, alcohol and drug use, honesty, and well-being, as well as broader questions about religious experience and how religion is measured in research.

Religion and deviance/crimeAdolescent and emerging-adult religiosityReligion and well-beingMeasurement in religious researchReligion and moral beliefs

Publication activity has been steady but modest over the past decade, with a peak of four papers in 2022 and roughly one to two per year otherwise.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 1,546cohort median 1,128
h-index: 19cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 8 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications1920212022: 4 publications4222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Deviant Behavior×3
  • Mental Health Religion & Culture×2
  • Religions×2
  • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion×2
  • Handbooks of sociology and social research×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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