Aries

Aims & Scope

Aries is the first professional academic journal specifically devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to as "Western Esotericism".

This field covers a variety of "alternative" currents in western religious history, including so-called "hermetic philosophy" and related currents in the early modern period; alchemy, paracelsianism and rosicrucianism; christian kabbalah and its later developments; theosophical and illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th centuries, up to and including popular contemporary currents such as the New Age movement.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.139

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25370

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Editors’ Introduction

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Egil, Markus Altena

• “Religion” and “Science” within a Global Religious History

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Michael

• Beyond the Yates Paradigm: the Study of Western Esotericism Between Counterculture and New Complexity1

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Wouter J.

• Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period, by Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider (eds.)

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Y. Tzvi

• Forbidden Knowledge: Anti-Esoteric Polemics and Academic Research La connaissance interdite: Polémiques anti-ésotériques et recherche académique.

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Wouter J.

• Pondering Imponderables: Occultism in the Mirror of Late Classical Physics

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Egil

• Explaining the Esoteric Imagination

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Egil

• Der Esoteriker und die Esoterik: Wie das Esoterische im 18. Jahrhundert zum Begriff wird und seinen Weg in die Moderne findet

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Monika

• Historicising ‘Western Learned Magic’

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Bernd-Christian

• Arthur Machen's Panic Fears:Western Esotericism and the Irruption of Negative Epistemology

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Marco

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