Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture

Aims & Scope

Contagion is the journal of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R), an international association of scholars founded in 1990 and dedicated to the exploration, criticism, and development of René Girard’s mimetic model of the relationship between violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture.

The Violence, Mimesis, and Culture Series and Breakthoughs in Mimetic Theory Series provide additional examination of cultural mimesis.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.104

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29186

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3

---

---

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

---

Subjects & Keywords

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

---

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.

• Violence and the Mimetic Unconscious (Part One): The Cathartic Hypothesis: Aristotle, Freud, Girard

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Nidesh

• Belonging

  Citation: 7

  Authors: René, Rob

• Violence and the Mimetic Unconscious (Part Two): The Contagious Hypothesis: Plato, Affect, Mirror Neurons

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Nidesh

• Human Evolution and the Single Victim Mechanism: Locating Girard’s Hominization Hypothesis through Literature Survey

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Chris

• René Girard’s Apocalyptic Critique or Historical Reason: Limiting Politics to Make Way for Faith

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Stephen L.

• After Sacrifice Ontology: The Shared Revelatory Dynamic of Heidegger and Girard

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anthony W.

• Dialogue on Sacrifice and Orthodoxy: Reflections on the Schwager-Girard Correspondence

  Citation: 2

  Authors: James G.

• Desire in <i>Madame Bovary</i>

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Per Bjørnar

• Queering Girard—De-Freuding Butler: A Theoretical Encounter between Judith Butler’s Gender Performativity and René Girard’s Mimetic Theory

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Iwona

• Violence Has Its Reasons: Girard and Bataille

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Anthony D.

---