Gosudarstvo, Religiia, Tserkov' v Rossii i za Rubezhom/State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide

Aims & Scope

“State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide” is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to the comprehensive study of religion and modern religious processes.

Issued at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (on the basis of the Institute of Public Service and Management).

The journal has a broad religious studies profile, but special emphasis is placed on covering modern religious and religious-social processes, as well as their understanding in various religious disciplines, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Each issue of the journal has a special thematic block.

A significant place is devoted to translations of works by foreign authors and reviews of the latest publications, which reflect the current state of specialized scientific research.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

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.

• Three Forms of Mediatized Religion: Changing the Public Face of Religion

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Stig

• Exploring the Postsecular. Three Meanings of «the Secular» and Their Possible Transcendence

  Citation: 7

  Authors: José

• “Orthodox Factor” in Soviet Diplomacy: International Communications of the Moscow Patriarchate in the mid-1940s

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Maksim

• The Digitalization of Worship Practices during the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Context of the Mediatization of Orthodoxy

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Xenia

• Jadidism as a Paradigm for Studying Islam in the Russian Empire

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Alfrid, Daria

• A Typology of Interreligious Dialogue: Analysis of Existing Approaches

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Sergey

• Mediatization of pastoral care in the Russian Orthodox Church: Preconditions of the emergence of websites with questions to the priest in the context of the mediatization of religion

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Olga

• Eastern Orthodoxy in China — History and Modernity

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Dmitry

• Perception of Islam in the Russian Society: Comparative Dimension

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Vladimir, Denis

• Protecting “Traditional Islam” from “Radical Islam”: Discourse of Islamophobia in the Russian Media

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sofya