Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

Aims & Scope

To understand religion today, we must understand how religious ideas and practices are communicated, learned, represented, enacted and resisted through media.

Religion circulates through social media, is discussed in the news and becomes a source of imagery for film and television.

Popular understandings of religious belief and practice are formed by encounters with their representations in journalism and entertainment media.

Religious institutions produce their own media, too, from radio and TV preachers to religious videogames.

This journal seeks to provide a venue for sharing new empirical research and theoretical analysis of these and other intersections between religion, media and culture.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19315

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	49

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.234

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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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.

• The Mediatized Conditions of Contemporary Religion: Critical Status and Future Directions

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Mia, Stig

• Reading Religion in Internet Memes

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Wendi, Heidi A., Kyong James, Andrea, Ruth, Aya, Jordan

• Tweet the Message? Religious Authority and Social Media Innovation

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Pauline Hope

• The Politics of Affect: the Glue of Religious and Identity Conflicts in Social Media

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Mona

• The Romanian Religious Media Landscape: Between Secularization and the Revitalization of Religion

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Mihaela-Alexandra, Stefan

• Agenda Setting, Religion and New Media: The Chabad Case Study

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Tsuriel, Maxwell

• Likes, Comments, and Follow Requests: The Instagram User Experiences of Young Muslim Women in the Netherlands

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Lale, Giulia

• Counselling Muslim Selves on Islamic Websites: Walking a Tightrope Between Secular and Religious Counselling Ideals?

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Mona

• Is Social Media a Digital Pulpit? How Evangelical Leaders Use Twitter to Encourage the Faithful and Publicize Their Work

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Ryan P., Miles D.

• Disrupting Wisdom 2.0: The Quest for “Mindfulness” in Silicon Valley and Beyond

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Kevin

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