Politics, Religion and Ideology

Aims & Scope

For nearly two decades, Politics, Religion & Ideology has provided the leading international forum for the scholarly exploration of the politics of illiberal ideologies, both religious and secular.

The journal is multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge and truly international in scope, having to date received submissions from authors located in over 30 different countries.

The journal publishes critical analyses of theory and international case studies pertaining to: • The historic and ongoing interaction between religion and politics. • The impact of religious radicalism on public policy, political attitudes and decision-making. • The contemporary politics of religious revival in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. • The historical and contemporary politics of secular 'totalising' movements, such as fascism, Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, and Ba'athism. • Conflicts between illiberal ideologies (both religious and secular) and their opponents. • Constructions of the sacred and the secular in political religions and other political ideologies. • Publicly enforced (ir)religion and dissent. • Class, gender and race in the context of political religions and religious politics. • Memory, memory culture and the politics of memory in the context of totalitarianism and radical ideologies.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.214

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	19

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20362

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	50

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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 and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• Populism, Ontological Insecurity and Gendered Nationalism: Masculinity, Climate Denial and Covid-19

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Christine, Annika Bergman, Catarina

• Radicalization in Prison: The French Case

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Farhad

• Where Do We Go from Here? Positioning Gender in Studies of the Far Right

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Kathleen

• ‘The Spiritual and Moral Foundation of Civilization in Every Nation for Thousands of Years’: The Traditional Values Discourse in Russia

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Elena

• From ‘Diaspora by Design’ to Transnational Political Exile: The Gülen Movement in Transition

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Simon P., Ahmet Erdi

• A Framework for Understanding the Intra-Islamist Conflict Between the AK Party and the Gülen Movement

  Citation: 33

  Authors: M. Hakan

• The Significance of Dehumanization: Nazi Ideology and Its Psychological Consequences

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Johannes

• Fuzzy Borders between Populism and Sacralized Politics: Mission, Leader, Community and Performance in ‘New’ Turkey

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Bilge

• Sacred Slaughter: An Analysis of Historical, Communal, and Constitutional Aspects of Beef Bans in India

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Radha, Amar

• The Religious as Political and the Political as Religious: Globalisation, Post-Secularism and the Shifting Boundaries of the Sacred

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Samantha, Erin K., Claudia, Faiz

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