Religion

Aims & Scope

Religion is an internationally recognized, Thomson Reuters-listed journal, publishing original scholarly research in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of religion.

Religion is committed to the publication of significant, novel research, as well as review symposia and responses.

In addition, the journal includes book reviews and discussions of important venues for the publication of scholarly work in the study of religion.

Religion has European and North-American editors, a multi-national Editorial Board, and is committed to publishing work from scholars of religion around the globe, including occasional translations of important papers.

Religion accepts papers on all religious studies topics, including the history, literature, thought, practice, material culture, and institutions of particular religious traditions and communities from a variety of perspectives such as social scientific, cultural, cognitive, ethnographic, economic, ecological, and geographic (but excluding theology or philosophy of religion).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.493

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	42

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11724

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	121

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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 Social Sciences, 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 Psychology of Gender Differences in Religion: A Review of Empirical Research

  Citation: 189

  Authors: Leslie J.

• What is a Christian? Notes toward an anthropology of Christianity

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Joel

• Religions, natural hazards, and disasters: An introduction

  Citation: 143

  Authors: J.C., P.

• Signalling theory and the evolution of religious cooperation

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Joseph, Richard

• THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF FAITH Why innate intuitions are necessary, but insufficient, to explain religious belief

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Will M., Aiyana K., Ara, Joseph

• The science of religious beliefs

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Justin L., Jonathan A.

• Pilgrimage growth in the modern world: Meanings and implications

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Ian

• The origin and mission of Material Religion

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Birgit, David, Crispin, S. Brent

• On the paradoxes of global Pentecostalism and the perils of continuity thinking

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Joel

• Food for thought: Purity and vegetarianism

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Julia

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