Religion and Society

Aims & Scope

Religion and Society: Advances in Research responds to the need for a rigorous, in-depth review of current work in the expanding sub-discipline of the anthropology of religion.

In addition, this important, peer-reviewed annual aims to provide a dynamic snapshot of developments in the study of religion as a whole and encourages interdisciplinary perspectives.

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, 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
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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 Material Turn in the Study of Religion

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Sonia

• The Return of the Animists: Recent Studies of Amazonian Ontologies

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Luiz, Carlos

• Religion, Space, and Place: The Spatial Turn in Research on Religion

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Kim

• Beyond the Human Horizon

  Citation: 41

  Authors:

• Taking Animism Seriously, but Perhaps Not Too Seriously?

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Rane

• The 'Orthodoxy' of Orthodoxy: On Moral Imperfection, Correctness, and Deferral in Religious Worlds

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Andreas, Tom

• Ritual and Emotions: Moving Relations, Patterned Effusions

  Citation: 25

  Authors: François, Michael

• Seriousness, Irony, and the Mission of Hyperbole

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Michael

• Portrait

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Talal, Jonathan, Hussein Ali, Donovan O., Ananda

• Religion and Diaspora

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Paul Christopher