Religion, Brain and Behavior

Aims & Scope

The aim of Religion, Brain & Behavior ( RBB ) is to provide a vehicle for the advancement of current biological approaches to understanding religion at every level from brain to behavior.

RBB unites multiple disciplinary perspectives that share these interests.

The journal seeks empirical and theoretical studies that reflect rigorous scientific standards and a sophisticated appreciation of the academic study of religion.

RBB welcomes contributions from a wide array of biological and related disciplines, including cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, social psychology, evolutionary anthropology, social neuroscience, neurology, genetics, demography, bioeconomics, neuroeconomics, physiology, developmental psychology, psychology of religion, moral psychology, archaeology, mimetics, behavioral ecology, epidemiology, public health, cultural evolution, and religious studies.

In summary, RBB considers high quality papers in any aspect of the brain-behavior nexus related to religion.

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent expert referees.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	3.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.847

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	33

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6242

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	224

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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 Psychology, 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.

• Does synchrony promote generalized prosociality?

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Paul, Joseph, Ronald

• The religious correlates of death anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Jonathan, Robert, Tristan, Si-Hua, Naomi, Jamin

• Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Wesley J., Joseph, Richard, Uffe

• Cognitive resource depletion in religious interactions

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Uffe, Jesper, Kristoffer Laigaard, Dimitris, Panagiotis, Joseph

• Religious actions speak louder than words: exposure to credibility-enhancing displays predicts theism

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Jonathan A., Michael D.

• Effects of religious setting on cooperative behavior: a case study from Mauritius

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Dimitris

• Evolutionary accounts of belief in supernatural punishment: a critical review

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Jeffrey P., Michael J.

• The need to believe: a neuroscience account of religion as a motivated process

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Michael, Alexa M., Marie

• Religious attitudes and prosocial behavior: a systematic review of published research

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Lluis

• A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Suzanne, Alexandra, Balazs, Yonathan, Alexandra J., Peter J., Sacha, Shilaan, Yulmaida, Francis-Vincent, Obed, Quentin D., Adam, Merve, Michela, Sachin, František, Mario, Bertrand, Julia, Theiss, Jana B., Renatas, Matthew I., Joseph, Tiago, Heiko, Amélie, Faith L., Jennifer, Claudia C., Jacek, Joseph, Saúl, Leonardo, Cheryl L., Marco E. G. V., Sarah J., Scott, Maxinne C., Angelo Brandelli, Damien L., Stefan, Christian, E. Damiano, Örjan, Anna Dalla, Henrik, Jill, Ymkje Anna, Kristy K., Bryan J., David J., Jaclyn K., Tim, Lucas, Marin, Yarrow, Tobias, Peter A., Anita, Christian T., Shole, Hooman, Miguel, Abrey A., Kyle, Ronald, Donna, Zoë, Susanne, Lisa K., Diogo, Emily, Linda, Omid, Erwin, Vukašin, Kristin, Nandor, Hannah R., Imaduddin, Paul H. P., Christopher E., Karel, Benjamin C., Lina E., Moritz, Hilla, Mary L., Chris-Gabriel, Ozan, David, Bastian, Kathryn A., Jonathan, Johannes A., Erikson, Benjamin A., Lucas A., Stijn, John M., Richard A., Bennett, Megan L., Marta, Dave, Julia, Sarah, Angelos-Miltiadis, Thanos, Todd, Ruben, Guy A. Lavender, Aryeh, Barbara J., Neil, Ronda F., Paul, Jennifer, Paweł, Albert L., Esther, Gina M., Maximilian, Dylan R., Nuria, Marcellin, Ihan, Susan E., Anne Lundahl, Phil, Thomas, Michael, Ryan, Camilla M., Amelia A., Kira K., Brett, Panagiotis, Benoît, Jordan W., David, Jonathan, James, George, Christof, Tamás, Ladislas, Gustav, Pamina, Ara, Michèle B., Anton, Lluis, Yuri G., James O., Hannah I., Hugo, Hannah K., Michael, Steven, Vince, Michaela, Michael J., Jason M., Mark A., John, Campbell, Benjamin G., Lin, Julian Quevedo, André, Milen L., Jonathan E., Graham, Andrew, Lindsey M. Root, Robert M., Piotr, Nirmal, Suvi-Maria K., Joni Y., Catherine, Bruno, Marcel C., Sarah A., Martin, Marcel R., Victoria, Simone, Suzanne C., Berenika, Uffe, Müge, Willem W. A., Eliot R., Walter J., Marion, Christoph, William, Andrea H., Simon, Justin, Christiany, Stylianos, Barnabas, Peter, Ben M., Louis, Robert T., Burt, Christian M., Josefa, Shelby D., Ann-Marie, Robbie C. M., Marcel A. L. M., Patty, Olmo R., Ine, Jolanda, Noah N. N., Caspar J., Valerie, Don, Casper J. J., Leigh, Bojana, Bruno, Michelangelo, Felipe, Allon, Vera, Leonie V. D. E., Shoko, Cindel J. M., Kristina, Sera, Zachary Z., Maciej, Charlotte V. O., Dylan, Robin, Dimitris, Xin, Darren J., Onurcan, Natalia, Yitong, Josjan, Michiel, Eric-Jan

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