Sociology of Religion

Aims & Scope

Sociology of Religion, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is published quarterly for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the sociological study of religion.

The journal publishes original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest without regard to substantive focus, theoretical orientation, or methodological approach.

Although theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded articles are the core of what we publish, we also welcome agenda setting essays, comments on previously published works, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field ahead.

Sociology of Religion has published work by renowned scholars from Nancy Ammerman to Robert Wuthnow.

Robert Bellah, Niklas Luhmann, Talcott Parsons, and Pitirim Sorokin all published in the pages of this journal.

More recently, articles published in Sociology of Religion have won the ASA Religion Section’s Distinguished Article Award (Rhys Williams in 2000) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Distinguished Article Award (Matthew Lawson in 2000 and Fred Kniss in 1998).

Building on this legacy, Sociology of Religion aspires to be the premier English-language publication for sociological scholarship on religion and an essential source for agenda-setting work in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.144

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	59

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3865

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	128

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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.

• Secularization, R.I.P.

  Citation: 392

  Authors: Rodney

• Religion as Context: Hellfire and Delinquency One More Time

  Citation: 284

  Authors: Rodney

• Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election

  Citation: 271

  Authors: Andrew L, Samuel L, Joseph O

• Becoming Muslim: The Development of a Religious Identity

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Lori

• The Contribution of Religion to Volunteer Work

  Citation: 225

  Authors: John, Thomas

• Religious Involvement and Volunteering: Implications for Civil Society

  Citation: 206

  Authors: Penny Edgell, Pawan H.

• Secularization Theory: The Course of a Concept

  Citation: 170

  Authors: William H., Kevin J.

• Finding Religion in Everyday Life

  Citation: 134

  Authors: N. T.

• Religion, the New Millennium, and Globalization

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Jose

• What It Means to Be Christian: The Role of Religion in the Construction of Ethnic Identity and Boundary among Second-Generation Korean Americans

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Kelly H.

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