Temenos

Aims & Scope

Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion is published by the Finnish Society for the Study of Religion.

The journal was founded in 1965 as a joint-publication with the learned societies of Comparative Religion in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to promote the research and communication of ideas between scholars.

Temenos publishes scholarly articles, academic discussions, conference reports and book reviews within the field of the study of religion and culture.

The notion of religion is looked at both as a folk category and a scholarly construct the various uses of which in diverse socio-cultural arenas and contexts - whether in traditional, modern, or late-modern settings - are important objects of critical inspection.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.188

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Spatial Theory and Method for the Study of Religion

  Citation: 58

  Authors: KIM

• Feminist Theory, Agency, and the Liberatory Subject: Some Reflections on the Islamic Revival in Egypt

  Citation: 45

  Authors: SABA

• A Definition of Shamanism

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Ã…KE

• Swedish religion education: Objective but Marinated in Lutheran Protestantism?

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Jenny

• Atheism and the Apotheosis of Agency

  Citation: 25

  Authors: BENSON, CHARLES A.

• Sami Indigenous Spirituality: Religion and Nation-building in Norwegian Sápmi

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Siv Ellen

• Genre Analysis in Folkloristics and Comparative Religion

  Citation: 22

  Authors: LAURI

• (Dis)Believing and Belonging: Investigating the Narratives of Young British Atheists

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Rebecca, Janet

• Religious Processions: Urban Politics and Poetics

  Citation: 20

  Authors: LILY

• Rethinking 'Religious' Cognition: The Eliadean Notion of the Sacred in the light of the Legacy of Uno Harva

  Citation: 20

  Authors: VEIKKO

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