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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0021-8294eISSN1468-5906

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.068

H-Indexi

206

SNIPi

1.597

Total Worksi

5,155

Total Citationsi

262,721

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Sociology; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 1970-<Sept. 1975>

StatusActive

Total Publications5,155

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-8294 / 1468-5906

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

648

2019

1.3k

2020

690

2021

391

2022

558

2023

154

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Religious StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ReligionSociology

Scopus Categories

Religious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion and Society InteractionsReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion, Society, and DevelopmentAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsReligious Tourism and Spaces

Frequently asked questions about Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Is Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.05.

Is Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion?