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Journal of Religious History

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0022-4227eISSN1467-9809

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.134

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

3,022

Total Citationsi

6,218

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Religion; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,022

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?

0022-4227 / 1467-9809

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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

2019

2020

104

2021

111

2022

114

2023

108

2024

101

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.

HistoryQ2

Religious StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryReligion

Scopus Categories

HistoryReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsMedieval Literature and HistoryReligion and Society InteractionsReligious Tourism and Spaces

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Religious History

Is Journal of Religious History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Religious History: 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 of Religious History?

Journal of Religious History 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 0.03.

Is Journal of Religious History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Religious History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Religious History?