Home›Search›Material Religion

Material Religion

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1751-8342

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.213

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.85

Total Worksi

1,218

Total Citationsi

5,967

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Material Religion is an international, peer-reviewed journal that explores how religion is manifested in material culture, including images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture, sacred spaces, works of art, and mass-produced artifacts. The journal publishes research related to Arts and Humanities.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,218

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8342

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

573

2019

133

2020

239

2021

128

2022

2023

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.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

Religious StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Religious StudiesVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Tourism and SpacesAnthropological Studies and InsightsReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesMedia, Religion, Digital CommunicationReligion and Society InteractionsVisual Culture and Art TheoryChinese history and philosophyJapanese History and CultureGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesMuseums and Cultural Heritage

Frequently asked questions about Material Religion

Is Material Religion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Material 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 Material Religion?

Material 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 0.24.

Is Material Religion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Material Religion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.