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Politics and Religion Journal

Center for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance · Serbia · Est. 2007

ISSN1820-6581eISSN1820-659X
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.156
H-Indexi
17
SNIPi
0.409
Total Worksi
404
Total Citationsi
1,711
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.16
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Politics and Religion Journal publishes original and high quality articles on all aspects of the complex relationship between religion and politics. The idea for the journal was spawned by a group of researchers working in the area of politology of religion. The Politics and Religion Journal is the world’s first theoretical publication dedicated to this emerging discipline in political science. In addition to primary research, Politics and Religion Journal also publishes analyses, reviews, critical views and polemics on recent trends in the field of politology of religion. All studies published in the Journal are reviewed by two qualified experts. The Politics and Religion Journal is published by the Center for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance, based in Belgrade, Serbia.

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
Frequencytwice a year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications404
Publisher OrgCambridge University Press
Region🌍 Global South
OA Since2006
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Center for Study of Religion and Religious Tolerance
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1820-6581 / 1820-659X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
30
111
2019
25
111
2020
23
61
2021
19
13
2022
20
16
2023
20
8
2024
26
3
2025
11
0
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 StudiesQ2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion and Society InteractionsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsIslamic Studies and HistoryTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceEducation and Islamic StudiesJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesReligious Education and SchoolsMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Frequently asked questions about Politics and Religion Journal

Is Politics and Religion Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Politics and Religion Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Politics and Religion Journal?

Politics and Religion Journal 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 0.16.

Is Politics and Religion Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Politics and Religion Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Politics and Religion Journal?

The Politics and Religion Journal publishes original and high quality articles on all aspects of the complex relationship between religion and politics. The idea for the journal was spawned by a group of researchers working in the area of politology of religion. The Politics and Religion Journal is the world’s first theoretical publication dedicated to this emerging discipline in political science. In addition to primary research, Politics and Religion Journal also publishes analyses, reviews, critical views and polemics on recent trends in the field of politology of religion. All studies publ

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref