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Religions

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2010

ISSN2077-1444eISSN2077-1444

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.444

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.072

Total Worksi

10,080

Total Citationsi

46,653

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,080

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

e-Helvetica Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2077-1444 / 2077-1444

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

e-Helvetica Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

669

5.2k

2019

696

6.2k

2020

1.1k

7.2k

2021

1.3k

5.6k

2022

1.5k

4.2k

2023

1.6k

2.5k

2024

1.6k

1.3k

2025

974

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

Religion

Scopus Categories

Religious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion and Society InteractionsReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyChinese history and philosophyReligion, Society, and DevelopmentBiblical Studies and InterpretationReligious Tourism and SpacesIndian and Buddhist StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesMedia, Religion, Digital Communication

Frequently asked questions about Religions

Is Religions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Religions: 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 Religions?

Religions 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 0.72.

Is Religions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Religions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Religions?