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Religion and Society

Berghahn Journals · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN2150-9298eISSN2150-9301

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.116

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

297

Total Citationsi

1,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications297

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berghahn Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2150-9298 / 2150-9301

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

2018

2019

2020

104

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Religious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion and Society InteractionsAnthropological Studies and InsightsReligious Tourism and SpacesReligion, Society, and DevelopmentStudy and Philosophy of ReligionIslamic Studies and HistoryIndian and Buddhist StudiesJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesChristian Theology and MissionReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices

Frequently asked questions about Religion and Society

Is Religion and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Religion and Society: 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 Religion and Society?

Religion and Society 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 0.21.

Is Religion and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Religion and Society?