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Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2012

ISSN2165-9214

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2018-08-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.301

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.615

Total Worksi

334

Total Citationsi

1,066

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Religion; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications334

Publisher OrgBrill

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2165-9214

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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

311

2019

2020

2021

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.

Religious StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationReligion

Scopus Categories

Religious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media, Religion, Digital CommunicationReligion and Society InteractionsReligious Tourism and SpacesSocial Media and PoliticsTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceIslamic Finance and CommunicationReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyGender, Feminism, and MediaReligion, Society, and DevelopmentAnthropological Studies and Insights

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

Is Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture a predatory journal?

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2018-08-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture?

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 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 0.38.

Is Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture?