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Religion and Gender

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2589-8051
SJR Q2Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2019-09-19). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. 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 ↗
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 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
0.2
H-Indexi
22
SNIPi
0.421
Total Worksi
520
Total Citationsi
1,752
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.21
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Religious Studies; Anthropology; Gender Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary Language
1st Year Published2011
Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications520
Publisher OrgUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)
OA Since2017
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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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Brill Academic Publishers
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2589-8051
Indexed in a trusted database?
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?
N/A

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
27
20
2019
23
44
2020
32
49
2021
31
33
2022
21
27
2023
26
7
2024
26
7
2025
10
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.

Cultural StudiesQ2
Religious StudiesQ2
AnthropologyQ3
Gender StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesAnthropologyCultural StudiesReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion and Society InteractionsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsIslamic Studies and HistoryBiblical Studies and InterpretationReligion, Gender, and EnlightenmentTheological Perspectives and PracticesMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyJewish and Middle Eastern Studies

Frequently asked questions about Religion and Gender

Is Religion and Gender a predatory journal?

Religion and Gender was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2019-09-19). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Religion and Gender?

Religion and Gender is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.2.

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

Religion and Gender is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Religion and Gender?

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Religious Studies; Anthropology; Gender Studies.

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