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American Religion

Indiana University Press · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2643-9255

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.107

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

338

Total Citationsi

140

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications338

Publisher OrgIndiana University Press

Visit Journal Website

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?

Indiana University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2643-9255

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

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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.

AnthropologyQ4

Cultural StudiesQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Constitutional Law and PoliticsReligion and Society InteractionsRace, History, and American SocietyReligion, Society, and DevelopmentReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesMormonism, Religion, and HistoryReligious Tourism and SpacesMedia, Religion, Digital CommunicationJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesTheological Perspectives and Practices

Frequently asked questions about American Religion

Is American Religion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Religion: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 American Religion?

American Religion is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.107.

Is American Religion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Religion is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Religion?