Religion is an internationally recognized, Thomson Reuters-listed journal, publishing original scholarly research in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of religion. Religion is committed to the publication of significant, novel research, as well as review symposia and responses. In addition, the journal includes book reviews and discussions of important venues for the publication of scholarly work in the study of religion. Religion has European and North-American editors, a multi-national Editorial Board, and is committed to publishing work from scholars of religion around the globe, including occasional translations of important papers.
Religion accepts papers on all religious studies topics, including the history, literature, thought, practice, material culture, and institutions of particular religious traditions and communities from a variety of perspectives such as social scientific, cultural, cognitive, ethnographic, economic, ecological, and geographic (but excluding theology or philosophy of religion).
Religion expects that authors frame their research questions and present their results in terms of relevant theoretical or methodological discussions. Purely descriptive papers are not generally accepted for publication. Papers on theory and methodology are encouraged. All publications in Religion are intended to be of interest to a wide audience of academic scholars of religion; submitted work should be presented in a manner intelligible to more than specialists.
Authors are welcome to submit supplementary online material such as animations, movie files, sound files or any additional information for online publication. Information about supplementary online material
Peer review policy
Articles in this journal are subject to double anonymized peer review by at least two referees. More information can be found here.
Journal metrics
Usage
107K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
2.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.341 (2023) SNIP
0.434 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
23 days avg. from submission to first
decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
7% acceptance rate
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editors Michael Stausberg, University of Bergen, Norway ( [email protected]) Steven Engler, Mount Royal University and Concordia University, Canada ( [email protected])
Editorial Assistant Kevin Whitesides, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Book Review Editor Mary Briggs, University of Edinburgh, UK ( [email protected])
Editorial Board
Stephen C. Berkwitz, Missouri State University, USA James S. Bielo, Miami University, USA David Chidester, University of Cape Town, South Africa Abby Day, Goldsmiths, University of London and University of Kent, UK Satoko Fujiwara, University of Tokyo, Japan Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska, Jagiellonian University, Poland Rosalind Hackett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Wouter Hanegraaff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Peter Jackson, Stockholm University, Sweden Jay Johnston, University of Sydney, Australia Chae Young Kim, Sogang University, South Korea Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto, Canada Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds, UK Kim Knott, Lancaster University, UK Volkhard Krech, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Göran Larsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University, USA Michiaki Okuyama, Toyo Eiwa University, Japan Damaris Parsitau, Egerton University, Kenya Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, USA Jens Schlieter, University of Bern, Switzerland Flávio Senra, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil Steven Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh, UK Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Chiara O. Tommasi, University of Pisa, Italy Renée de la Torre, CIESAS Occidente, Mexico
Past Editors
Ian Calvert (1971-1976) Adrian Cunningham (1971-1981 and 1990-1997) John Hinnells (1971-1976) Trevor Ling (1971-1976) Michael Pye (1971-1976 and 1982) Eric Pyle (1971-1976) Thomas Ryba (2004–2007) Robert Segal (1998-2007) Ninian Smart (1971-1976) Ivan Strenski (1981-2004)
Updated 16-01-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, ATLA (American Theological Library Association), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Academic Search, Current Abstracts, Humanities International Index, New Testament Abstracts, Old Testament Abstracts, SocINDEX, TOC Premier, SCOPUS, Gale, Humanities Index, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies, ProQuest, Current Contents,
Open access
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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