The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion accepts the following types of article: Original Articles and Registered Reports.
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Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Peer review policy
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Further information on our preprints policy and citation requirements can be found on our Preprints Author Services page. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Readership:
Psychologists, theologians, philosophers, religious leaders, neuroscientists, and social scientists.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Open Science Badges information
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion supports open science practice by awarding Open Science Badges developed by the Center for Open Science to reward research that supports reproducibility.
The Open Data badge is earned for making publicly available the digitally-shareable data necessary to reproduce the reported results.
The Open Materials badge is earned by making publicly available the components of the research methodology needed to reproduce the reported procedure and analysis.
The Preregistered badge is earned for having a preregistered design and analysis plan for the reported research and reporting results according to that plan.
Authors can apply for the badges once their work has been accepted by the Editors.
Journal metrics
Usage
63K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.358 (2023) SNIP
0.782 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
17 days avg. from submission to first
decision
6% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
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.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Zhuo Job Chen - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Kimberly Rios - Ohio University, USA Wade C. Rowatt - Baylor University, Texas, USA Michiel van Elk - University of Leiden, Netherlands
ADVISORY BOARD Jacob A. Belzen - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jozef Corveleyn - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Peter C. Hill - Biola University, California, USA Ralph W. Hood, Jr. - University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA Kate Miriam Loewenthal - Royal Holloway University of London, UK Raymond F. Paloutzian - Westmont College, California, USA Vassilis Saroglou - Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
EDITORIAL BOARD Hisham Abu-Raiya - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Mario Aletti - Catholic University of Milan, Italy Justin Barrett - Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, California, USA Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi - University of Haifa, Israel Jeffrey P. Bjorck - Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA Pierre-Yves Brandt - Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Chris J. Boyatzis - Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA Adam Cohen - University of Arizona, USA Valerie DeMarinis - Uppsala University, Sweden Jessie Dezutter - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Miguel Farias - University of Coventry, England Leslie Francis - University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Pehr Granqvist - Stockholm University, Sweden Halina Grzymaa-Moszczyska - Jagiellonian University, Poland Nils G. Holm - Åbo Academy, Finland Harry Hui - University of Hong Kong James W. Jones - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Lee A. Kirkpatrick - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA Neal Krause - University of Michigan, USA Kevin Ladd - Indiana University South Bend, USA Aryeh Lazar - Ariel University, Israel Susan McFadden - University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, USA Daniel N. McIntosh - University of Denver, USA Sebastian Murken - University of Marburg, Germany Ara Norenzayan - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Kenneth Pargament - Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA Ralph L. Piedmont - Loyola College of Maryland, USA Lewis R. Rambo - San Francisco Theological Seminary, California, USA Jonathan Ramsay - James Cook University, Singapore Tatjana Schnell - Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria Patricia Schoenrade - William Jewell College, Missouri, USA Edward Shafranske - Pepperdine University, California, USA Bernard Spilka - University of Denver, Colorado, USA Wellington Zangari - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology; Current Contents/Arts & Humanities; Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Elsevier Bibliographic Database; ERIH PLUS; Family Index Database; Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition; PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts; Religion Index One; Religious and Theological Abstracts; SCOPUS; Social Sciences Citation Index/Social Scisearch; and Thomson Reuters
Open access
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
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.
Members of the following groups can receive an individual print and online subscription to International Journal for the Psychology of Religion at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
American Psychological Association (APA) Division 36 - Psychology of Religion
International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR)
Print ISSN:
1050-8619
Online ISSN:
1532-7582
4 issues per year
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