The aim of Religion, Brain & Behavior ( RBB) is to provide a vehicle for the advancement of current biological approaches to understanding religion at every level from brain to behavior. RBB unites multiple disciplinary perspectives that share these interests. The journal seeks empirical and theoretical studies that reflect rigorous scientific standards and a sophisticated appreciation of the academic study of religion.
RBB welcomes contributions from a wide array of biological and related disciplines, including cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, social psychology, evolutionary anthropology, social neuroscience, neurology, genetics, demography, bioeconomics, neuroeconomics, physiology, developmental psychology, psychology of religion, moral psychology, archaeology, mimetics, behavioral ecology, epidemiology, public health, cultural evolution, and religious studies. In summary, RBB considers high quality papers in any aspect of the brain-behavior nexus related to religion.
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Journal metrics
Usage
92K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.6 (2023) Impact Factor
3.8 (2023) 5 year IF
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.103 (2023) SNIP
0.764 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
11 days avg. from submission to first
decision
33% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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
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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: Irene Cristofori - Claued Bernard University Lyon 1 Suzanne Hoogeveen - University of Amsterdam Ryan McKay - Royal Holloway, University of London Michael Price - Brunel University Robert M. Ross - Macquarie University John Shaver -University of Otago Richard Sosis - University of Connecticut Joseph Watts - University of Canterbury Wesley J. Wildman - Boston University
Assistant Editors: Christopher Kavanagh- University of Oxford David Rohr -Center for Mind and Culture
Editorial Board: Candace Alcorta - University of Connecticut Nancy Ammerman - Boston University Quentin Atkinson -University of Auckland Scott Atran - University of Michigan Jesse Bering - University of Otago Justin Barrett - Fuller Theological Seminary Paul Bloom - Yale University Pascal Boyer - Washington University in St. Louis Warren Brown - Fuller Theological Seminary Joseph Bulbulia - Victoria University, Wellington Philip Clayton- Claremont Graduate University Adam B. Cohen - Arizona State University Emma Cohen - University of Oxford Lee Cronk - Rutgers University Robin Dunbar - University of Oxford Robert Emmons - University of California, Davis Ernst Fehr - University of Zurich Daniel Fessler - University of California, Los Angeles Armin Geertz - Aarhus University William Scott Green - University of Miami Joseph Henrich - Harvard University Ze Hong - University of Macau William Irons - Northwestern University Dominic Johnson - University of Oxford Eric Kaufmann - University of London Deborah Kelemen - Boston University Lee Kirkpatrick - College of William and Mary Pierre Liénard - University of Nevada, Las Vegas Tanya Luhrmann- Stanford University Mike McCullough - University of California, San Diego Andrew Newberg - Thomas Jefferson University Ara Norenzayan - University of British Columbia Kenneth Pargament - Bowling Green State University Benjamin Purzycki -Aarhus University Ilkka Pyysiäinen - University of Helsinki Peter Richerson - University of California, Davis Steven Schachter - Harvard University Todd Shackelford - Oakland University Steven Schachter-Harvard University Uffe Schjoedt - Aarhus University Jeffrey Schloss - Westmont College Todd Shackelford -Oakland University Edward Slingerland- University of British Columbia Michael Spezio- Scripps College, Claremont Ann Taves- University of California, Santa Barbara Robert Trivers- Rutgers University Michiel van Elk-University of Amsterdam Fraser Watts - Cambridge University Claire White - University of California, Northridge Harvey Whitehouse - University of Oxford David Sloan Wilson - Binghamton University Paul J. Zak - Claremont Graduate University
Founding Editors: Patrick McNamara - Boston University Richard Sosis- University of Connecticut Wesley J. Wildman- Boston University
Updated 17-06-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Religion, Brain & Behavior is now listed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Scopus (CiteScore 2019 3.5 - 54 / 145 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology) and The ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB® )
Open access
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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
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