Journal of Religion

University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 00224189, 15496538

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SCImago
Q2
Impact factor
0.4
SJR
0.204
CiteScore
0.5
Categories
Religious Studies
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Years of issue
1982, 1996-2025
journal names
Journal of Religion
J RELIG
Publications
14 537
Citations
5 849
h-index
30
Publications
490
Citations
1 546
Top-3 citing journals
Religions
Religions (167 citations)
Religion
Religion (70 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (9 publications)
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University (3 publications)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (8 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (23 publications)
United Kingdom (3 publications)
Germany (2 publications)
USA (9 publications)
United Kingdom (2 publications)
Israel (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Religions
167 citations, 2.86%
Religion
70 citations, 1.2%
Journal of Religious Ethics
60 citations, 1.03%
Journal of Religion
55 citations, 0.94%
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
55 citations, 0.94%
Church History
45 citations, 0.77%
Religious Studies Review
42 citations, 0.72%
SSRN Electronic Journal
42 citations, 0.72%
Scottish Journal of Theology
41 citations, 0.7%
Byzantinische Zeitschrift
40 citations, 0.68%
Zygon
38 citations, 0.65%
Religious Studies
37 citations, 0.63%
Horizons
37 citations, 0.63%
Biblical Theology Bulletin
36 citations, 0.62%
Pastoral Psychology
35 citations, 0.6%
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
34 citations, 0.58%
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
32 citations, 0.55%
Sophia
29 citations, 0.5%
Political Theology
20 citations, 0.34%
Psychological Bulletin
19 citations, 0.32%
Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology
19 citations, 0.32%
Harvard Theological Review
18 citations, 0.31%
Open Theology
18 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Religion and Health
17 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Psychology and Theology
17 citations, 0.29%
Religion Compass
16 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Philosophy and Theology
14 citations, 0.24%
Studies in Religion-Sciences Religieuses
14 citations, 0.24%
Feminist Theology
13 citations, 0.22%
Verbum et Ecclesia
13 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Hindu Studies
11 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Law and Religion
11 citations, 0.19%
Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology
11 citations, 0.19%
AJS Review
11 citations, 0.19%
Nature
10 citations, 0.17%
Religion and American Culture
9 citations, 0.15%
Numen
8 citations, 0.14%
Religious Education
8 citations, 0.14%
Review of Politics
8 citations, 0.14%
Culture and Religion
8 citations, 0.14%
Dialog
8 citations, 0.14%
Missiology An International Review
8 citations, 0.14%
Bulletin for Biblical Research
8 citations, 0.14%
Dao
7 citations, 0.12%
Mental Health, Religion and Culture
7 citations, 0.12%
New Testament Studies
7 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Indian Philosophy
7 citations, 0.12%
Pluralist
7 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Early Christian History
7 citations, 0.12%
Philosophy and Medicine
7 citations, 0.12%
Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures
7 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Psychology
6 citations, 0.1%
Asian Philosophy
6 citations, 0.1%
Material Religion
6 citations, 0.1%
Modern Intellectual History
6 citations, 0.1%
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
6 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Business Ethics
6 citations, 0.1%
Speculum
6 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Speculative Philosophy
6 citations, 0.1%
Theory, Culture and Society
6 citations, 0.1%
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
6 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Pastoral Theology
6 citations, 0.1%
When Children Draw Gods
6 citations, 0.1%
Literature Compass
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Scottish Philosophy
5 citations, 0.09%
Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
5 citations, 0.09%
International Journal of Systematic Theology
5 citations, 0.09%
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
5 citations, 0.09%
American Ethnologist
5 citations, 0.09%
Quarterly Journal of Speech
5 citations, 0.09%
Social Compass
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
5 citations, 0.09%
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
5 citations, 0.09%
Soundings
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
5 citations, 0.09%
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
5 citations, 0.09%
Intentionalitätstheorie beim frühen Brentano
5 citations, 0.09%
American Journal of Theology & Philosophy
5 citations, 0.09%
Modern Theology
4 citations, 0.07%
Prose Studies
4 citations, 0.07%
Ethical Economy
4 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Jewish Education
4 citations, 0.07%
Sixteenth Century Journal
4 citations, 0.07%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
4 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
4 citations, 0.07%
Intellectual History Review
4 citations, 0.07%
Human Studies
4 citations, 0.07%
Journal of International Political Theory
4 citations, 0.07%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
4 citations, 0.07%
British Journal of Religious Education
4 citations, 0.07%
Review of Faith and International Affairs
4 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Positive Psychology
4 citations, 0.07%
Sociology of Religion
4 citations, 0.07%
British Journal of Educational Studies
4 citations, 0.07%
Contemporary Buddhism
4 citations, 0.07%
Christian Higher Education
4 citations, 0.07%
Black Theology
4 citations, 0.07%
Studies in Church History
4 citations, 0.07%
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Cambridge University Press
638 citations, 10.91%
Taylor & Francis
466 citations, 7.97%
Springer Nature
381 citations, 6.51%
Wiley
372 citations, 6.36%
SAGE
221 citations, 3.78%
MDPI
187 citations, 3.2%
Oxford University Press
161 citations, 2.75%
Walter de Gruyter
98 citations, 1.68%
University of Chicago Press
92 citations, 1.57%
AOSIS
76 citations, 1.3%
Elsevier
50 citations, 0.85%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
38 citations, 0.65%
Brill
32 citations, 0.55%
Duke University Press
28 citations, 0.48%
American Psychological Association (APA)
27 citations, 0.46%
University of Illinois Press
24 citations, 0.41%
Edinburgh University Press
18 citations, 0.31%
Emerald
17 citations, 0.29%
Biola University
17 citations, 0.29%
OpenEdition
14 citations, 0.24%
CAIRN
11 citations, 0.19%
Equinox Publishing
11 citations, 0.19%
Indiana University Press
10 citations, 0.17%
University of California Press
9 citations, 0.15%
JSTOR
9 citations, 0.15%
Consortium Erudit
9 citations, 0.15%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
9 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.12%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.12%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
7 citations, 0.12%
Society for Values in Higher Education
6 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
6 citations, 0.1%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
6 citations, 0.1%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
5 citations, 0.09%
Liverpool University Press
4 citations, 0.07%
MIT Press
4 citations, 0.07%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
4 citations, 0.07%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.07%
Project MUSE
4 citations, 0.07%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
4 citations, 0.07%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.05%
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Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
3 citations, 0.05%
Berghahn Books
3 citations, 0.05%
The FaithX Project
3 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.03%
2 citations, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
2 citations, 0.03%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
2 citations, 0.03%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
Instytut Filozofii UJ
2 citations, 0.03%
Akademika Forlag
2 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
2 citations, 0.03%
National Library of Serbia
2 citations, 0.03%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
2 citations, 0.03%
British Psychological Society
2 citations, 0.03%
Humanist Publishing House
2 citations, 0.03%
Srinivas University
2 citations, 0.03%
The Japan Society of Christian Studies
2 citations, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Philosophy Documentation Center
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
1 citation, 0.02%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Magnolia Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
1 citation, 0.02%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.02%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Pennsylvania Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Human Geographical Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.02%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
1 citation, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Oncology Nursing Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Canadian Association of Slavists
1 citation, 0.02%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
1 citation, 0.02%
Open Library of Humanities
1 citation, 0.02%
Editions Antipodes
1 citation, 0.02%
Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria
1 citation, 0.02%
Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Architectural Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Studia Liturgica Press
1 citation, 0.02%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
1 citation, 0.02%
FahrenHouse
1 citation, 0.02%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
1 citation, 0.02%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
1 citation, 0.02%
Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Chicago
9 publications, 0.06%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3 publications, 0.02%
Loyola Marymount University
3 publications, 0.02%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.01%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.01%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.01%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.01%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.01%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.01%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.01%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.01%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.01%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.01%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.01%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.01%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.01%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.01%
New York University
1 publication, 0.01%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.01%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.01%
University of California, Riverside
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Aberdeen
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.01%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.01%
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
1 publication, 0.01%
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
1 publication, 0.01%
Central Michigan University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.01%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.01%
Coastal Carolina University
1 publication, 0.01%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.01%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.01%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Prince Edward Island
1 publication, 0.01%
Saint Louis University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Massachusetts Boston
1 publication, 0.01%
University of West Georgia
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Vermont
1 publication, 0.01%
Furman University
1 publication, 0.01%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Chicago
8 publications, 1.63%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3 publications, 0.61%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.41%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.41%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.2%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.2%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.2%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.2%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.2%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.2%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.2%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.2%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.2%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.2%
New York University
1 publication, 0.2%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.2%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.2%
University of California, Riverside
1 publication, 0.2%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.2%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.2%
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History
1 publication, 0.2%
Central Michigan University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.2%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.2%
Coastal Carolina University
1 publication, 0.2%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Prince Edward Island
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Massachusetts Boston
1 publication, 0.2%
University of West Georgia
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Vermont
1 publication, 0.2%
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USA, 23, 0.16%
USA
23 publications, 0.16%
United Kingdom, 3, 0.02%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 0.02%
Germany, 2, 0.01%
Germany
2 publications, 0.01%
Canada, 2, 0.01%
Canada
2 publications, 0.01%
Finland, 2, 0.01%
Finland
2 publications, 0.01%
Australia, 1, 0.01%
Australia
1 publication, 0.01%
Belgium, 1, 0.01%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.01%
Israel, 1, 0.01%
Israel
1 publication, 0.01%
Italy, 1, 0.01%
Italy
1 publication, 0.01%
Netherlands, 1, 0.01%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.01%
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USA, 9, 1.84%
USA
9 publications, 1.84%
United Kingdom, 2, 0.41%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 0.41%
Israel, 1, 0.2%
Israel
1 publication, 0.2%
Canada, 1, 0.2%
Canada
1 publication, 0.2%
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