Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Last updated ISSN 0021-8294
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by Wiley in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,240.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Religion, Society, and Development
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Mormonism, Religion, and History
- Religious Education and Schools
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-8294, 1468-5906 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,240 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,206 |
| Publishing since | 1961 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-5 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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