Politics Religion & Ideology

Politics Religion & Ideology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Religion and Society Interactions, Islamic Studies and History and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

For nearly two decades, Politics, Religion & Ideology has provided the leading international forum for the scholarly exploration of the politics of illiberal ideologies, both religious and secular. The journal is multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge and truly international in scope, having to date received submissions from authors located in over 30 different countries. The journal publishes critical analyses of theory and international case studies pertaining to: The historic and ongoing interaction between religion and politics. The impact of religious radicalism on public policy, political attitudes and decision-making. The contemporary politics of religious revival in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. The historical and contemporary politics of secular 'totalising' movements, such as fascism, Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, and Ba'athism. Conflicts between illiberal ideologies (both religious and secular) and their opponents. Constructions of the sacred and the secular in political religions and other political ideologies. Publicly enforced (ir)religion and dissent. Class, gender and race in the context of political religions and religious politics. Memory, memory culture and the politics of memory in the context of totalitarianism and radical ideologies. Committed to methodological and empirical eclecticism, Politics, Religion & Ideology continues to bring together leading academics and younger researchers engaged in exploring the above thematic. Directed to historians, social scientists, and policy analysts alike, the journal promotes original scholarship that demonstrates an acute awareness of the conceptual and methodological problems raised by the study of social phenomena, such as radicalism and political violence. The journal invites contributions that map common areas between different subject areas, revises conventional definitions of key concepts and, where appropriate, applies non-Eurocentric perspectives to political events, political ideas and political actors. Peer Review Policy All research articles submitted to Politics, Religion & Ideology undergo a rigorous process of double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The editorial process is overseen by the Editor-in-Chief, supported by two Editorial Assistants and an International Editorial Board consisting of 29 leading intellectuals from North America, the United Kingdom, continental Europ

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Naveed S. SheikhPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Sociological Abstracts, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social SciencesPublisher website

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Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor

0.71LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

1.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.61LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.61Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.83Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

42OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

271OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.8OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

26.39%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

21LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

127,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

10%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

16 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

101 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

11 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2156-7689

Electronic ISSN

2156-7697

Latest issue on the website

Volume 27, Issue 2 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website