Journal profile · RELIGION
Religion & Human Rights
ISSN 1871-031X · eISSN 1871-0328 · Brill
Religion & Human Rights: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Religion & Human Rights is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Religious Freedom and Discrimination and Religion and Society Interactions, together about 52.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RELIGION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences21.6%
- Religious Freedom and DiscriminationSocial Sciences18.3%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences12.8%
- Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences7.1%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Religious Education and SchoolsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Historical and Contemporary Political DynamicsArts and Humanities3.7%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Religion | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Religion | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 74.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 390 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 28 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 51 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 1871-031X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1871-0328
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Religion & Human Rights
What CAS zone is Religion & Human Rights in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Religion & Human Rights is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Religion. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Religion & Human Rights?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Religion & Human Rights is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Religion & Human Rights open access, and what is the APC?
Religion & Human Rights is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .