Sociology of Religion

Sociology of Religion is published by Association for the Sociology of Religion and is in Zone 1 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Religion and Society Interactions, Religion, Society, and Development and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, together about 64.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Sociology of Religion, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, is published quarterly for the purpose of advancing scholarship in the sociological study of religion. The journal publishes original (not previously published) work of exceptional quality and interest related to the sociological study of religion from all parts of the world without regard to substantive focus, theoretical orientation, or methodological approach. Although theoretically ambitious, empirically grounded articles are the core of what we publish, we also publish agenda setting essays, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field forward. Articles published in Sociology of Religion regularly win professional awards. Recent award-winning articles include: 2022 – Society for the Scientific Study of Religion – Distinguished Article Award - Gary J. Adler, Jr., Selena E. Ortiz, Eric Plutzer, Damon Mayrl, Jonathan S. Coley, and Rebecca Sager - Religion at the Frontline: How Religion Influenced the Response of Local Government Officials to the COVID-19 Pandemic 2022 – Society for the Scientific Study of religion – Distinguished Article Award, honorable mention – Ruth Braunstein - A Theory of Political Backlash: Assessing the Religious Right’s Effects on the Religious Field 2021 – Society for the Scientific Study of Religion – Student Paper Award - Claire Chipman Gilliland and Laura Krull – Getting Permission to Break The Rules: Clergy Respond to LGBTQ Exclusion in the United Methodist Church 2022 – American Sociological Association – Student Paper Award – Valentina Cantori - Inclusive and Included? Practices of Civic Inclusivity of American Muslims in Los Angeles Building on this legacy, Sociology of Religion aspires to be the premier English-language publication for sociological scholarship on religion and an essential source for agenda-setting work in the field. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.2 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.8 Religion (Rank by Impact Factor) 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 2.7 Sociology (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 5/222 Religion (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 6/340 2025 Cited Half-Life 11.7 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.5 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00102 2025 Article Influence Score 1.183 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 4.1 Religious Studies (Rank by CiteScore) 23/760 Social Sciences (Miscellaneous) (Rank by CiteScor

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 31, Switzerland 2, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

4.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.24LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

108OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

833OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.33OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

13.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20.27%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

84,776Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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Publisher

Association for the Sociology of Religion

ISSN

1069-4404

Electronic ISSN

1759-8818

Society / sponsor

Association for the Sociology of Religion

Latest issue on the website

Volume 87, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website