Sociology of Religion

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 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 welcome agenda setting essays, comments on previously published works, critical reflections on the research act, and interventions into substantive areas or theoretical debates intended to push the field ahead. Sociology of Religion has published work by renowned scholars from Nancy Ammerman to Robert Wuthnow. Robert Bellah, Niklas Luhmann, Talcott Parsons, and Pitirim Sorokin all published in the pages of this journal. More recently, articles published in Sociology of Religion have won the ASA Religion Section’s Distinguished Article Award (Rhys Williams in 2000) and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s Distinguished Article Award (Matthew Lawson in 2000 and Fred Kniss in 1998). 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.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Religious Studies	1999	Q1
Religious Studies	2000	Q1
Religious Studies	2001	Q1
Religious Studies	2002	Q1
Religious Studies	2003	Q1
Religious Studies	2004	Q1
Religious Studies	2006	Q1
Religious Studies	2007	Q1
Religious Studies	2008	Q1
Religious Studies	2009	Q1
Religious Studies	2010	Q1
Religious Studies	2011	Q1
Religious Studies	2012	Q1
Religious Studies	2013	Q1
Religious Studies	2014	Q1
Religious Studies	2015	Q1
Religious Studies	2016	Q1
Religious Studies	2017	Q1
Religious Studies	2018	Q1
Religious Studies	2019	Q1
Religious Studies	2020	Q1
Religious Studies	2021	Q1
Religious Studies	2022	Q1
Religious Studies	2023	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2003	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2006	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.747
2000	0.321
2001	0.748
2002	0.296
2003	0.196
2004	0.365
2006	0.190
2007	0.392
2008	0.398
2009	0.427
2010	0.256
2011	0.700
2012	1.117
2013	1.306
2014	0.806
2015	0.967
2016	1.682
2017	1.037
2018	1.772
2019	1.406
2020	1.861
2021	1.239
2022	1.651
2023	0.968

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	22
2000	31
2001	25
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	20
2006	30
2007	24
2008	25
2009	19
2010	20
2011	20
2012	17
2013	22
2014	27
2015	21
2016	19
2017	12
2018	25
2019	22
2020	19
2021	18
2022	20
2023	0

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.675
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.484
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.707
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.440
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.051
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.714
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.550
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.820
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.946
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.141
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.837
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.455
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.036
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.355
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.722
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.081
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.678
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.753
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.597
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.846
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.205
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.595
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.443
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.675
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.707
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.436
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.732
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.920
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.550
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.820
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.946
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.721
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.297
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.797
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.424
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.864
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.414
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.612
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.385
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.464
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.119
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.076
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.158
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.364
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.811
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.760
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.550
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.820
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.907
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.510
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.077
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.135
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.359
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.510
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.375
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.425
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.811
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.894
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.927
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.865
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.289

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	7
Self Cites	2000	2
Self Cites	2001	4
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	3
Self Cites	2008	12
Self Cites	2009	1
Self Cites	2010	9
Self Cites	2011	7
Self Cites	2012	15
Self Cites	2013	20
Self Cites	2014	8
Self Cites	2015	33
Self Cites	2016	19
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	13
Self Cites	2019	23
Self Cites	2020	28
Self Cites	2021	14
Self Cites	2022	17
Self Cites	2023	0
Total Cites	1999	27
Total Cites	2000	16
Total Cites	2001	53
Total Cites	2002	34
Total Cites	2003	41
Total Cites	2004	23
Total Cites	2005	0
Total Cites	2006	11
Total Cites	2007	41
Total Cites	2008	70
Total Cites	2009	79
Total Cites	2010	117
Total Cites	2011	83
Total Cites	2012	106
Total Cites	2013	133
Total Cites	2014	84
Total Cites	2015	123
Total Cites	2016	169
Total Cites	2017	108
Total Cites	2018	124
Total Cites	2019	138
Total Cites	2020	184
Total Cites	2021	203
Total Cites	2022	200
Total Cites	2023	180

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.500
External Cites per document	2000	0.318
External Cites per document	2001	0.653
External Cites per document	2002	0.436
External Cites per document	2003	0.732
External Cites per document	2004	0.920
External Cites per document	2005	0
External Cites per document	2006	0.500
External Cites per document	2007	0.760
External Cites per document	2008	0.784
External Cites per document	2009	0.987
External Cites per document	2010	1.588
External Cites per document	2011	1.188
External Cites per document	2012	1.542
External Cites per document	2013	1.982
External Cites per document	2014	1.288
External Cites per document	2015	1.364
External Cites per document	2016	2.143
External Cites per document	2017	1.567
External Cites per document	2018	2.135
External Cites per document	2019	2.054
External Cites per document	2020	2.644
External Cites per document	2021	2.864
External Cites per document	2022	3.102
External Cites per document	2023	3.158
Cites per document	1999	0.675
Cites per document	2000	0.364
Cites per document	2001	0.707
Cites per document	2002	0.436
Cites per document	2003	0.732
Cites per document	2004	0.920
Cites per document	2005	0.000
Cites per document	2006	0.550
Cites per document	2007	0.820
Cites per document	2008	0.946
Cites per document	2009	1.000
Cites per document	2010	1.721
Cites per document	2011	1.297
Cites per document	2012	1.797
Cites per document	2013	2.333
Cites per document	2014	1.424
Cites per document	2015	1.864
Cites per document	2016	2.414
Cites per document	2017	1.612
Cites per document	2018	2.385
Cites per document	2019	2.464
Cites per document	2020	3.119
Cites per document	2021	3.076
Cites per document	2022	3.390
Cites per document	2023	3.158

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	9.09
2000	0.00
2001	4.00
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	0.00
2006	10.00
2007	8.33
2008	52.00
2009	21.05
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	23.53
2013	0.00
2014	7.41
2015	0.00
2016	5.26
2017	0.00
2018	0.00
2019	18.18
2020	5.26
2021	16.67
2022	10.00
2023	0

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	7
Non-citable documents	2009	14
Non-citable documents	2010	13
Non-citable documents	2011	9
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	3
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	40
Citable documents	2000	44
Citable documents	2001	75
Citable documents	2002	78
Citable documents	2003	56
Citable documents	2004	25
Citable documents	2005	0
Citable documents	2006	20
Citable documents	2007	48
Citable documents	2008	67
Citable documents	2009	65
Citable documents	2010	55
Citable documents	2011	55
Citable documents	2012	56
Citable documents	2013	55
Citable documents	2014	56
Citable documents	2015	63
Citable documents	2016	67
Citable documents	2017	66
Citable documents	2018	52
Citable documents	2019	56
Citable documents	2020	59
Citable documents	2021	66
Citable documents	2022	59
Citable documents	2023	57

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	21
Uncited documents	2000	32
Uncited documents	2001	46
Uncited documents	2002	58
Uncited documents	2003	34
Uncited documents	2004	12
Uncited documents	2005	0
Uncited documents	2006	15
Uncited documents	2007	32
Uncited documents	2008	33
Uncited documents	2009	41
Uncited documents	2010	19
Uncited documents	2011	33
Uncited documents	2012	19
Uncited documents	2013	16
Uncited documents	2014	28
Uncited documents	2015	17
Uncited documents	2016	10
Uncited documents	2017	25
Uncited documents	2018	12
Uncited documents	2019	16
Uncited documents	2020	13
Uncited documents	2021	22
Uncited documents	2022	14
Uncited documents	2023	12
Cited documents	1999	19
Cited documents	2000	12
Cited documents	2001	29
Cited documents	2002	20
Cited documents	2003	22
Cited documents	2004	13
Cited documents	2005	0
Cited documents	2006	5
Cited documents	2007	18
Cited documents	2008	41
Cited documents	2009	38
Cited documents	2010	49
Cited documents	2011	31
Cited documents	2012	40
Cited documents	2013	41
Cited documents	2014	31
Cited documents	2015	49
Cited documents	2016	60
Cited documents	2017	42
Cited documents	2018	40
Cited documents	2019	40
Cited documents	2020	46
Cited documents	2021	44
Cited documents	2022	45
Cited documents	2023	45