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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Template

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Religion and Society Interactions, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Religion, Society, and Development.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inReligion and Society Interactions Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Religion, Society, and Development American Constitutional Law and Politics Religious Tourism and Spaces
ISSN0021-8294
Citation impact (2-yr)1.19
h-index207
i10-index2,726
Total citations264,019
Article processing charge$2,940
Top institutions publishing hereBaylor University
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion per year

81
2014
78
2015
78
2016
84
2017
90
2018
62
2019
70
2020
74
2021
48
2022
86
2023
50
2024
44
2025

Citation impact of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion by publication year

1.7K
2014
1.8K
2015
1.3K
2016
1.5K
2017
1.6K
2018
636
2019
1.3K
2020
665
2021
379
2022
538
2023
142
2024
26
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

William McCormack, Mary Douglas · 1 Jan 1967

Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within anthropology. In 1995 the book was included among the Times Literary Supplement's hundred most influential non-fiction works since WWII. Incorporating the philosophy of religion and…

5,794 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences

David D. Laitin, George E. Marcus, Michael M. J. Fischer · 1 Sep 1987

Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, George E. Marcus and Michael M. J. Fischer look closely at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments, its current predicaments, its future direction, and the insights it has to offer other fields of study. The result is a provocative work that is important for scholars…

3,675 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (3): 45–58.
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