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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
DisciplinePsychology of religion
LanguageEnglish
Edited byHeinz Streib
Publication details
History1991–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.639 (2011)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Int. J. Psychol. Relig.
Indexing
CODENIPRLEB
ISSN1050-8619 (print)
1532-7582 (web)
LCCN91641651
OCLC no.45255134
Links

The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to research on the psychology of religion. Its scope includes the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The current editor-in-chief is Heinz Streib (Universität Bielefeld). As of 2020, the book review editors were Katarzyna Skrzypińska (University of Gdańsk) and W. Paul Williamson (Henderson State University).[1]

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in PsycINFO, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, EBSCO databases, Family Index Database, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Religion Index One, Religious and Theological Abstracts, Scopus, and Social Sciences Citation Index (as of 2011).

Beginning with volume 18 (2008), the journal is included in the databases of the Institute for Scientific Information.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.639, ranking it 37th out of 124 journals in the category "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Editorial Board (from journal website, accessed 23 Feb. 2020)
  2. ^ Raymond F. Paloutzian (2010). "ISI and Impact Factor". The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 20 (1): 1. doi:10.1080/10508610903481994. S2CID 144076930.
  3. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Multidisciplinary". 2011 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2012.
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