Eurasian Journal of Religious Studies (EJRS) was founded in 2015. The journal is established and published by Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
EJRS is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal publishing significant research in Religious Studies and Islamic Studies. It serves as a global platform for researchers, academicians, and professionals to share their scientific findings, discuss ideas and experiences, and exchange research results in religious studies and Islamic studies with both local and international scientists.
The journal is published periodically 4 times a year.
Eurasian Journal of Religious Studies (EJRS) publishes original research articles and review papers in religious studies and Islamic studies, encompassing theoretical, methodological, and empirical research on religious traditions, contemporary religious phenomena, and religion-society relations in their social, cultural, and political contexts, and operating in accordance with international editorial standards, publication ethics, and rigorous peer-review practices to ensure the quality, accessibility, and visibility of published research.
Primary review: 4 weeks, approximately
Peer review policy: Double-blind peer review
Average refereeing time: 8-14 weeks
Acceptance percentage: 65%
Indexing & Abstracting
- Science and Higher Education Quality Assurance Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- NCSTE
- EBSCO
- Crossref
- Science Index
- ROAD
- WorldCat
Scope of the Journal
EJRS covers a broad range of topics across Religious and Islamic Studies, as:
- History and theory of religion;
- Philosophy of religion;
- Religious studies: domestic and foreign experience;
- Religion in the globalizing world;
- State-confessional relations: domestic and foreign experience;
- Religion and society;
- Methods of teaching religious studies in the system of secondary and higher education;
- Interdisciplinary research, combining achievements in the analysis of religion such sciences as history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, philology, anthropology, phenomenology, jurisprudence, etc.;
- Philosophical and theological studies on the history of philosophical and religious systems and theology, research articles on the current state of philosophical and theological problems, translation works;
- Eurasianism in the context of modern social and humanitarian thought.
Why publish in the journal?
International Editorial Board — the journal brings together leading national and international experts, ensuring a diversity of academic perspectives and high-quality peer review.
Rigorous peer review — double-blind peer review involving at least two independent reviewers for each manuscript.
Open access — a platinum open-access model with no publication fees, ensuring free and wide dissemination of scholarly knowledge.
Digital archiving — long-term preservation of all published materials in reliable digital repositories.
