The Journal of Religion and Health is an interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinarity

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 peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 published by Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

. It publishes original articles that deal with mental

Mental health

Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...

 and physical health

Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

 in relation to religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

 and spirituality

Spirituality

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 of all kinds. The journal was established in 1961 by the Blanton-Peale Institute.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Academic OneFile

InfoTrac

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, Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

The Arts & Humanities Citation Index , also known as Arts & Humanities Search is a citation index, with abstracting and indexing for more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals, and coverage of disciplines that includes social and natural science journals. Part of this database is derived from...

, ATLA Religion Database

ATLA Religion Database

The ATLA Religion Database or ATLA RDB, is an index of academic articles in the area of religion. It is updated quarterly by the American Theological Library Association . The database indexes journal articles, essays and book reviews related to a wide range of scholarly fields related to religion...

, Current Contents

Current Contents

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, EMBASE

EMBASE

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, Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...

/Social Sciences Edition, PsycINFO

PsycINFO

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, PubMed

PubMed

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/MEDLINE

MEDLINE

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, Scopus

Scopus

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, and Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index is an interdisciplinary citation index product of Thomson Reuters' Healthcare & Science division. It was developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index....

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