Zygon (journal)

Zygon
DisciplineReligious studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byArthur C. Petersen
Publication details
History1966–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.617 (2016)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Zygon
Indexing
ISSN0591-2385
Links

Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering religion and science published by Wiley-Blackwell. It was established in 1966 and the editor-in-chief is Arthur C. Petersen (University College London). Zygon is sponsored by the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science and the Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (CASIRAS).

The name "Zygon" (mod. L., ad. ζυγόν Gr. yoke.), according to the journal founder Ralph Wendell Burhoe, is the Greek term for anything that joins two bodies, especially the yoking or harnessing of a team that must pull together effectively. The Zygon is the symbol of the journal, its aim being to reunite the "split team" of values and knowledge.[citation needed]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.617, ranking it 31st out of 41 journals (Q4) in the category "Social Issues".[1]

  1. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Issues". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2016.