In line with the specialization of the journal's articles and reviews, the establishment of the specialized journal of Religions and Mysticism (Articles and Reviews) with scientific-research status was announced by the Commission for Reviewing Publications of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology on October 19, 2009, through notification number 3/11/1215. Since that year, the Faculty of Theology and Islamic Sciences has been publishing two issues of the Religions and Mysticism quarterly each year, in two sections: (Spring and Summer) and (Autumn and Winter), based on the top articles submitted.

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The Religions and Mysticism journal is ready to accept articles in the fields of the history of religions, mystical literature and Sufism, religious studies and its approaches, comparative studies of religions and mysticism, religion and ethics, religion and mythology, religion and the environment, and religion and development.

Open Access Policy: The journal provides free and unrestricted access to all articles for everyone for legal and non-commercial purposes, including reading, downloading, copying, printing, searching and linking to the full text with the condition of proper attribution to the author and the journal. The journal is licensed under Creative Commons as CC-BY-NC

Copyright and Publishing Rights Policy: The authors of the articles published in the journal retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-NC. The authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights.

For further information on the rules and ethical guidelines for journal publications, you can visit the Commitee on Publication Ethics (COPE) website.

Archive Policy: Since the stablishment of the Journal, it has stored all its articles in the Journal's internal archive, making them accessable to everyone. the Journal long term policy is to protect the content.

The Flowchart of the Article Review and Acceptance Process is explained in the Article  Pree Review Process

Peer Review Process

• Intellectual Property Rights: All intellectual property rights of the work belong to the author.
• This journal adheres to the ethical guidelines in publications in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the
• executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works.

• Article Format: PDF

  Citation Style: APA

• Type of Journal: Scientific Journal
• Type of Articles Published: Scientific-Research Articles
• Publication Frequency: Biannual
• Language: Bilingual (Abstract and References in English)
• Average Review Time for Articles: 12 weeks
• Plagiarism: To prevent plagiarism, the Samim Noor software is used.
• Free and Open Access to Articles
• If the article is supported or funded by a research grant, it is mandatory for the author to mention it in the article.
• Country of Publication: Iran
• Publisher: Faculty of Theology and Islamic Sciences, University of Tehran

• Specialized Field: Religions and Mysticism
• Publication Start: Fall and Winter 2009
• Journal Language: Persian (Abstract in English)
• Article Review and Acceptance Fees: 2,000,000 IRR (Review Fee) and 4,000,000 IRR (Publishing Fee)
• Review Type: Closed Review (Double-blind) with 2 reviewers
• Initial Review Period: One week
• Format: Electronic
• Publication Frequency: Biannual
• Rank in 2022 (Ministry of Science): A
• ISC Impact Factor: 0.083
• Print ISSN: 2228-5563
• Electronic ISSN: 2588-4816
• Journal Email: jrm@ut.ac.ir
• Last Website Update: 2025 , APRIL, 5

The Religions and Mysticism journal has signed a cooperation agreement with the Iranian Society of Islamic Mysticism to strengthen scientific and research collaboration between the two entities.

Important Note: All stages of article submission, review, revision, acceptance or rejection, and eventual publication are conducted through the journal's website. Manual issuance of acceptance certificates is not possible.

Contact details: jrm@ut.ac.ir, Ms. Azar Aghamirza (Journal Staff)