About the Journal

The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) was founded in 2007 with the mission to promote religious freedom for all faiths from an academic perspective, and the International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF) is the flagship publication of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, through which the institute seeks to provide a platform for scholarly discourse on religious freedom and persecution. The IIRF is based in New York, United States.

The IJRF aims to provide a platform for scholarly discourse on religious freedom and persecution. It is an interdisciplinary, international, peer reviewed journal, serving the dissemination of new research on religious freedom and contains research articles, documentation, book reviews, academic news and other relevant items.

The IJRF is published twice a year and aims to provide a platform for scholarly discourse on religious freedom in general and the persecution of Christians in particular. It is an interdisciplinary, international, peer reviewed journal, serving the dissemination of new research on religious freedom and contains research articles, documentation, book reviews, academic news and other relevant items.

The IJRF is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and listed on the DoHET “Approved list of South African journals” and subscribes to the Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing and Peer Review of 2018 as well as the National Code of Best Practice in Editorial Discretion and Peer Review for South African Scholarly Journals and the supplementary Guidelines for Best Practice of the Forum of Editors of Academic Law Journals in South Africa.

The IJRF is listed on the South African Department of Higher Education and Training “Approved list of South African journals” as effective from 1 January 2012.

In August 2023, the “Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers” recognized and accredited the IJRF as a scientific publication channel in the Norwegian publication system.

Manuscripts submitted for publication are assessed by a panel of referees and the decision to publish is dependent on their reports.

The IJRF subscribes to the National Code of Best Practice in Editorial Discretion and Peer Review for South African Scholarly Journals.

The IJRF is open access on this website, as well as via SABINET and EBSCO. It is also available in print. Kindly contact the Editors at ijrf@iirf.global if you are a library and wish to receive print versions.

The International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license; ISSN 2070-5484 (electronic), ISSN 2070-5484 (printed); doi.org/10.59484/IJRF6391.

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