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Church, Communication and Culture is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.3), DOAJ. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 2375-3234Verify ISSN ↗2375-3242Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 108 / 760 | 85th | Q1 |
| Communication | 289 / 541 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.3.
Church, Communication and Culture is Q1 in Religious Studies (rank 108 of 760) and Q3 in Communication (rank 289 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Church, Communication and Culture is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q1, 85th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.252, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,226 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Church, Communication and Culture is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 2375-3234 and its online ISSN is 2375-3242.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Church, Communication and Culture has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 634 Scopus journals in Religious Studies.
Church, Communication and Culture published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 35. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Italy (32%), Spain (28%) and United States (8.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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