| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 319 / 760 | 57th | Q2 |
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Expository Times
Expository Times is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.5), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0014-5246Verify ISSN ↗1745-5308Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Expository Times indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1889–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.5.
What quartile is Expository Times in Scopus?
Expository Times is Q2 in Religious Studies (rank 319 of 760), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Expository Times?
Expository Times is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.186, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.
How much does it cost to publish in Expository Times?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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.
Who publishes Expository Times and what is its ISSN?
Expository Times is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0014-5246 and its online ISSN is 1745-5308.
Is Expository Times covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Expository Times in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Is Expository Times open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Expository Times? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Expository Times has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 0.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #479 of 634 Scopus journals in Religious Studies.
Expository Times published 192 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 334. 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.
Who publishes in Expository Times? — latest 22 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 22 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Korea (45.5%), United States (13.6%) and Nigeria (4.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Expository Times? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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