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International Journal of Public Theology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.4), WoS AHCI. Published by Brill Academic Publishers.
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ISSN 1569-7320Verify ISSN ↗1872-5171Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 352 / 760 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1250 / 1530 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.4.
International Journal of Public Theology is Q2 in Religious Studies (rank 352 of 760) and Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1250 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Public Theology 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 0.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.151, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 9.
International Journal of Public Theology is published by Brill Academic Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1569-7320 and its online ISSN is 1872-5171.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Public Theology has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #341 of 634 Scopus journals in Religious Studies.
International Journal of Public Theology published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 50. 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 87 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (20.1%), South Africa (9.2%) and Australia (9.2%).
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.
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