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Vigiliae Christianae

Vigiliae Christianae is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.4), WoS AHCI. Published by Brill Academic Publishers.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 0042-6032Verify ISSN ↗1570-0720Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Scopus · Q2WoS · AHCI

0.4

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 949 of 1936 · 50th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

1976–present (also 1969–1973, 1967, 1965, 1963, 1960, 1957, 1952, 1950, 1948)

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

0.4

SJR · SCImago

0.203

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 50th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
History	949 / 1936	50th	Q2
Religious Studies	395 / 760	48th	Q3
Cultural Studies	871 / 1434	39th	Q3
Language and Linguistics	697 / 1137	38th	Q3
Archeology (arts and humanities)	293 / 462	36th	Q3
Linguistics and Language	807 / 1221	33rd	Q3

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Collections

AHCI

Quick answers

Is Vigiliae Christianae indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1976–present (also 1969–1973, 1967, 1965, 1963, 1960, 1957, 1952, 1950, 1948), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.4.

What quartile is Vigiliae Christianae in Scopus?

Vigiliae Christianae is Q2 in History (rank 949 of 1936), Q3 in Religious Studies (rank 395 of 760) and Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 871 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Vigiliae Christianae?

Vigiliae Christianae 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 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.203, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 29.

Who publishes Vigiliae Christianae and what is its ISSN?

Vigiliae Christianae is published by Brill Academic Publishers. Its print ISSN is 0042-6032 and its online ISSN is 1570-0720.

Is Vigiliae Christianae in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Is Vigiliae Christianae open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Vigiliae Christianae? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Vigiliae Christianae has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 0.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,074 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.

h-index

0.07

2-yr mean citations

733

i10-index

4,982

works indexed

33,327

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#1,074 of 1,704 Bottom 37% History

#423 of 634 Bottom 34% Religious Studies

#978 of 1,309 Bottom 26% Cultural Studies

Papers published per year

Vigiliae Christianae published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 52. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Biblical Studies and InterpretationByzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesHistorical and Linguistic Studies

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 Vigiliae Christianae? — latest 91 articles, 2023–2026

In its latest 91 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (24.2%), United States (18.1%) and Germany (11%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Vigiliae Christianae? — 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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 0042-6032 ↗ISSN Portal · 1570-0720 ↗

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