Exchange

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands

ISSN0166-2740eISSN1572-543X

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.236

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.901

Total Worksi

1,545

Total Citationsi

3,723

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Religious Studies; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,545

Publisher OrgBrill

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0166-2740 / 1572-543X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Religious StudiesQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Christian Theology and MissionReligion, Society, and DevelopmentPentecostalism and Christianity StudiesReligion and Society InteractionsBiblical Studies and InterpretationAfrican history and culture analysisAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesReligious Tourism and SpacesAsian Studies and HistoryHistorical and Linguistic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Exchange

Is Exchange a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Exchange: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Exchange?

Exchange is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.10.

Is Exchange indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Exchange is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Exchange?