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International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1469-8455

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.517

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.962

Total Worksi

923

Total Citationsi

7,858

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

International Journal of Children's Spirituality publishes research on the expression and development of spirituality, life, and values education in children and young people. It serves as an interdisciplinary, inter-professional, and intercultural forum for sharing ideas and practices related to these topics.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications923

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-8455

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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

267

2019

235

2020

117

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Religious StudiesQ1

EducationQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyReligious StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligious Education and SchoolsDiverse Education Studies and ReformsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentEducation and Islamic StudiesEducation and Character DevelopmentTheological Perspectives and PracticesContemporary Christian Leadership and EducationEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentCritical and Liberation Pedagogy

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Children's Spirituality

Is International Journal of Children's Spirituality a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Children's Spirituality: 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 International Journal of Children's Spirituality?

International Journal of Children's Spirituality 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 0.74.

Is International Journal of Children's Spirituality indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Children's Spirituality is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.