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Christian Higher Education

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1536-3759eISSN1539-4107

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.322

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

871

Total Citationsi

4,268

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Christian Higher Education is a peer-reviewed archival journal that features articles on developments being created and tested by those engaged in the study and practice of Christian higher education.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications871

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1536-3759 / 1539-4107

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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

252

2019

142

2020

156

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.

Religious StudiesQ1

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Religious StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Education and SchoolsCatholicism and Religious StudiesReligion, Society, and DevelopmentHigher Education Research StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyChristian Theology and MissionEducational Challenges and InnovationsService-Learning and Community EngagementMentoring and Academic Development

Frequently asked questions about Christian Higher Education

Is Christian Higher Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Christian Higher Education: 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 Christian Higher Education?

Christian Higher Education 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 0.56.

Is Christian Higher Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Christian Higher Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.