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British Journal of Religious Education

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1740-7931

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.523

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.517

Total Worksi

1,617

Total Citationsi

11,815

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The British Journal of Religious Education promotes and reports research and scholarship in religious education and related fields such as values education, spiritual education, and intercultural education as they relate to discussing religion or religious traditions and movements. It also covers the critique of religion and critical thinking in religious education.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 60 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,617

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-7931

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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

457

2019

600

2020

380

2021

228

2022

148

2023

180

2024

102

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

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchReligion

Scopus Categories

Religious StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Education and SchoolsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyEducation and Islamic StudiesReligion and Society InteractionsJewish Identity and SocietyReligion, Theology, and EducationDiverse Education Studies and ReformsValues and Moral EducationEducation and Character Development

Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Religious Education

Is British Journal of Religious Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Journal of Religious 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 British Journal of Religious Education?

British Journal of Religious 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 1.04.

Is British Journal of Religious Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Journal of Religious Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.