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Ecclesiastical Law Journal

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN1751-8539

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.103

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.098

Total Worksi

2,716

Total Citationsi

1,965

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Ecclesiastical Law Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles on all aspects of ecclesiastical law. It covers a wide range of topics, including church history, canon law, and the relationship between church and state. The journal is published quarterly and is available both in print and online.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,716

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8539

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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

165

2019

2020

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.

LawQ4

Religious StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

LawReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Freedom and DiscriminationAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsMulticultural Socio-Legal StudiesTheology and Canon Law StudiesReformation and Early Modern ChristianityMedieval Literature and HistoryLegal case studies and regulationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistorical Legal Studies and SocietyLegal principles and applications

Frequently asked questions about Ecclesiastical Law Journal

Is Ecclesiastical Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecclesiastical Law Journal: 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 Ecclesiastical Law Journal?

Ecclesiastical Law Journal 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 0.02.

Is Ecclesiastical Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecclesiastical Law Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.