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International Studies in Catholic Education

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1942-2539eISSN1942-2547

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.198

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.925

Total Worksi

443

Total Citationsi

1,793

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

International Studies in Catholic Education aims to provide an international forum for articles of a theological, philosophical, historical, and social scientific nature, as well as empirical research perspectives on Catholic education.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications443

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?

1942-2539 / 1942-2547

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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

141

2019

2020

127

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 StudiesQ2

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Religious StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religious Education and SchoolsDiverse Education Studies and ReformsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentCatholicism and Religious StudiesReligion and Society InteractionsReligious Freedom and DiscriminationReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation and Islamic Studies

Frequently asked questions about International Studies in Catholic Education

Is International Studies in Catholic Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Studies in Catholic 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 International Studies in Catholic Education?

International Studies in Catholic 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 0.53.

Is International Studies in Catholic Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Studies in Catholic Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.