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British Catholic History

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN2055-7973eISSN2055-7981
SJR Q4WOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.102
H-Indexi
8
SNIPi
0.561
Total Worksi
397
Total Citationsi
348
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

British Catholic History is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of the history of Catholicism in Britain. It publishes original research articles on all aspects of British Catholic history, from the medieval period to the present day. The journal aims to foster scholarly debate and to make the history of British Catholicism accessible to a wide audience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications397
Publisher OrgCambridge University Press
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Cambridge University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2055-7973 / 2055-7981
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
42
9
2019
30
7
2020
24
6
2021
35
7
2022
30
4
2023
26
0
2024
22
0
2025
3
0
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.

HistoryQ4
Religious StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryReligion

Scopus Categories

HistoryReligious Studies

Frequently asked questions about British Catholic History

Is British Catholic History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Catholic History: 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 Catholic History?

British Catholic History 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.

Is British Catholic History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Catholic History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of British Catholic History?

British Catholic History is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of the history of Catholicism in Britain. It publishes original research articles on all aspects of British Catholic history, from the medieval period to the present day. The journal aims to foster scholarly debate and to make the history of British Catholicism accessible to a wide audience.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref