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Church, Communication and Culture

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2375-3242

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 105d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.252

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.471

Total Worksi

292

Total Citationsi

1,079

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religious Studies; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications292

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~21 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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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?

2375-3242

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, Library of Congress, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

154

2020

2021

127

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

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Religious StudiesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media, Religion, Digital CommunicationReligion and Society InteractionsReligious Tourism and SpacesSocial Media and PoliticsReligious Education and SchoolsCatholicism and Religious StudiesTheology and Canon Law StudiesMedia Studies and CommunicationMisinformation and Its ImpactsCatholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education

Frequently asked questions about Church, Communication and Culture

Is Church, Communication and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Church, Communication and Culture: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Church, Communication and Culture?

Church, Communication and Culture is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.252.

Is Church, Communication and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Church, Communication and Culture is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Church, Communication and Culture?