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JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY

PENN STATE UNIV PRESS · US · Est. 2008

ISSN2377-8784eISSN1943-1538

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

299

Total Citationsi

493

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications299

Publisher OrgPenn State University Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PENN STATE UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2377-8784 / 1943-1538

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

183

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Christian Theology and MissionReligion, Society, and DevelopmentPentecostalism and Christianity StudiesReligion and Society InteractionsChinese history and philosophyVietnamese History and Culture StudiesReligious Tourism and SpacesReformation and Early Modern ChristianityReligion and Society in Latin AmericaAnthropological Studies and Insights

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY

Is JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY?

JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY 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 0.07.

Is JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY?