The Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is an international peer reviewed journal. It began life in 1970 as the Religious Studies Bulletin of the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education, becoming in 1976 the Religious Studies Bulletin of the National Association of Teachers and Lecturers in Higher Education, then in 1979 the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education. It is affiliated to the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education, as well as to the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, but maintains editorial independence.
The principal aim of the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is to publish original research and reviews relevant to fields of inquiry across the disciplines of theology and religious studies. It publishes rigorous studies from any methodological perspective. The journal has a particular focus upon religious, moral, spiritual and intercultural education, broadly conceived, in contemporary and historical perspective.
The distinctive contributions of the journal include, but are not confined to:
• the social scientific study of religion and education • empirical perspectives on religion • the histories of religion and education and their interface • the theory and practice of religious and moral education, including research from differing religious perspectives • the philosophy of religious and moral education • theological reflections on education • childhood and religion, and spirituality through the life course • religious and theological education in faith-based settings • the study of the scriptures of the world’s faiths, especially as they are taught in a variety of educational contexts • religious educational policy • research on faith or values-based practices • aspects of religion, politics and society
Peer review policy All articles undergo rigorous peer review after initial editorial screening. Peer reviewers are drawn from the editorial board of the journal and a panel of other expert reviewers. The Editor has the final word on publication of articles, taking into account the advisory comments of reviewers, and conditional upon a satisfactory response by authors to the advice and recommendations given.
Journal metrics
Usage
91K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
0.9 (2023) 5 year IF
2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.072 (2023) SNIP
0.351 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
28 days avg. from submission to first
decision
71 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
21 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
23% acceptance rate
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quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Stephen G. Parker -St Mary's University, London, UK
Associate Editors: Professor Leslie J. Francis - University of Warwick, UK Dr Ann Casson - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Reviews Editors: Dr Elizabeth Russell - University of Worcester, UK Dr Marius C. Felderhof - University of Birmingham, UK
Founding Editor: Dr William S. Campbell -Reader Emeritus, University of Wales, Trinity St. David, UK
Editorial Advisory Board:
Prof Kate Adams - Leeds Trinity University, UK Prof David Aldridge -Edge Hill University, UK Professor Stefan Altmeyer – Johannes Gutenberg-University, Germany Dr Philip Barnes –King's College, UK Dr Jenny Berglund –Södertörn University, Sweden Professor Robert A. Bowie –Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Dr George Chryssides –York St John and Birmingham University, UK Professor Denise Cush –Bath Spa University, UK Professor Robert A. Davis –University of Glasgow, UK Professor Gloria Durka –Fordham University, USA Dr Nigel Fancourt– University of Oxford, UK Professor Rob Freathy–Exeter University, UK Professor Sophie Gilliat Ray–Cardiff University, UK Professor Michael Hand– University of Birmingham, UK Professor William Kay–University of Chester, UK Professor Arniika Kuusisto–Stockholm University, Sweden Dr David Lewin–University of Strathclyde, UK Professor Stephen J. McKinney–University of Glasgow, UK Professor Siebren Miedema–VU University, Netherland Professor Paul Morris–Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Dr Farid Panjwani–Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University, Pakistan Professor Manfred Pirner–University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Professor Didier Pollefeyt –Leuven University, Belgium Professor Lynn Revell – Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Professor Alyssa Rockenbach – North Carolina State University, USA Professor Graham Rossiter–Australian Catholic University, Australia Dr Abdullah Sahin–University of Warwick, UK Professor Bernd Schroeder–Goettingen University, Germany Professor Friedrich Schweitzer–Tubingen University, Germany Dr Tania ap Sion–Bishop Grosseteste University, UK Dr Anna Strhan–University of Kent, UK Professor Martin Ubani–University of Eastern, Finland Professor Fahimah Ulfat –Tubingen University, Germany Rev'd Professor Andrew Village –York St John University, UK Professor Linda Woodhead– King's College, London, UK. Professor Richard Woolley –University of Hull, England Professor Hans-Georg Ziebertz–University of Wuerzburg, Germany Updated 03-07-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Beliefs & Values is abstracted in Arts and Humanities Citation Index®; British Education Index; Contents Pages in Education; EBSCOhost EJS; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); Family & Society Studies Worldwide; Religious and Theological Abstracts and the Social Sciences Citation Index® and SCOPUS®.
It is the official journal of the Association for University Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE) and is affiliated to the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV).
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