International Journal of Children’s Spirituality is a peer-reviewed journal that creates a unique interdisciplinary, inter-professional and intercultural forum. Within this forum, researchers, scholars, and reflective practitioners can share and discuss ideas and practices related to the expression and development of spirituality as well as life and values education in children and young people in a range of social and cultural contexts worldwide.
The International Journal of Children's Spirituality defines the concept of spirituality as well as life and values education broadly and inclusively, recognizing that spirituality, life and spiritual values can be understood from religious and non-religious perspectives, and expressed and studied in secular contexts as well as within religious, philosophical, psychological and sociocultural perspectives and traditions. The journal is concerned with the contextual origins of diverse definitions of spirituality as well as life and values education and their practical implications for personal and school development, communal well-being, social policies and organizational practices.
IJCS's commitment to respect all children and young people, as well as each other, means that we reject discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, physical or mental ability or age. We therefore encourage contributions that reflect respectful perspectives and holistic approaches to children's and young people's spirituality and personal development as well as life and values education across a variety of disciplines, professions, traditions, organizations and communities.
Particularly welcome are contributions that: • Explore epistemological and methodological approaches to the study of children and young people's spirituality • Give explicit attention to children and young people's voices, experiences and relationships and their implications for life and values education • Examine critically the values and presuppositions underpinning different forms and practices of children and young people's spirituality under the globalized and transnational contexts • Investigate sociocultural, philosophical, psychological and/or religious assumptions in ways that respect diverse perspectives of children and young people’s spirituality • Use critical methodologies (qualitative and/or quantitative) to frame research and reflection • Offer comparative perspectives drawn from different cultures, traditions, and/or professional practice settings for life and values education • Identify gaps in current knowledge and offer new agendas for research into children and young people's spirituality as well as life and values education within and across disciplines and contexts
ICJS includes: • Research papers based on completed studies, substantial work-in-progress, or groundbreaking pilot projects • Scholarly articles exploring understandings of children and young people's spirituality and the implications of such knowledge for life and values education • Critically reflective accounts of spiritual nurture practices as well as life and values education within particular settings or across multiple settings • Editorials and essays designed to highlight current issues in children and young people's spirituality as well as life and values education and generate discussion about and further research on those issues • Reviews of recent publications and online resources • Occasional review essays focused on multiple texts or resources on children and young people's spirituality as well as life and values education • Conference reports and calls for papers for the IACS biennial conference and other relevant events
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
46K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
2.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.071 (2023) SNIP
0.557 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
90 days avg. from submission to first
decision
238 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
39% acceptance rate
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
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.
Kate Adams - Leeds Trinity University, UK Elisabeth Arweck - University of Warwick, UK Ina ter Avest - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jerome Berryman- Centre for the Theology of Childhood, USA Heather Boynton- University of Calgary, Canada Chris Boyatzis - Bucknell University, USA Joseph M. Cervantes - California State University, Fullerton, USA Elaine Champagne - University of Laval, Canada Jos de Kock - Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium Annemie Dillen- Catholic University Leuven, Belgium Alexander von Gontard - Saarland University Hospital, Germany Kathleen I. Harris - Seton Hill University, USA Brendan Hyde - Deakin University, Australia Robert Jackson - University of Warwick, UK Arniika Kuusisto – Stockholm University, Sweden Elina Kuusisto- University of Helsinki, Finland Ngar-sze (Elsa) Lau- Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jennifer Mata-McMahon - University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Sally Nash- Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, UK Catherine Posey- Shasta College, USA Maila Dinia Husni Rahiem -Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia Ulrich Riegel - University of Siegen, Germany Christine Robinson- Notre Dame University, Australia Graham Rossiter- Australian Catholic University, Australia Sandy Eisenberg Sasso- Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, USA Lindsay Smith- University of Tasmania, Australia Marian de Souza- Australian Catholic University, Australia Hwee Phio Charlene Tan- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Martin Ubani- University of Eastern Finland, Finland Njoki Wane - University of Toronto, Canada Jacqueline Watson- University of Exeter, UK Wai Keung Jerf Yeung - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
College of Reviewers The International Journal of Children's Spirituality acknowledges members of our College of Reviewers below. Members of this College have been selected on the basis of their involvement in research associated with children’s spirituality and related topics, and on their willingness to provide a certain number of reviews per year for the journal. The Editor and editorial team are very grateful for their invaluable contribution to the journal community.
Rito Baring - De La Salle University, Philippines Chris Hin-wah Cheung -Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Joe Hok-Ko Pong – Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ella Karia - University of Toronto, Canada Rina Madden- Catholic Theological College, Australia George Nche - University of Nigeria, Nigeria Stephen Parker-Australian College of Ministries, Australia Sturla Sagberg - Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Norway
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Children’s Spirituality is abstracted in ATLA Religion Database, Arts & Humanities Citation Index®; Belief, Culture and Learning Information Gateway; British Education Index; EBSCOhost EJS; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature; Religious and Theological Abstracts and SCOPUS®.
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