As the first ever international and interdisciplinary journal devoted to the systematic study of Catholic education, in all its forms, across the world International Studies in Catholic Education welcomes articles from Theologian, Philosophers, Historians, Social and Natural Scientists, Educational Scholars and researchers as well as school leaders, administrators and teachers and members of Religious Congregations with missions in education.
The journal is also interested to receive articles from those involved with other forms of faith schooling (Anglican, Jewish or Muslim) and from those who are critical of existing forms of faith schooling.
Journal metrics
Usage
31K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) Impact Factor
0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.949 (2023) SNIP
0.143 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
24 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
100% acceptance rate
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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
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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 Professor John Lydon KC*HS SFHEA - Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education (CRDCE), St. Mary’s University, London, UK
Associate Editor Professor John James -Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA
Book Review Editor Dr Ann Casson -Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Founding Editor Professor Gerald Grace KSG, FSES Statistical Advisor Professor William Browne - University of Bristol, UK
Executive Editors Professor James Arthur - University of Birmingham, UK Dr Maureen Glackin - St Mary's Catholic University College, UK Dr Caroline Healy- St Mary’s University, London, UK Dr Philip McCosker - University of Cambridge, UK Professor Richard Pring - University of Oxford, UK Professor John Sullivan - Liverpool Hope University, UK Dr Patrick Walsh - UCL Institute of Education, UK
Advisory Editorial Board Sister Professor Jacinta Mary Adhiambo MCESM - Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Professor William Browne - University of Bristol, UK Stephen Bryan - London, UK Professor Angelina Gutierrez - St Scholastica's College, Philippines Sister Maria Ugonna Rita Igbo - Daughters of Divine Love, Nigeria Associate Professor Cristobal Madero, SJ - Alberto Hurtado University, Chile Professor Guglielmo Malizia, SDB - Pontificial Salesian University, Rome Dr Christine Mann - Archdiocese of Vienna, Austria Assistant Professor Amalee Meehan- Institute of Education, DCU, Ireland Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, Ph.D - Diocese of Karonga, Malawi Professor Stephen McKinney- University of Glasgow, UK Professor Tom O'Donoghue - University of Western Australia, Australia Professor Joseph O'Keefe, SJ - Boston College, USA Professor Didier Pollefeyt -Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium SisterTheresa Kaetkaew Punnachet, SPC, Ph.D - Novitiate, St Paul Nongkhai School, Thailand Dr Fr. Nicholas Tete, SJ - St. Xavier's University College, India Professor José M. Torralba - University of Navarra, Spain Dr Sean Whittle - St. Mary’s Catholic University, UK
The publication of this journal has been made possible by the financial support of the following benefactors:- Benedictines of Worth Abbey; Catholic Association of Teachers, Schools and Colleges; De La Salle Brothers; Presentation Brothers; Salesians of Don Bosco; Sisters of St Paul of Chartres; Sisters of St Paul (Selly Park); Society of Jesus; The Benedictines of Ealing; The Salesian Sisters (London) and an Anonymous Trust.
CRDCE and the Publisher acknowledge, with thanks, the valuable support of the benefactors.
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