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Journals for “Christian Theology and Mission”
Suggested journals
Topic match is relative to the best match in this search (100% = best). Fees are shown only where DOAJ records them.
| # | Journal | Topic match | ITS Journal Score | Global rank | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access | Fee (APC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Review of Mission Wiley | 97% | 45.4 | #23,195 | 171 | 26% | Not recorded |
| 2 | Missiology An International Review SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 100% | 40.1 | #28,202 | 374 | 11% | Not recorded |
| 3 | Transformation An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 77% | 47.9 | #21,122 | 191 | 23% | Not recorded |
| 4 | The Ecumenical Review Wiley | 71% | 42.0 | #26,326 | 370 | 36% | Not recorded |
| 5 | Missionalia Stellenbosch University · South Africa · DOAJ | 72% | 39.0 | #29,403 | 64 | 100% | 5,000 ZAR |
| 6 | Exchange Brill · The Netherlands | 61% | 38.6 | #29,846 | 167 | 28% | Not recorded |
| 7 | Mission Studies Brill · The Netherlands | 45% | 37.1 | #31,545 | 309 | 28% | Not recorded |
| 8 | International Bulletin of Mission Research SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 41% | 42.7 | #25,537 | 322 | 16% | Not recorded |
| 9 | Stellenbosch Theological Journal Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, Stellenbosch · South Africa · DOAJ | 38% | 48.0 | #21,061 | 355 | 100% | 7,000 ZAR |
| 10 | Verbum et Ecclesia AOSIS · South Africa · DOAJ | 31% | 58.3 | #14,018 | 528 | 100% | 13,579 ZAR |
| 11 | Pneuma Brill · The Netherlands | 36% | 43.7 | #24,666 | 373 | 18% | Not recorded |
| 12 | Journal of Pentecostal Theology Brill · United Kingdom | 39% | 39.5 | #28,900 | 102 | 18% | Not recorded |
| 13 | Studia historiae ecclesiasticae Unisa Press · DOAJ | 34% | 46.1 | #22,598 | 198 | 100% | 7,865 ZAR |
| 14 | Theologia Viatorum AOSIS · South Africa · DOAJ | 34% | 42.8 | #25,449 | 98 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 15 | Journal of World Christianity Penn State University Press · United States | 41% | 28.7 | #42,087 | 122 | 2% | Not recorded |
| 16 | Ecclesial Futures · DOAJ | 40% | 27.1 | #44,093 | 116 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 17 | Pharos Journal of Theology AfricaJournals · South Africa · DOAJ | 24% | 54.4 | #16,497 | 722 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 18 | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies AOSIS · South Africa · DOAJ | 18% | 64.5 | #10,082 | 1,395 | 100% | 16,560 ZAR |
| 19 | Acta Theologica University of the Free State · South Africa · DOAJ | 27% | 46.9 | #21,911 | 471 | 100% | 3,000 ZAR |
| 20 | E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies Noyam Journals · Ghana · DOAJ | 31% | 39.4 | #29,051 | 223 | 100% | US$250 |
| 21 | International Journal of Systematic Theology Wiley · United Kingdom | 32% | 37.0 | #31,616 | 369 | 33% | Not recorded |
| 22 | PentecoStudies Equinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 36% | 29.0 | #41,650 | 79 | 54% | Not recorded |
| 23 | International Journal of Public Theology Brill · The Netherlands | 29% | 39.5 | #28,911 | 226 | 30% | Not recorded |
| 24 | Studies in World Christianity Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom | 29% | 39.8 | #28,628 | 214 | 25% | Not recorded |
| 25 | Jurnal Teologi Kontekstual Indonesia Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Simpson Ungaran · Indonesia | 34% | 29.7 | #40,735 | 69 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 26 | Christian Relief Development and Advocacy The Journal of the Accord Network United States | 43% | 14.0 | #58,091 | 91 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 27 | THEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN JAPAN Japan Society of Christian Studies · Japan | 41% | 17.1 | #55,596 | 89 | 100% | Not recorded |
| 28 | Practical Theology Routledge · United Kingdom | 22% | 49.7 | #19,743 | 414 | 23% | Not recorded |
| 29 | Journal of Religion in Africa Brill · The Netherlands | 22% | 49.7 | #19,748 | 185 | 35% | Not recorded |
| 30 | Asia Journal Theology Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia · Singapore | 34% | 26.7 | #44,668 | 70 | 100% | Not recorded |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.