Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Crkva u Svijetu
ISSN 0352-4000 · eISSN 1848-9656 · Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split · Croatia
Crkva u Svijetu: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Crkva u Svijetu is published by Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Catholicism and Religious Studies, Religious and Theological Studies and Biblical Studies and Interpretation, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Religious studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
“Crkva u svijetu”, meaning “Church in the World”, abbr. CuS, is a theological periodical initiated in 1966 by the Split-Makarska archbishop dr. Frane Franić and his closest collaborators. Since then the periodical has been published continually, first as a bimonthly and then as a quarterly publication. In an atmosphere of opening of Catholic Church toward the modern world after the Second Vatican Council, CuS became a significant place of theological analysis of church problem in Croatian areas and also a stage for dialogues between the Church and the world, Christian faith and the actual society. Following this, the magazine nurtures interdisciplinarity, and contents of other sciences (psychology, pedagogy, literature, sociology, law, archeology) dealing with religious topics, can find their place in it. The periodical has the following sections: discussions, contributions, views, presentations and retrospects. Under the section discussions, more extensive works from the field of theology and philosophy are published. The section contributions carries individual documents or their comments. The section views presents our collaborators’ subjective views and assessments. Presentations and retrospects include the presentations and reviews of books dealing with the problem area of religion, as well as the retrospects of important scientific meetings and church events. Editorial board, with the editor-in chief at the head, prepare and edit particular issue of the periodical, while the scientific council define its long-term profile. In 1996 categorization and scientific rewiev of articles were introduced. When the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Split was founded in 1999, it took over the publication of the periodical as its scientific review. As part of the periodical there is also an animated publishing activity and organizing of numerous pastoral and scientific meetings. Peer review: peer review, national peer review, double, scientific and professional papers, double blind review First year of publication: 1966 Frequency (annually): 4 Scientific disciplines and subdisciplines: Humanistic Sciences; Philosophy; Theology; Rights: “Crkva u svijetu” is an open access magazine. The content of the magazine is available in its entirety free of charge. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the material being modified, redesign and rework the material or use it in other lawful ways, as long as they cite the original,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Editor-in-chief Ivan BodrožićPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Croatia 13, Italy 2, United States 1, Poland 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities20.5%
- Religious and Theological StudiesSocial Sciences11.4%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities6.9%
- Karl Barth and Christian TheologyArts and Humanities5.5%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Contemporary Christian Leadership and EducationArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | Q3 | 567/760 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 518 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 6 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 15 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 7 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- conference paperConference paper is the work previously presented at a conference and can be published in the form of an integral paper if it has not been published before.Length not stated
- original scientific paperOriginal scientific paper contains the so far unpublished results of original researches presented in the way that they can be verified, together with analyses …Length not stated
- preliminary communicationPreliminary communication presents, in brief, the new results of scientific research, which demand urgent publishing, assuming that the complete work will be pu…Length not stated
- professional paperProfessional paper informs and gives insight into the issues of the profession, without pretensions to be the result of scientific research.Length not stated
- reviewReview is an original and concise presentation of a research area in which the author presents his/her critical view and judgment.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright 4. Copyright
CC BY 4.0 license; authors retain copyright. Model summary
The Church in the World magazine applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses) to all published works, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors retain the copyright to published works. The authors also grant any third party the right to freely use the article, as long as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY license Model summary
“Crkva u svijetu” is an open access magazine. The content of the magazine is available in its entirety free of charge. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the material being modified, redesign and rework the material or use it in other lawful ways, as long as they cite the original, in accordance with the CC BY license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review with at least two independent reviewers. Model summary
Before publication scientific papers pass double-blind review. At least two independent peer reviewers, chosen by the editorial, review the submitted paper. Reviewers remain unknown to authors and each other.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
- Country or region
- Croatia
- Language
- English, Italian, Croatian, German
- ISSN
- 0352-4000
- Electronic ISSN
- 1848-9656
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Crkva u Svijetu
How long does peer review take at Crkva u Svijetu?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Crkva u Svijetu based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Croatia (13), Italy (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Crkva u Svijetu?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Crkva u Svijetu is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Crkva u Svijetu open access, and what is the APC?
Crkva u Svijetu is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .