Journal profile · RELIGION
Cross Currents
ISSN 0011-1953 · eISSN 1939-3881
Cross Currents: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,500; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: As of January 2021, CrossCurrents is no longer published by Wiley. Current content can be found on the new publisher’s site: https://uncpress.org/journals/crosscurrents/ Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cross Currents is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Religion and Society Interactions, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and American Constitutional Law and Politics, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CrossCurrents is a global network for people of faith and intelligence who are committed to connecting the wisdom of the heart and the life of the mind. In print, online and in real time, we bring people together across lines of difference. We invite you to share in the conversation as we reflect upon those “crosscurrents” that thoughtful people everywhere are encountering in the opening years of the millennium.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RELIGION
Editor-in-chief Charles HendersonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences9.8%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities9.6%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences8.9%
- Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.8%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences7%
- Religion, Ecology, and EthicsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences5%
- Christian Theology and MissionArts and Humanities5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Religion | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Religion | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,585 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 56 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 46 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 39 | 1 | 21 |
| 2021 | 56 | 1 | 19 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 / EUR 2,100 / GBP 1,650 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- book reviews
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
- ISSN
- 0011-1953
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-3881
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 70, Issue 4 (December 2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cross Currents
What CAS zone is Cross Currents in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cross Currents is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Religion. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Cross Currents?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cross Currents is indexed in ESCI. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cross Currents open access, and what is the APC?
Cross Currents is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .