Journal profile · RELIGION

ECUMENICAL REVIEW

ISSN 0013-0796 · eISSN 1758-6623 · Wiley-Blackwell

ECUMENICAL REVIEW: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.

Impact factor0.2From the journal's website, 2025 value
CAS zoneZone 4 · Philosophy2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Philosophy
Review time—No reports yet
APCUSD 2,900Hybrid journal: charged only for open-access articles
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year432025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

ECUMENICAL REVIEW is published by Wiley-Blackwell and 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, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission and Religion and Society Interactions, together about 58.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Religious studies and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

For more than 60 years, readers of The Ecumenical Review have had access to a thought-provoking variety of reflections by Christian authors from every part of the globe. Founded at the same time as the World Council of Churches, this publication explores the potential and reality of Christian cooperation in faith and action. The Ecumenical Review is a quarterly theological journal. Each issue focuses on a theme of current importance to the movement for Christian unity, and each volume includes academic as well as practical analysis of significant moments in the quest for closer church fellowship and inter-religious dialogue. Recent issues have communicated the visions of a new generation of ecumenical leadership, the voices of women involved in Orthodox-Protestant conversations, churches' ministries in an age of HIV/AIDS and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) ATLA Religion Database (American Theological Library Association) Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) Religious & Theological Abstracts Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): RELIGION

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences27.1%
  2. Christian Theology and MissionArts and Humanities23.5%
  3. Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences8.1%
  4. Pentecostalism and Christianity StudiesArts and Humanities7.9%
  5. Religious Freedom and DiscriminationSocial Sciences5.2%
  6. Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
  7. American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.7%
  8. Religion, Ecology, and EthicsSocial Sciences3.6%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorPhilosophyZone 4
MinorReligionZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorPhilosophyZone 4
MinorReligionZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorPhilosophyZone 4
MinorReligionZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

AHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: EBSCO

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

Impact factor (publisher)
0.2Publisher website ·
Impact factor (publisher) 2025
0.2Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
0.4LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
0.4Publisher website ·
CiteScore (publisher) 2025
0.4Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.17LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0LetPub ·
h-index
25OpenAlex ·
i10-index
112OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.1OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
24.24%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
18LetPub ·
Articles per year (publisher) 2025
35Publisher website ·
Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
36,803Publisher website ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,208 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202543122
202462359
2023804030
2022903252
2021951452

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

Hybrid open accessLetPub

A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
OpenAlexUSD 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930——

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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
Unsolicited contributions
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

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
Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN
0013-0796
Electronic ISSN
1758-6623
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about ECUMENICAL REVIEW

What CAS zone is ECUMENICAL REVIEW in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ECUMENICAL REVIEW 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.

What is the impact factor of ECUMENICAL REVIEW?

The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 25.

Which databases index ECUMENICAL REVIEW?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ECUMENICAL REVIEW is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.

Is ECUMENICAL REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?

ECUMENICAL REVIEW is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.

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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .