Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Estudios Eclesiasticos
ISSN 0210-1610 · eISSN 2605-5147 · Universidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Estudios Eclesiasticos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 189 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Estudios Eclesiasticos is published by Universidad Pontificia Comillas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Catholicism and Religious Studies, Religious and Theological Studies and Theology and Canon Law Studies, together about 50.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Estudios Eclesiásticos only publishes original works —within the field of Catholic theology, including ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, and the Canon Law— not those previously published or accepted for publication in the same or another language.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 14, Germany 3, Italy 2, Chile 2, France 1 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities22.6%
- Religious and Theological StudiesSocial Sciences14.7%
- Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities13.1%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities9.5%
- Karl Barth and Christian TheologyArts and Humanities5.4%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities3.9%
- Medieval Philosophy and TheologyArts and Humanities3.7%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | Q2 | 202/760 | 73rd |
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,124 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 45 |
| 2025 | 189 | 189 | 44 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 61 |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | 66 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 91 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 33 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- articlesArticles: 15,000 words (including text, tables, graphs, notes, list of references).Length not stated
- notesNotes: 6,000-9,000 words (including footnotes).Length not stated
- review,000-9,000 words (including footnotes). Reviews: 1,000-1,500 words. 8. Text should be in Times New Roman type, size 12; indentmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- reviewsReviews: 1,000-1,500 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright
- AI use
AI policy statement required; AI tools cannot assume authorship; use limited to auxiliary tasks and must be disclosed before the reference list. Model summary
In accordance with COPE guidelines, AI tools do not meet the criteria for authorship and therefore cannot assume responsibility for manuscripts submitted to this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Model summary
The authors of articles published in Estudios Eclesiásticos retain the intellectual property rights over their works and grant the journal their distribution and public communication rights, consenting to their publication under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 Internacional. Authors are encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (for example, on institutional or …
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
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0210-1610
- Electronic ISSN
- 2605-5147
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 101, Issue 397 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Estudios Eclesiasticos
How long does peer review take at Estudios Eclesiasticos?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Estudios Eclesiasticos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≤ 8; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Estudios Eclesiasticos based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (14), Germany (3) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Estudios Eclesiasticos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Estudios Eclesiasticos is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Estudios Eclesiasticos open access, and what is the APC?
Estudios Eclesiasticos 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .