Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education

Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Religious Education and Schools, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Religion, Society, and Development, together about 46.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is an international peer reviewed journal. It began life in 1970 as the Religious Studies Bulletin of the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education, becoming in 1976 the Religious Studies Bulletin of the National Association of Teachers and Lecturers in Higher Education, then in 1979 the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education . It is affiliated to the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education, as well as to the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, but maintains editorial independence. The principal aim of the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is to publish original research and reviews relevant to fields of inquiry across the disciplines of theology and religious studies. It publishes rigorous studies from any methodological perspective. The journal has a particular focus upon religious, moral, spiritual and intercultural education, broadly conceived, in contemporary and historical perspective. The distinctive contributions of the journal include, but are not confined to: the social scientific study of religion and education empirical perspectives on religion the histories of religion and education and their interface the theory and practice of religious and moral education, including research from differing religious perspectives the philosophy of religious and moral education theological reflections on education childhood and religion, and spirituality through the life course religious and theological education in faith-based settings the study of the scriptures of the world’s faiths, especially as they are taught in a variety of educational contexts religious educational policy research on faith or values-based practices aspects of religion, politics and society Peer review policy: All articles undergo rigorous peer review after initial editorial screening. Peer reviewers are drawn from the editorial board of the journal and a panel of other expert reviewers. The Editor has the final word on publication of articles, taking into account the advisory comments of reviewers, and conditional upon a satisfactory response by authors to the advice and recommendations given.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Stephen G. ParkerPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4, Germany 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

ERICPublisher website

Other: British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, EBSCOhost EJS, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Religious and Theological Abstracts

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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.34LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

2.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.51LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.51Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.17LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.17Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

38OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

321OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.49OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

35.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20.89%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

53LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

131,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

14%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

83 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

194 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

35 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1361-7672

Electronic ISSN

1469-9362

Society / sponsor

Association of University Lecturers in Religious Education

Latest issue on the website

Volume 47, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website