Journal profile · RELIGION
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
ISSN 1203-1542 · University of Alberta Library · Canada
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures is published by University of Alberta Library 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 Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Historical and Linguistic Studies, together about 65.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology and Religious studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS) is an internationally peer-reviewed, open-access journal established in 1996, to foster scholarly research on the Hebrew Bible, ancient Israel’s history, and cognate fields of study. JHS has received a Class A rating from the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RELIGION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities37.4%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities18%
- Historical and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences10.2%
- Development, Ethics, and SocietySocial Sciences5.1%
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities4.5%
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities4.2%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities2.1%
- Pentecostalism and Christianity StudiesArts and Humanities2.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Religion | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,021Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,224 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | |
| 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Not considered
- AI-generated content
Article types accepted1
- articleAuthors interested in publishing their work in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (JHS) should submit article manuscripts using the journal's online submission sy…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use Journal of Hebrew Scriptures AI Policy (August 2026)
AI policy: discourages generative AI for content and peer review; AI cannot be an author; AI use must be declared; right to reject/retract AI-produced content. Model summary
In principle, the JHS editorial team discourages the use of generative artificial intelligence tools (AI), including large language models (LLM), to produce content for article or essay manuscripts. The team also discourages the use of AI during the peer-review process, to protect the intellectual property of authors and to ensure the quality and trustworthiness of peer reviews.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright & Licensing: CC BY 4.0 (older articles CC BY 2.5) Model summary
All authors published in JHS retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License that allows others to share the work, including for commercial purposes, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors will never be charged…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
JHS provides immediate open-access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymized manuscript required (peer review). Model summary
Please also ensure that your manuscript is FULLY ANONYMIZED (further instructions are provided during the uploading procedure)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Author Self-Archiving
Under the terms of the Creative Commons license, authors are permitted to post their work online in institutional/disciplinary repositories or on their own websites. Pre-print versions posted online should include a citation and link to the final published version in JHS as soon as the issue is available; post-print versions (including the final publisher's PDF) should include a citation and link …
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
- University of Alberta Library
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1203-1542
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
What CAS zone is Journal of Hebrew Scriptures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Religion. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hebrew Scriptures?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Which databases index Journal of Hebrew Scriptures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Hebrew Scriptures open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .