Journal profile · HISTORY
Journal of Jesuit Studies
ISSN 2214-1324 · eISSN 2214-1332 · BRILL · Netherlands
Journal of Jesuit Studies: CAS Zone 2 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 78 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Jesuit Studies is published by BRILL and is in Zone 2 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Early Modern Women Writers and American Constitutional Law and Politics, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Jesuit Studies (JJS) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to the study of Jesuit history from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. It welcomes articles on all aspects of the Jesuit past and present including, but not limited to, the Jesuit role in the arts and sciences, theology, philosophy, mission, literature, and interreligious/inter-cultural encounters. In its themed issues the JJS highlights studies with a given topical, chronological or geographical focus. In addition there are two open-topic issues per year. The journal publishes a significant number of book reviews as well. One of the key tasks of the JJS is to relate episodes in Jesuit history, particularly those which have suffered from scholarly neglect, to broader trends in global history over the past five centuries. The journal also aims to bring the highest quality non-Anglophone scholarship to an English-speaking audience by means of translated original articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Editor-in-chief Robert AleksanderPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities19.8%
- Early Modern Women WritersArts and Humanities8.1%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Historical and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Latin American history and cultureArts and Humanities5.1%
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences4.8%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,169 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 59 | 1 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | 4 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 7 |
| 2023 | 91 | 91 | 29 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 153 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 30 |
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-NC | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Full Open Access journal; articles free from publication; no article publication charge for authors. Model summary
This is a full Open Access journal. All articles are available for free from the moment of publication and authors do not pay an article publication charge.
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
- BRILL
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2214-1324
- Electronic ISSN
- 2214-1332
- 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 Journal of Jesuit Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of Jesuit Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Jesuit Studies is in Zone 2 of History, and in Zone 2 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Jesuit Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Jesuit Studies?
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 Jesuit Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Jesuit Studies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Jesuit Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Jesuit Studies 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, Publisher website, 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: .