Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke
ISSN 2587-9316 · eISSN 2949-3234 · Saints Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies · Russian Federation
Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke is published by Saints Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Byzantine Studies and History, Islamic Studies and History and Soviet and Russian History, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Christianity in the Middle East is an international, quarterly, bilingual scientific journal of open access on theology and topical issues of modern and historical Christian Middle Eastern issues The journal Christianity in the Middle East is thematically focused on the study of the formation, development and current position of the Christian religion in the region of the Greater Middle East and theology in general
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 5, United Kingdom 1, Switzerland 1, Israel 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities15.6%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences6.5%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences6.5%
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences6.5%
- Historical and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences5.2%
- Historical Turkish StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Christian Theology and MissionArts and Humanities5.2%
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 | Q3 | 519/760 | 31st |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Перечень ВАК, ATLA Religion Database (USA), РИНЦ, Open Academic Journals Index, КиберЛенинка, Ulrichs, Белый список, Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 32 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 30,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted2
- articlesARTICLES ON THE FOLLOWING THEMATIC BLOCKS AND RUBRICS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNALLength not stated
- reviewsReviews The section includes publication of reviews on books corresponding to the subject of the journal, published no later than half a year before the day the…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access policy based on Budapest Open Access definition: users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, quote full-text articles and link to them without prior approval from publisher or author. Model summary
In accordance with the definition of open access formulated at the Budapest Conference on Open Access, users of the journal are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, quote full-text articles of the journal, provide links to them without prior approval from the publisher or author of the material.
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
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate and Doctoral Studies
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2587-9316
- Electronic ISSN
- 2949-3234
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke
How long does peer review take at Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 30,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (5), United Kingdom (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke open access, and what is the APC?
Khristianstvo na Blizhnem Vostoke 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .