Journal profile · MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW
ISSN 1462-2459 · eISSN 1743-1727 · Taylor & Francis
REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 52 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 60% (journal website); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 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, Historical Studies of British Isles and Medieval Literature and History, together about 52.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Reformation & Renaissance Review, (founded 1999) is the journal of the Society for Reformation Studies (founded 1993) that sponsors an annual, open, three-day conference at the University of Cambridge. The Society pays special attention to the dimensions and contexts of religion in the long era of Renaissance and Reformation. Its Presidents have been Peter Stephens, Ian Hazlett, Bruce Gordon, Gerald Hobbs, David Bagchi, and Tony Lane. Current office-bearers include Jon Balserak and Charlotte Methuen. Members of the Society are entitled to a reduced subscription to R&RR. A peer-reviewed journal of three issues per year, online and in print, R&RR provides an international platform for scholars, established and emerging, to publish research articles on any aspect of religious thought and life, theology and culture, from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. This embraces Christian Humanist, Roman Catholic, Protestant as well as various other alternative approaches to reform, change and continuity in church and society. It may also include interaction with other religions in Europe. Contributions from cognate disciplines or related fields of enquiry that bear on faith, its practice and on cultural religious phenomena are also sought. While welcoming studies in national, regional, local or biographical contexts, the Review aims especially to encourage work on the Reformation and Catholic reform as pan-European movements with an ambivalent relationship to Renaissance humanism. Journal Issues contain contributions offering fresh perspectives, developments or evidence as well as reappraisals of current consensus on a topic of interest. In addition, the R&RR has a section for Book Reviews to alert readers to wider research outcomes and to encourage critical discussion. Accompanying articles and book reviews, the scope of the journal now includes a section of edited texts and documents. This includes fifteenth- to seventeenth-century sources published originally in various languages (or republished) between c. 1500 and our own century, but here in English translation for the first time. Such material may be anything, very small or fairly large, and extends to bibliographical presentations. Less well-known, early modern, English language texts can also be offered in a modernized form. Selections from manuscript archival material in a variety of languages with accompanying translations are also envisaged. While the normal language of the journal is English, the Edit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Simon J. G. BurtonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 10, United States 7, France 3, Netherlands 3, Canada 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities40%
- Historical Studies of British IslesArts and Humanities6.6%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities6.1%
- Historical Influence and DiplomacySocial Sciences5.1%
- Early Modern Women WritersArts and Humanities4.5%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Historical Legal Studies and SocietySocial Sciences4.2%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database, Bibliography of Humanities and Social Sciences Literature, ITER Gateway, MLA International Bibliography, Religion and Philosophy Collection, 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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.68LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.68Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 16,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 636 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 2021 | 15 | 2 | 11 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 60%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Reformation & Renaissance Review is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The editor aims to keep this process within 10 weeks. Model summary
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. The editor aims to keep this process within 10 weeks.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1462-2459
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-1727
- Society / sponsor
- Society of Reformation Studies and in partnership with Refo 500
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW
What CAS zone is REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medieval & Renaissance Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW?
The publisher reports about 52 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 60%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (10), United States (7) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
REFORMATION & RENAISSANCE REVIEW is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .