Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Spirituality Studies
ISSN 1339-9578 · Society for Spirituality Studies · Slovakia
Spirituality Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 10 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Spirituality Studies is an international double-blind peer-reviewed open access academic journal published twice a year in English by the Society for Spirituality Studies. The journal publishes original contributions from all areas of spirituality and interconnects three approaches to its study – academic, experiential, and educational. The combination of these three areas creates a unique platform for understanding the phenomenon of spirituality and for constructive dialogue between different perspectives and methods of research. Spirituality Studies is indexed and abstracted in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, and the Atla Religion Database. The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and ERIH PLUS. It is also discoverable through Google Scholar, J-Gate, and AskBisht. For more information go to About.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Doc. PaedDr.Publisher website
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, J-Gate, Atla Religion Database, AskBisht
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
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 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 400 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | EUR 400 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Spirituality Studies acknowledges, honors, and applies all standards of Publication Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & Licensing
Open Access Policy All articles published in Spirituality Studies are made available in Open Access. Copyright of each article is retained by the author(s). By submitting and publishing their manuscript, the author(s) grant the publisher a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and identify itself as the original publisher of the work.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Policy & Peer Review
Peer Review Process & Evaluation Spirituality Studies operates a rigorous double-blind peer review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another throughout the review process. Prior to evaluation, author-identifying information is removed from submitted manuscripts and associated materials made available to reviewers. Prior to being sent for review, each …
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
- Society for Spirituality Studies
- Country or region
- Slovakia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1339-9578
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Spirituality Studies
What CAS zone is Spirituality Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Spirituality Studies is in Zone 3 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 Spirituality Studies?
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.
Which databases index Spirituality Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Spirituality Studies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Spirituality Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Spirituality Studies is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .