Journal profile · RELIGION
US Catholic Historian
ISSN 0735-8318 · eISSN 1947-8224
US Catholic Historian: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
US Catholic Historian 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 American Constitutional Law and Politics, Catholicism and Religious Studies and Religion and Society Interactions, together about 57.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RELIGION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences28.1%
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities24.3%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Pentecostalism and Christianity StudiesArts and Humanities3%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences2.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.8%
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
ESCILetPub
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 587 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | 26 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 5 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 0735-8318
- Electronic ISSN
- 1947-8224
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about US Catholic Historian
What CAS zone is US Catholic Historian in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, US Catholic Historian 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.
Which databases index US Catholic Historian?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, US Catholic Historian is indexed in ESCI.
Is US Catholic Historian open access, and what is the APC?
US Catholic Historian is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .