Christian Century

The Christian Century is a progressive, independent religious magazine devoted to helping people think critically and live the Christian faith thoughtfully. Known for its excellent essays and poetry, incisive reporting and commentary, and prominent writers contributing from various fields, the Century is a leading voice helping readers make sense of faith, culture, and politics in our time. Founded in 1884 as a small denominational publication, the Christian Oracle, the magazine assumed its current name in 1900 as its editorial interests broadened and its ecumenical reach expanded. The choice of the Christian Century name reflected the prevailing mood of early 20th century US Protestantism—namely, one of triumphal optimism regarding Christianity’s influence on society. Today, the Century situates itself in a pluralistic context in which its voice of generous orthodoxy and its openness to church and world alike are prized. Notable contributors in the early decades included Jane Addams and Reinhold Niebuhr. In 1963, the Century was the first major periodical to publish the full text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In the 1950s and ‘60s, King served as a Century editor-at-large. The Century continues to inform and shape American Christianity. Along with its print and digital editions and its growing social media presence, the magazine produces a podcast, an annual lecture in Chicago, and periodic events of public interest. The Century is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations from readers and friends. Advertising and subscription revenue cover only a portion of administrative and production expenses. Gifts of financial support remain crucial to the Century’s operation and growth.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q4

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.112
2000	0.103
2001	0.107
2002	0.110
2003	0.105
2004	0.104
2005	0.104
2006	0.103
2007	0.104
2008	0.105

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	0
2000	2
2001	2
2002	2
2003	2
2004	2
2005	6
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.154
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.083
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.100
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.154
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.167
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.125
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.000

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Total Cites	1999	2
Total Cites	2000	0
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	1
Total Cites	2004	0
Total Cites	2005	0
Total Cites	2006	0
Total Cites	2007	1
Total Cites	2008	0

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.154
External Cites per document	2000	0.000
External Cites per document	2001	0.000
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.167
External Cites per document	2004	0.000
External Cites per document	2005	0.000
External Cites per document	2006	0.000
External Cites per document	2007	0.125
External Cites per document	2008	0.000
Cites per document	1999	0.154
Cites per document	2000	0.000
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.167
Cites per document	2004	0.000
Cites per document	2005	0.000
Cites per document	2006	0.000
Cites per document	2007	0.125
Cites per document	2008	0.000

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	1
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Citable documents	1999	13
Citable documents	2000	6
Citable documents	2001	3
Citable documents	2002	2
Citable documents	2003	4
Citable documents	2004	5
Citable documents	2005	6
Citable documents	2006	8
Citable documents	2007	6
Citable documents	2008	4

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	11
Uncited documents	2000	6
Uncited documents	2001	4
Uncited documents	2002	4
Uncited documents	2003	5
Uncited documents	2004	6
Uncited documents	2005	6
Uncited documents	2006	10
Uncited documents	2007	7
Uncited documents	2008	6
Cited documents	1999	2
Cited documents	2000	0
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	1
Cited documents	2004	0
Cited documents	2005	0
Cited documents	2006	0
Cited documents	2007	1
Cited documents	2008	0

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	50.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	0
Overton	2005	0
Overton	2006	0
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	0

Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

Documents	Year	Value

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