Journal of Beliefs and Values

The Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is an international peer reviewed journal. It began life in 1970 as the Religious Studies Bulletin of the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education, becoming in 1976 the Religious Studies Bulletin of the National Association of Teachers and Lecturers in Higher Education, then in 1979 the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education . It is affiliated to the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education, as well as to the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, but maintains editorial independence. The principal aim of the Journal of Beliefs & Values: studies in religion and education is to publish original research and reviews relevant to fields of inquiry across the disciplines of theology and religious studies. It publishes rigorous studies from any methodological perspective. The journal has a particular focus upon religious, moral, spiritual and intercultural education, broadly conceived, in contemporary and historical perspective. The distinctive contributions of the journal include, but are not confined to: • the social scientific study of religion and education • empirical perspectives on religion • the histories of religion and education and their interface • the theory and practice of religious and moral education, including research from differing religious perspectives • the philosophy of religious and moral education • theological reflections on education • childhood and religion, and spirituality through the life course • religious and theological education in faith-based settings • the study of the scriptures of the world’s faiths, especially as they are taught in a variety of educational contexts • religious educational policy • research on faith or values-based practices • aspects of religion, politics and society

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Category	Year	Quartile
Education	2010	Q4
Education	2011	Q3
Education	2012	Q4
Education	2013	Q4
Education	2014	Q2
Education	2015	Q2
Education	2016	Q2
Education	2017	Q2
Education	2018	Q3
Education	2019	Q3
Education	2020	Q3
Education	2021	Q2
Education	2022	Q2
Education	2023	Q3
Religious Studies	2010	Q3
Religious Studies	2011	Q1
Religious Studies	2012	Q2
Religious Studies	2013	Q1
Religious Studies	2014	Q1
Religious Studies	2015	Q1
Religious Studies	2016	Q1
Religious Studies	2017	Q1
Religious Studies	2018	Q1
Religious Studies	2019	Q1
Religious Studies	2020	Q1
Religious Studies	2021	Q1
Religious Studies	2022	Q1
Religious Studies	2023	Q1

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
2010	0.111
2011	0.222
2012	0.164
2013	0.166
2014	0.404
2015	0.399
2016	0.345
2017	0.362
2018	0.285
2019	0.235
2020	0.369
2021	0.512
2022	0.398
2023	0.351

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	22
2000	17
2001	15
2002	18
2003	25
2004	26
2005	21
2006	26
2007	28
2008	37
2009	25
2010	29
2011	27
2012	35
2013	28
2014	32
2015	31
2016	26
2017	31
2018	40
2019	35
2020	40
2021	37
2022	38
2023	76

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	0.074
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.066
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.177
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.205
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.278
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.227
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.155
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.245
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.356
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.339
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.555
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.586
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.571
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.893
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.802
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.442
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.648
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.811
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.158
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.408
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.353
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.074
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.081
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.207
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.259
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.145
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.219
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.330
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.615
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.582
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.567
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.768
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.637
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.640
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.432
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.557
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.830
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.554
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.313
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.302
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.255
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.481
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.339
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.411
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.581
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.524
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.517
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.698
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.526
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.386
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.521
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.507
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.494
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.040

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	1
Self Cites	2000	3
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	1
Self Cites	2003	5
Self Cites	2004	2
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	3
Self Cites	2007	2
Self Cites	2008	10
Self Cites	2009	4
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	8
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	0
Self Cites	2014	8
Self Cites	2015	10
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	7
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	5
Self Cites	2020	7
Self Cites	2021	18
Self Cites	2022	9
Self Cites	2023	19
Total Cites	1999	4
Total Cites	2000	5
Total Cites	2001	12
Total Cites	2002	12
Total Cites	2003	15
Total Cites	2004	15
Total Cites	2005	10
Total Cites	2006	16
Total Cites	2007	16
Total Cites	2008	32
Total Cites	2009	30
Total Cites	2010	30
Total Cites	2011	56
Total Cites	2012	36
Total Cites	2013	53
Total Cites	2014	51
Total Cites	2015	73
Total Cites	2016	58
Total Cites	2017	57
Total Cites	2018	38
Total Cites	2019	54
Total Cites	2020	88
Total Cites	2021	150
Total Cites	2022	174
Total Cites	2023	151

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	0.056
External Cites per document	2000	0.032
External Cites per document	2001	0.207
External Cites per document	2002	0.204
External Cites per document	2003	0.200
External Cites per document	2004	0.224
External Cites per document	2005	0.101
External Cites per document	2006	0.181
External Cites per document	2007	0.192
External Cites per document	2008	0.293
External Cites per document	2009	0.286
External Cites per document	2010	0.267
External Cites per document	2011	0.527
External Cites per document	2012	0.420
External Cites per document	2013	0.582
External Cites per document	2014	0.478
External Cites per document	2015	0.663
External Cites per document	2016	0.593
External Cites per document	2017	0.562
External Cites per document	2018	0.375
External Cites per document	2019	0.505
External Cites per document	2020	0.764
External Cites per document	2021	1.148
External Cites per document	2022	1.473
External Cites per document	2023	1.148
Cites per document	1999	0.074
Cites per document	2000	0.081
Cites per document	2001	0.207
Cites per document	2002	0.222
Cites per document	2003	0.300
Cites per document	2004	0.259
Cites per document	2005	0.145
Cites per document	2006	0.222
Cites per document	2007	0.219
Cites per document	2008	0.427
Cites per document	2009	0.330
Cites per document	2010	0.333
Cites per document	2011	0.615
Cites per document	2012	0.444
Cites per document	2013	0.582
Cites per document	2014	0.567
Cites per document	2015	0.768
Cites per document	2016	0.637
Cites per document	2017	0.640
Cites per document	2018	0.432
Cites per document	2019	0.557
Cites per document	2020	0.830
Cites per document	2021	1.304
Cites per document	2022	1.554
Cites per document	2023	1.313

% 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	4.55
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	11.11
2003	8.00
2004	3.85
2005	4.76
2006	15.38
2007	0.00
2008	10.81
2009	4.00
2010	13.79
2011	3.70
2012	5.71
2013	3.57
2014	25.00
2015	0.00
2016	3.85
2017	0.00
2018	15.00
2019	25.71
2020	17.50
2021	29.73
2022	18.42
2023	13.16

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	19
Non-citable documents	2000	9
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	3
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	4
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	4
Non-citable documents	2016	2
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	9
Non-citable documents	2020	9
Non-citable documents	2021	11
Non-citable documents	2022	8
Non-citable documents	2023	8
Citable documents	1999	35
Citable documents	2000	53
Citable documents	2001	55
Citable documents	2002	52
Citable documents	2003	49
Citable documents	2004	57
Citable documents	2005	66
Citable documents	2006	70
Citable documents	2007	71
Citable documents	2008	75
Citable documents	2009	90
Citable documents	2010	87
Citable documents	2011	87
Citable documents	2012	77
Citable documents	2013	87
Citable documents	2014	86
Citable documents	2015	91
Citable documents	2016	89
Citable documents	2017	86
Citable documents	2018	83
Citable documents	2019	88
Citable documents	2020	97
Citable documents	2021	104
Citable documents	2022	104
Citable documents	2023	107

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	50
Uncited documents	2000	57
Uncited documents	2001	49
Uncited documents	2002	45
Uncited documents	2003	37
Uncited documents	2004	47
Uncited documents	2005	60
Uncited documents	2006	59
Uncited documents	2007	59
Uncited documents	2008	55
Uncited documents	2009	67
Uncited documents	2010	74
Uncited documents	2011	62
Uncited documents	2012	59
Uncited documents	2013	55
Uncited documents	2014	54
Uncited documents	2015	56
Uncited documents	2016	55
Uncited documents	2017	51
Uncited documents	2018	65
Uncited documents	2019	61
Uncited documents	2020	71
Uncited documents	2021	45
Uncited documents	2022	46
Uncited documents	2023	52
Cited documents	1999	4
Cited documents	2000	5
Cited documents	2001	9
Cited documents	2002	9
Cited documents	2003	13
Cited documents	2004	11
Cited documents	2005	9
Cited documents	2006	13
Cited documents	2007	14
Cited documents	2008	20
Cited documents	2009	24
Cited documents	2010	16
Cited documents	2011	29
Cited documents	2012	22
Cited documents	2013	36
Cited documents	2014	36
Cited documents	2015	39
Cited documents	2016	36
Cited documents	2017	38
Cited documents	2018	23
Cited documents	2019	36
Cited documents	2020	35
Cited documents	2021	70
Cited documents	2022	66
Cited documents	2023	63