Revue d'Histoire Ecclesiastique

Aims & Scope

The Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique is a "association de fait" in Belgian law, founded in 1900, whose management is specified in an agreement between the Université catholique de Louvain and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

The Revue d'histoire ecclesiastique, a scholarly journal administered by professors of the Université catholique de Louvain and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, publishes 4 issues per year in 3 deliveries.

It presents articles covering the entire history of Christianity.

All of these articles are based on original source research and often develop innovative aspects in the area of historical methodology.

Since 2011, articles may be written in English, French, German, Spanish or Italian.

Besides its articles, the Revue offers the reader recensions of recents books dealing with Church history in the large sense, in the form of critical reviews or brief descriptions.

These recensions try to cover the most important publications in this sector.

Added to that is a chronicle describing, by country, conferences, distinctions, doctoral theses, deaths..

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.110

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Christendom and the Legacy of the Sixties: Between the Secular City and the Age of Aquarius

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Patrick

• Les sources de l’histoire du linceul de Turin. Revue critique

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Emmanuel

• Feminization Thesis: A Survey of International Historiography and a Probing of Belgian Grounds

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Tine, Thomas

• Intransigeance catholique et «monde moderne» (19^e - 20^e siècles)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Étienne

• La correspondance jésuite: communication, union et mémoire. Les enjeux de la <i>Formula scribendi</i>

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Annick

• De l’Anonyme normand à Tudebode et aux Gesta Francorum. L’impact de la propagande de Bohémond sur la critique textuelle des sources de la première croisade

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Jean

• The Centralization Process of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. An Ecclesiastical History of Ethiopia during the 20^th Century

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stéphane

• Bede, Theodore and Wighard. Why did Pope Vitalian need to appoint a new bishop for the English church in the 660s?

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Richard

• Le Traité d’Humbert de Romans (OP) « De la prédication de la sainte Croix ». Une hypothèse sur son utilisation dans les guerres saintes du xv^e siècle

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Valentin L.

• A Time of Great Confusion. Second-Generation Cluniac Reformers and Resistance to Monastic Centralization in the County of Flanders (<i>c.</i> 1125-1145)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Steven

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