Social Sciences and Missions

Aims & Scope

The peer-reviewed journal Social Sciences and Missions (SSM) provides a forum for exploration of the social and political influence of Christian missions worldwide.

The journal does not aim at studying missions for themselves, but rather as "total social facts", an idiom, which history, anthropology, sociology or political science can use to analyse reality and give it meaning.

Christian missions represent a unique site of observation for the study of a great number of valuable themes, such as: contemporary and past North-South relationships, not least the history of empire and of the post-colonial period; religious and cultural pluralism in contemporary societies and the regulation of religious expressions in the public space; the evolution of religious organizational models and religion’s links to social work,sport, music and systems of thoughts.

Social Sciences & Missions accepts articles in English and in French

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.112

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28192

Journal Citation Indicator

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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• Modernity of Slavery: Struggles against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala, written by P. Sanal Mohan

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Uday

• ‘Render to Caesar’

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Christopher

• Humanitarian Narratives: Knowledge and the Politics of Mission and Empire

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Tony

• Lost in Translation: Home Economics and the Sidon Girls' School of Lebanon, c. 1924-1932

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Ellen

• Scandinavian Missionaries, Gender and Armenian Refugees during World War I. Crisis and Reshaping of Vocation

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Inger Marie

• From an Agency of Cultural Destruction to an Agency of Public Health

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Walima T.

• The Angolan Apocalypse

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Ruy Llera

• Guanxi and Gospel: Conversion to Seventh-day Adventism in Contemporary China

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Christie

• Making Sense of Martha: Single Women and Mission Work

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Andrea

• Introduction

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Philippe, Karène

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