Journal of Biblical Literature
Society of Biblical Literature · US · ISSN 00219231
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
Publication volume fell while average citedness rose.
Output shrank while citation impact rose. If you aim for visibility per paper, this trend could be encouraging. The share of top-10% cited papers moved from 25.4% to 7.9%. Expect fewer articles from this journal to land among the most-cited in the field. Recent titles increasingly carry psalm · hebrew · divine · christ · israel. Consider framing work with those keywords if you want it to match recent titles. Baylor University leads all institutions with 13 papers. If you track institutional publishing patterns, this group is a frequent contributor.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
0.23
Citations / doc (2y)
0.48
h-index
140
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
122
2.36
2019
108
2.56
2020
105
1.66
2021
94
5.03
2022
40
7.55
2023
37
7.24
2024
38
2.12
2025
38
2.79
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- American Constitutional Law and Politics0.0%→3.0%+3.0%pPrevNow
- Classical Antiquity Studies0.0%→3.0%+3.0%pPrevNow
Falling
- Historical and Linguistic Studies10.5%→1.5%−9.0%pPrevNow
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation71.0%→66.7%−4.4%pPrevNow
- Development, Ethics, and Society2.6%→0.0%−2.6%pPrevNow
- Archaeology and Historical Studies4.0%→1.5%−2.4%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
psalmhebrewdivinechristisraelgenesisancient
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US64.7%→56.5%−8.3%pPrevNow
- GB10.3%→14.5%+4.2%pPrevNow
- AU1.5%→8.1%+6.6%pPrevNow
- IL8.8%→8.1%−0.8%pPrevNow
- CA5.9%→6.5%+0.6%pPrevNow
- NO0.0%→3.2%+3.2%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Soft Clothing, Hard Jesus: Toughness and Class Conflict in Q 7:24–25Robert J. Myles*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
2
Article2026
Open the Gates! Exploring Futures for Us as Scholars, for Our Field, and for Our Society of Biblical LiteratureEhud Ben Zvi*
OAReligious studiesArts and Humanities
3
Article2026
“Let Us Fix Our Eyes on the Blood of Christ” (1 Clement 7.4): Blood and Atonement in 1 Clement and HebrewsDavid J. Downs*
LawSocial Sciences
4
Article2026
Introduction to the Presidential AddressTina Pippin*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
5
Article2026
Christ’s Piety: 1 Timothy 3:16 in Light of Early Christian TraditionsGrayden McCashen*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
6
Article2026
The Ethnolinguistic Significance of Tongues in Acts: From Xenolalia to Naturally Acquired LanguagesJoshua H.M. Chan*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
7
Article2026
A Messianic Secret and an Unconventional Christ in Matthew’s GospelJohn Genter*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
8
Article2026
What and Where Is “the Plain of Dura” in Daniel 3:1?Rachel Corcho, Matthew J. Klem, Daniel A. Machiela
ArcheologyArts and Humanities
9
Article2026
Theft of Livestock in the Covenant Code: A New Synchronic ApproachOhad Magori*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
10
Article2026
“Even the Birds Find a Home”: Psalm 104:16–18 and the Concept of the Cosmic SanctuaryJerome F. D. Creach*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
11
12
Article2025
Revisiting Sabbath Observance during the Great Jewish Revolt (66–73/74 CE)Jonathan Bourgel*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
13
Article2025
Exegeting God: Prophetic Sign Acts and Inner-Biblical Interpretation in the Book of JeremiahOlga Fabrikant-Burke*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
14
Article2025
Always Two There Are? The Combined Dragon in Job 40:15–41:26 LXXJames Culver Wykes*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
15
Article2025
The “Teachings of Demons” as “Magical” Practices in 1 Timothy 4:1Holly Beers*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
16
Article2025
Legal Thinking and Notions of the Self: Why Biblical Studies Needs an Anthropology of LawPhillip Michael Lasater*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
17
Article2025
The Origins of “In the Beginning . . .”: Genesis 1:1 in Light of the Biblical Hebrew Reading TraditionsBenjamin Kantor*
OAReligious studiesArts and Humanities
18
Article2025
Creative Imitation in the Story of JosiahJ. Jona Schellekens*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
19
Article2025
Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal ArgumentationJoseph Scales*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
20
Article2025
The Text of 1 Peter in Polycarp and IrenaeusStephen C. Carlson*
ClassicsArts and Humanities
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ArticleCitations 642019
The Biblical Criticism of Ibn Hazm the Andalusian: A Medieval Control for Modern Diachronic MethodBerman*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
2
ArticleCitations 492018
How Jewish Is God?: Divine Ethnicity in Paul's TheologyPaula Fredriksen*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
3
ArticleCitations 462021
Judgment, Justice, and Destruction: Defixiones and 1 CorinthiansLaura Salah Nasrallah*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
4
ArticleCitations 352018
How Jewish Is God? Divine Ethnicity in Paul's TheologyPaula Fredriksen*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
5
ArticleCitations 322021
Noah's Drunkenness and the Curse of Canaan: A New ApproachDavid Frankel*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
6
ArticleCitations 302022
Writing as a Source of Ritual Authority: The High Priest's Body as a Priestly Text in the Tabernacle-Building StoryAlice Mandell*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
7
ArticleCitations 282018
The Role of Performance and the Performance of Role: Cultural Memory in the HodayotShem Miller*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
8
ArticleCitations 272019
Canon and Archive: Yahwism in Elephantine and Āl-Yāḫūdu as a Challenge to the Canonical History of Judean Religion in the Persian PeriodGard Granerød*
ArcheologyArts and Humanities
9
ArticleCitations 272019
The Monumentality of the Sinaitic Decalogue: Reading Exodus 20 in Light of Northwest Semitic Monument-Making PracticesTimothy Hogue*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
10
ArticleCitations 262021
Imitatio Dei and the Formation of the Subject in Ancient JudaismHindy Najman*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
11
ArticleCitations 242021
Multiracial Biblical StudiesWongi Park*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
ArticleCitations 232021
Secrecy as Pauline Influence on the Gospel of MarkHeidi Wendt*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
13
ArticleCitations 222023
The Jewish Pig Prohibition from Leviticus to the MaccabeesJulia Rhyder*
ArcheologyArts and Humanities
14
ArticleCitations 212020
Jesus against the Laws of the Pharisees: The Legal Woe Sayings and Second Temple Intersectarian DiscourseFurstenberg*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
15
ArticleCitations 202020
The “God of Israel” in Judah’s Bible: Problems and ProspectsStahl*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
16
ArticleCitations 202021
The Setting of the Assassination of King Joash of Judah: Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Identifying the House of MilloMcKinny*, Tavger, Szanton, Uziel
ArcheologyArts and Humanities
17
ArticleCitations 192023
Irresolution as Historical Practice and the Case of the Unnamed Woman in TimnahMahri Leonard-Fleckman*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
18
ArticleCitations 192021
Competing Construals of Human Relations with "Animal" Others in the Primeval History (Genesis 1–11)David M. Carr*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
19
ArticleCitations 192023
The Bible in the Aramaic Bowls: Between Memorization, Orality, and WrittennessDorota Molin*
ArcheologyArts and Humanities
20
ArticleCitations 192022
Reading the Blood Plague (Exodus 7:14–25): The Hermeneutics of a Composite TextHindy Najman*, Konrad Schmid*
Religious studiesArts and Humanities
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