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International Bulletin of Mission Research Template

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About the International Bulletin of Mission Research format

International Bulletin of Mission Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Religion, Society, and Development, Christian Theology and Mission, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', International Bulletin of Mission Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inReligion, Society, and Development Christian Theology and Mission Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religion and Society Interactions Biblical Studies and Interpretation
ISSN2396-9393
Citation impact (2-yr)0.24
h-index13
i10-index19
Total citations846
Top institutions publishing hereFuller Theological Seminary
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in International Bulletin of Mission Research per year

91
2016
81
2017
77
2018
68
2019
76
2020
57
2021
88
2022
57
2023
79
2024
41
2025

Citation impact of International Bulletin of Mission Research by publication year

118
2016
142
2017
181
2018
93
2019
84
2020
54
2021
112
2022
19
2023
34
2024
1
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in International Bulletin of Mission Research

Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America

Xi Lian · 28 Aug 2018

In Protestants Abroad David Hollinger reminds us of the vital role of missionaries in American history. The book explores how overseas missions, though often linked with imperialism, produced a counterreaction against it in the course of the twentieth century. As a result of the “cascading self-interrogations” from the mission field, both the missionary enterprise and…

Christianity 2018: More African Christians and Counting Martyrs

Todd M. Johnson, Gina A. Zurlo, Albert Hickman et al. · 1 Nov 2017

This article features five statistical tables with 2018 figures for many aspects of global Christianity, from membership to finance to martyrdom. Over the last 1,000 years, Europe had more Christians than any other continent. By 2018 Africa had the most Christians: 599 million, vs. 597 million in Latin America and 550 million in Europe. At…

World Christianity and Mission 2020: Ongoing Shift to the Global South

Gina A. Zurlo, Todd M. Johnson, Peter F. Crossing · 16 Oct 2019

This article marks the thirty-sixth year of including statistical information on World Christianity and mission in the International Bulletin of Mission Research. We report on some of the major findings of the new World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), including the fall and rise of the world’s Christian population, the continued shift…

Migration and the Making of Global Christianity

Daniel Jeyaraj · 30 Jan 2022

This book documents how Christian migrants from the origins of Christianity until 1500 helped establish Christianity as a world religion. Its sociohistorical methodology identifies and celebrates the contributions of ordinary Christian migrants in cross-cultural and transnational contexts. It argues that Christian missionary engagements are often incorrectly associated with empire and institutional authorities; in reality, however,…

World Christianity and Mission 2021: Questions about the Future

Gina A. Zurlo, Todd M. Johnson, Peter F. Crossing · 22 Dec 2020

This article marks the thirty-seventh year of including statistical information on World Christianity and mission in the International Bulletin of Mission Research. This year it includes details on some of the most frequently asked questions in quantifying mission and global Christianity: the number of missionaries worldwide, global access to the gospel, and the burgeoning Pentecostal/Charismatic…

International Bulletin of Mission Research template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does International Bulletin of Mission Research use?
International Bulletin of Mission Research uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', International Bulletin of Mission Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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