Transformation is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 that publishes papers four times a year in the field of Biblical Studies

Biblical studies

Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures." Judaism recognizes as scripture only the Hebrew Bible, also known as...

. The journal's editor is David Emmanuel Singh (OCMS

OCMS

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). It has been in publication since 1984 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

SAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...

 in association with the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS)

Oxford Centre for Mission Studies

The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies is in the former St Philip and St James Church on Woodstock Road, Oxford, England, opposite Leckford Road. It was established in 1983....

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Scope

Transformation is a journal that publishes papers on Mission Studies, with a particular focus and emphasis on the Majority World. The journal seeks to present analysis and reflection on a range of issues affecting the world in relation to this, including economics, development, violence, family life and other ethical issues.

Abstracting and indexing

Transformation is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• Academic Premier
  Academic Search
  Academic Search is a monthly indexing service. It was first published in 1997 by EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Its academic focus was international universities, covering social science, education, psychology, and other subjects. Publishing formats covered were academic journals,...
  
  
• ATLA Religion Database
  ATLA Religion Database
  The ATLA Religion Database or ATLA RDB, is an index of academic articles in the area of religion. It is updated quarterly by the American Theological Library Association . The database indexes journal articles, essays and book reviews related to a wide range of scholarly fields related to religion...
  
  
• Index theologicus
• Religion & Philosophy Collection
• Theology Digest
  Theology Digest
  Theology Digest summarized selected recent articles from over 400 theological journals. Some were in the form of formal summaries, approved by the authors of the articles, while some were briefer abstracts for whose accuracy the editors assumed responsibility.The digest was published quarterly...