Italica

University of Illinois Press · United States

ISSN0021-3020

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.103

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

4,599

Total Citationsi

22,823

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Education; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 90 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,599

Publisher OrgAmerican Association of Teachers of Italian

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Illinois Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-3020

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2018

2019

2020

129

2021

2022

105

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ4

EducationQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Italian Literature and CultureLinguistic Studies and Language AcquisitionItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyRenaissance and Early Modern StudiesRenaissance Literature and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Italica

Is Italica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Italica: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Italica?

Italica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.103.

Is Italica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Italica is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Italica?