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Latin American Research Review

Cambridge University Press · United States

ISSN0023-8791

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.387

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.922

Total Worksi

3,897

Total Citationsi

44,451

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Latin American Research Review (LARR) is the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the social sciences and humanities in Latin America. LARR publishes articles, review essays, and book reviews that engage with the most current scholarship on the region. LARR is committed to fostering interdisciplinary and critical scholarship on Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinx communities in the United States.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,897

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0023-8791

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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?

English

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

1.2k

2019

533

2020

438

2021

100

296

2022

234

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

DevelopmentQ2

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)HistoryCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)MultidisciplinaryLiterature and Literary TheoryDevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPolitics and Society in Latin AmericaHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal case studies and regulationsInternational Relations in Latin America

Frequently asked questions about Latin American Research Review

Is Latin American Research Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Latin American Research Review: 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 Latin American Research Review?

Latin American Research Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.387.

Is Latin American Research Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Latin American Research Review is indexed in Scopus.