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Romance Notes

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · United States

ISSN0035-7995eISSN2165-7599
SJR Q4WOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.1
H-Indexi
9
Total Worksi
1,132
Total Citationsi
661
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.02
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature, Romance; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary Language
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications1,132
Publisher OrgUniversity of North Carolina Press
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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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0035-7995 / 2165-7599
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
52
35
2019
57
19
2020
46
14
2021
46
5
2022
58
7
2023
40
1
2024
29
0
2025
10
0
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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, Romance

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismEarly Modern Spanish LiteratureLatin American Literature StudiesCultural and Social Studies in Latin America

Frequently asked questions about Romance Notes

Is Romance Notes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Romance Notes: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Romance Notes?

Romance Notes is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.02.

Is Romance Notes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Romance Notes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Romance Notes?

Subject areas: Literature, Romance; Literature and Literary Theory.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref