Sefarad

CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · Spain

ISSN0037-0894eISSN1988-320X

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,538

Total Citationsi

2,115

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Cultural Studies; History; Linguistics and Language; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, English

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,538

Publisher OrgSpanish National Research Council

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0037-0894 / 1988-320X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

PKP PN

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, Portuguese, 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

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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

HistoryQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Religious StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical and Linguistic StudiesArchaeological and Historical StudiesMedieval and Classical PhilosophySephardic Jews and Inquisition StudiesHistorical Studies of Medieval Iberia

Frequently asked questions about Sefarad

Is Sefarad a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sefarad: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Sefarad?

Sefarad 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.

Is Sefarad indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sefarad is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sefarad?