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LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · US

ISSN0094-582XeISSN1552-678X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.277

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.986

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Political Science; Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 104 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0094-582X / 1552-678X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

603

2019

497

2020

552

2021

249

2022

200

2023

135

381

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesPolitical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Politics and Society in Latin AmericaPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaCuban History and SocietyLatin American socio-political dynamicsEconomic Theory and PolicyPolitical Economy and MarxismAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentInternational Relations in Latin AmericaLatin American and Latino StudiesInternational Development and Aid

Frequently asked questions about LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES

Is LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES: 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 LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES?

LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 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 LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES?