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Mester

UCLA Department of Foreign Languages · United States

ISSN0160-2764eISSN0160-2764

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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.

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SJR Scorei

0.104

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,771

Total Citationsi

1,089

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Mester is an academic journal published by the UCLA College of Humanities. It advances research in the fields of Cultural Studies, Linguistics and Language, and Literature and Literary Theory.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,771

Publisher OrgUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/12 · 33%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

UCLA Department of Foreign Languages

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0160-2764 / 0160-2764

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, Romance

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismSpanish Literature and Culture StudiesLatin American Literature StudiesSpanish Culture and IdentityCultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaLatin American and Latino StudiesEarly Modern Spanish LiteratureLatin American Literature AnalysisLiterature, Culture, and CriticismDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Mester

Is Mester a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mester: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Mester?

Mester 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 Mester indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mester is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.