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Arbor

CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · Spain

ISSN0210-1963eISSN1988-303X

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total33

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.186

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.845

Total Worksi

3,147

Total Citationsi

7,907

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: General Works. Topics: cultural studies, cultural trends, humanities, social issues, social philosophy

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,147

Publisher OrgSpanish National Research Council

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~48 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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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11/12 · 92%

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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?

0210-1963 / 1988-303X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

225

2019

108

2020

162

2021

2022

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Cultural StudiesQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Sciences and PoliciesSpanish Literature and Culture StudiesHistory of Education in SpainHistorical Studies in SciencePsychology Research and Bibliometrics

Frequently asked questions about Arbor

Is Arbor a predatory journal?

No major predatory indicators were found for Arbor. It is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ and has a PubScope Trust Score of 33/100. Always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arbor?

Arbor is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.186.

Is Arbor indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arbor is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Arbor?