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Journal of the Southwest

University of Arizona · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN0894-8410eISSN2158-1371

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total18

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 Score

0.131

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.239

Total Works

460

Total Citations

1,030

2yr Mean Citedness

0.04

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Aims & Scope

a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly dedicated to an integrated regional study of the American Southwest, northern Mexico, and the US-Mexico borderlands. For more than half a century it has stood alone in general academic publishing: an award-winning journal representing a transborder region of world-historical significance. Journal of the Southwest publishes broadly across disciplines including intellectual and social history, gender and women’s studies, LGBTQ studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, folklore, politics, borderlands studies, literature, photography, geography, and natural history and ecology.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications460

Publisher OrgUniversity of Arizona Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Arizona

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0894-8410 / 2158-1371

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and Natural HistoryLatin American and Latino StudiesAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryLatin American history and cultureBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies