Souls

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1099-9949eISSN1548-3843

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.154

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

785

Total Citationsi

5,518

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethnic Studies; Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications785

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-9949 / 1548-3843

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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

2016

800

2017

378

2018

2019

130

2020

2022

2023

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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ethnic Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyCaribbean history, culture, and politicsMusic History and CultureCritical Race Theory in EducationHomelessness and Social IssuesLatin American and Latino StudiesCuban History and SocietyAmerican Political and Social DynamicsMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Souls

Is Souls a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Souls: 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 Souls?

Souls 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 Souls indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Souls is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Souls?