Arenal

Universidad de Granada · Spain · Est. 1990

ISSN1134-6396eISSN1134-6396

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 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

0.161

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.013

Total Worksi

742

Total Citationsi

1,049

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish, French, English

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications742

Publisher OrgUniversity of Granada

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad de Granada

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1134-6396 / 1134-6396

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, French, 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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

Gender StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Education in SpainSpanish Literature and Culture StudiesSpanish History and PoliticsSpanish Culture and IdentityGender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences and PoliciesMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryMedieval and Early Modern IberiaHistorical Studies in Latin AmericaHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions

Frequently asked questions about Arenal

Is Arenal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arenal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Arenal?

Arenal 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 0.13.

Is Arenal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arenal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Arenal?