Home›Search›Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1463-6204eISSN1469-9818

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.174

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.019

Total Worksi

988

Total Citationsi

4,045

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies interrogates cultural production and cultural practices in or related to the nations comprised by the Spanish state. It aims to interrogate established notions of Spanish culture and hispanism by promoting innovative theoretical and critical work. The journal covers social sciences and humanities, ethnological and indigenous studies, and history.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications988

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1463-6204 / 1469-9818

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

❌

Primary language documented?

N/A

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

156

2019

168

2020

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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spanish Culture and IdentitySpanish Literature and Culture StudiesHispanic-African Historical RelationsSpanish History and PoliticsMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryEarly Modern Spanish LiteratureComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismCinema History and CriticismHistory of Education in SpainHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies

Is Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies: 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 Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies?

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies 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 0.17.

Is Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.