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Bulletin of Latin American Research

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1470-9856

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.

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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

0.412

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.028

Total Worksi

4,383

Total Citationsi

34,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Bulletin of Latin American Research is a journal that publishes research on Latin American studies. Its scope includes Latin America, the Caribbean, inter-American relations, and the Latin American diaspora, drawing from all academic disciplines within the social sciences and humanities.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,383

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-9856

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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

148

367

2019

147

535

2020

128

444

2021

112

101

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Politics and Society in Latin AmericaPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaInternational Relations in Latin AmericaCuban History and SocietyLatin American and Latino StudiesLatin American history and cultureHistorical Studies in Latin AmericaCultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaLatin American Literature StudiesHistory and Politics in Latin America

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Latin American Research

Is Bulletin of Latin American Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Latin American Research: 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 Bulletin of Latin American Research?

Bulletin of Latin American Research 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 0.34.

Is Bulletin of Latin American Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Latin American Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.