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Bulletin of Spanish Studies

Routledge · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN1475-3820eISSN1478-3428

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.151

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,835

Total Citationsi

2,288

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Bulletin of Spanish Studies publishes research into the languages, literatures, histories, cultures, and civilizations of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It serves as a scholarly platform dedicated to the exploration and analysis of Spanish and Latin American literature, culture, and history, reflecting a commitment to interdisciplinary research, critical theory, and historical context.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1959

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,835

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1475-3820 / 1478-3428

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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?

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

267

2019

194

127

2020

144

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

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature, Romance

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesEarly Modern Spanish LiteratureSpanish Culture and IdentityComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismHuman auditory perception and evaluationLatin American Literature StudiesContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Science and Policy ResearchHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesSpanish History and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Spanish Studies

Is Bulletin of Spanish Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Spanish 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 Bulletin of Spanish Studies?

Bulletin of Spanish 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 0.06.

Is Bulletin of Spanish Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Spanish Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.