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Southwestern Historical Quarterly

University of Texas Press · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1558-9560
SJR Q4WOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.101
H-Indexi
4
Total Worksi
2,003
Total Citationsi
192
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.01
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, continuously published since 1897, is the premier source of scholarly information about the history of Texas and the Southwest.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1973
Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications2,003
Publisher OrgTexas State Historical Association
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Texas Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1558-9560
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?
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
121
3
2019
74
4
2020
98
5
2021
132
1
2022
55
3
2023
74
1
2024
70
0
2025
53
0
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.

HistoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American and Latino StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryAmerican History and CultureAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryCuban History and SocietyRace, History, and American SocietyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHistory of Science and MedicineAsian American and Pacific HistoriesLatin American history and culture

Frequently asked questions about Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Is Southwestern Historical Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Southwestern Historical Quarterly: 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 Southwestern Historical Quarterly?

Southwestern Historical Quarterly 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 0.01.

Is Southwestern Historical Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Southwestern Historical Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Southwestern Historical Quarterly?

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, continuously published since 1897, is the premier source of scholarly information about the history of Texas and the Southwest.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref