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Historia Constitucional

Seminario de Historia Constitucional Martínez Marina"" · Spain · Est. 2000

ISSN1576-4729eISSN1576-4729
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
57
/ 100
Established
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q266
✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6
Withdrawn from DOAJ-15
Total57
Removed from DOAJ (2025-04-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Publication speed: not measurable
publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei
0.196
H-Indexi
6
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.434
Total Worksi
604
Total Citationsi
397
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.01
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Historia Constitucional is a journal dedicated exclusively to constitutional history, covering the history of the legal-political organization of the liberal and liberal-democratic State and its intellectual reflection. It pays special attention to comparative constitutional history. The journal also includes a monographic section when possible, interviews with prominent historians of constitutionalism, information on the activity of specialized centers, and news on Congresses or scientific meetings of interest.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian
1st Year Published2000
Frequencyannual
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications604
Publisher OrgUniversity of Oviedo
OA Since1999
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Seminario de Historia Constitucional Martínez Marina""
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1576-4729 / 1576-4729
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
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, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
40
62
2018
50
39
2019
29
22
2020
50
14
2021
36
10
2022
41
7
2023
56
5
2024
37
0
2025

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.

HistoryQ2
LawQ3
Political Science and International RelationsQ3
Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceHistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesHistorical Studies in Latin AmericaHuman Rights and ImmigrationSpanish History and PoliticsPolitical Theory and DemocracyLegal processes and jurisprudenceBrazilian Legal IssuesMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryHistory and Politics in Latin AmericaAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Historia Constitucional

Is Historia Constitucional a predatory journal?

Historia Constitucional was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-04-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Historia Constitucional?

Historia Constitucional 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 Historia Constitucional indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Historia Constitucional is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Historia Constitucional?

Historia Constitucional is a journal dedicated exclusively to constitutional history, covering the history of the legal-political organization of the liberal and liberal-democratic State and its intellectual reflection. It pays special attention to comparative constitutional history. The journal also includes a monographic section when possible, interviews with prominent historians of constitutionalism, information on the activity of specialized centers, and news on Congresses or scientific meetings of interest.

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