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Renaissance Quarterly

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1935-0236

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ 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

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.169

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

16,865

Total Citationsi

16,050

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Renaissance Quarterly is the leading American journal of Renaissance studies, encouraging connections between different scholarly approaches to bring together material spanning the period from 1300 to 1700 in Western history. The journal publishes research in the area of Medieval & Renaissance Studies and welcomes essays in all the fields represented by the Renaissance Society of America.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 349 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications16,865

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1935-0236

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

484

139

2019

429

216

2020

399

2021

427

2022

419

2023

250

2024

379

2025

190

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

HistoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Scopus Categories

HistoryLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityRenaissance and Early Modern StudiesRenaissance Literature and CultureHistorical Influence and DiplomacyHistorical Art and Culture StudiesMedieval Literature and HistoryHistorical and Religious Studies of RomeScottish History and National IdentityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesEarly Modern Spanish Literature

Frequently asked questions about Renaissance Quarterly

Is Renaissance Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Renaissance Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Renaissance Quarterly?

Renaissance 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 0.02.

Is Renaissance Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Renaissance Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.