Brumal

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona · Spain · Est. 2013

ISSN2014-7910eISSN2014-7910

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.171

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.034

Total Worksi

464

Total Citationsi

396

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Cultural Studies; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician, French, English, Catalan

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications464

Publisher OrgAutonomous University of Barcelona

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2014-7910 / 2014-7910

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

PKP PN

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician, French, English, Catalan

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

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Citations received

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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

Cultural StudiesQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Literature AnalysisComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismCinema History and CriticismLatin American Literature StudiesGothic Literature and Media AnalysisLiterature, Culture, and AestheticsLiterary and Cultural StudiesLiterature, Magical Realism, García MárquezSpanish Literature and Culture StudiesSpanish Culture and Identity

Frequently asked questions about Brumal

Is Brumal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Brumal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Brumal?

Brumal 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 0.11.

Is Brumal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brumal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Brumal?