Speculum

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1926

ISSN2040-8072

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.257

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

28,525

Total Citationsi

51,908

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medieval & Renaissance Studies; Cultural Studies; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1926

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications28,525

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

2040-8072

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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?

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

427

147

2019

344

176

2020

626

2021

368

2022

338

2023

360

2024

334

2025

196

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 StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Religious StudiesQ1

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

PhilosophyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medieval Literature and HistoryHistorical and Religious Studies of RomeReformation and Early Modern ChristianityByzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesHistorical and Archaeological StudiesMedieval European Literature and HistoryHistorical Studies of British IslesHistorical and Linguistic StudiesLinguistics and language evolution

Frequently asked questions about Speculum

Is Speculum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Speculum: 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 Speculum?

Speculum 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 0.04.

Is Speculum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Speculum is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Speculum?