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Royal Studies Journal

Winchester University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2057-6730

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.113

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.106

Total Worksi

434

Total Citationsi

135

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); History; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications434

Publisher OrgWinchester University Press

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Winchester University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2057-6730

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

LOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese

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

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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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

HistoryQ3

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

HistoryArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Scottish History and National IdentityMedieval Literature and HistoryHistorical Art and Culture StudiesHistorical Studies of British IslesHistorical Influence and DiplomacyReformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesEuropean Political History AnalysisHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisMedieval and Early Modern Iberia

Frequently asked questions about Royal Studies Journal

Is Royal Studies Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Royal Studies Journal: it is indexed in 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 Royal Studies Journal?

Royal Studies Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.113.

Is Royal Studies Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Royal Studies Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Royal Studies Journal?