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Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies

Florida Gulf Coast University · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2149-1291

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.447

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.928

Total Worksi

491

Total Citationsi

5,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications491

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Florida Gulf Coast University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2149-1291

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

423

2019

2020

832

2021

414

2022

354

2023

280

2024

173

2025

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Education and MulticulturalismMultilingual Education and PolicyRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchInternational Student and Expatriate ChallengesMigration, Health and TraumaReligious Education and SchoolsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationMigration and Labor DynamicsCritical Race Theory in EducationTurkey's Politics and Society

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies

Is Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies?

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.447.

Is Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies?