SPECTRUM

INDIANA UNIV PRESS · US · Est. 2012

ISSN2162-3244eISSN2162-3252

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

315

Total Citationsi

548

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethnic Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications315

Publisher OrgIndiana University Press

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?

INDIANA UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2162-3244 / 2162-3252

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ethnic Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyAmerican Political and Social DynamicsHigher Education Research StudiesCritical Race Theory in EducationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMusic History and CultureHuman auditory perception and evaluationGender Roles and Identity StudiesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesDiverse Education Studies and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about SPECTRUM

Is SPECTRUM a predatory journal?

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

SPECTRUM 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 0.20.

Is SPECTRUM indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SPECTRUM is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of SPECTRUM?