Vegueta

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Geography and History · Spain · Est. 1992

ISSN2341-1112

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-04-11). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.193

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.736

Total Worksi

820

Total Citationsi

436

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications820

Publisher OrgUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Geography and History

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2341-1112

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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?

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

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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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

HistoryQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

HistoryArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Studies on SpainHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsArchaeological and Historical StudiesMedieval and Early Modern IberiaHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesMedieval Architecture and ArchaeologySpanish History and PoliticsHistorical Studies in Latin America

Frequently asked questions about Vegueta

Is Vegueta a predatory journal?

Vegueta was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2020-04-11). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Vegueta?

Vegueta 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 0.14.

Is Vegueta indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Vegueta is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Vegueta?