About this journal
Aims and scope
Colonial Latin American Review (CLAR) is a unique interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the colonial period in Latin America.
CLAR offers a critical forum where scholars can exchange ideas, build on legacies of inquiry and chart new directions of research. While primarily committed to scholarship that engages colonial Latin America, the journal also publishes work that addresses the global ramifications of Iberian colonization, comparative scholarship, and/or transoceanic themes.
With the conviction that dialogue will enrich the field of Latin American colonial studies—in its current forms and as it continues to develop—all CLAR articles should address an interdisciplinary readership. We welcome essays in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The journal publishes a variety of scholarly approaches and formats, including articles, debates and conversations, review essays and book reviews. These contributions not only reflect the latest research in the field, but also point to new critical directions that reckon with the enduring effects of colonialism in Latin America.
Peer Review Statement
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions should be made directly to the editor at [email protected].
Journal metrics
Usage
- 38K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 0.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.791 (2023) SNIP
- 0.239 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 77 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
General Editor:
Dana Leibsohn - Smith College, USA
Associate Editor:
Luis Millones - Colby College, USA
Special Issues Editor:
Lisa Voigt - Yale University, USA
Book Review Editor:
Sylvia Sellers-García - Boston College, USA
Editorial Assistant:
John O’Neill - The Hispanic Society of America, USA
Editorial Board:
Rolena Adorno - Yale University, USA
Raquel Chang-Rodríguez - City College-Graduate Center, CUNY, USA (Founding Editor)
Viviana Díaz-Balsera - University of Miami, USA
Kris Lane - Tulane University, USA
Frederick Luciani - Colgate University, USA
Kenneth Mills - University of Michigan, USA
Danielle Terrazas Williams - University of Leeds, UK
Camilla Townsend - Rutgers University, USA
Editorial Advisory Board:
Luisa Elena Alcalá - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Clara Bargellini - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Marie Cécile Bénassy Berling - Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III, France
Herman Bennett - The City University of New York, USA
Davíd Carrasco - Harvard University, USA
Thomas Cohen - The Catholic University of America, USA
Tom Cummins - Harvard University, USA
Susan Deans-Smith - University of Texas – Austin, USA
Rebecca Earle - University of Warwick, UK
Nancy Farris - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Júnia Ferreira Furtado - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Regina Harrison - University of Maryland – College Park, USA
Eduardo Hopkins Rodríguez - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
René Javellana - Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
James Krippner - Haverford College, USA
Karl Kohut - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
George Lovell - Queen's University, Canada
Carlos Riobó - The City University of New York, USA
Jorge Rivas - Denver Art Museum, USA
Frank Salomon - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Hidefuji Someda - Osaka University, Japan
Margarita Suárez - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
Stuart Schwartz - Yale University, USA
Nancy van Deusen - Queen’s Univerity, Canada
Patricia Zalamea - Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Founding Editorial Board:
Rolena Adorno - Princeton University, USA
Brooke Larson - SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
Georgina Sabat-Rivers - SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz - NewYork University-Instituto Cervantes, USA
Stuart B. Schwartz - University of Minnesota, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Colonial Latin American Review is abstracted/indexed in:
America: History and Life
Anthropological Index Online
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Historical Abstracts
Humanities International Index
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
MLA International Bibliography
OCLC
SCOPUS
Sociological Abstracts
Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index® (A&HCI)
Open access
Colonial Latin American Review is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Included in the Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
- Franklin Pease Memorial Prize
4 issues per year
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