Founded at Liverpool in 1923 by the influential British Hispanist E. Allison Peers, the Bulletin of Spanish Studies is a learned review dedicated to research into the languages, literatures, histories, cultures and civilizations of Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Also known as the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1949–2001), the Bulletin of Spanish Studies soon established a world-wide reputation, and is now recognised as one of the front-ranking journals in the field of Hispanic scholarship.
The Bulletin publishes articles and reviews, as well as some full-length studies and reference-works, on almost any and all aspects and topics concerned with Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
The articles, review-articles, reviews and other longer works published in the Bulletin deal with an impressive number of different authors, works, themes, genres and periods, researching both the Old and the New Worlds of Hispanic cultures and civilizations. In addition, the Bulletin is currently extending further its already wide-ranging interests by publishing regularly special issues wholly dedicated to Hispanic Visual Studies.
Peer Review Statement
To be accepted for publication submissions to the Bulletin need to be original scholarly works not previously published elsewhere.
All articles and books published will have been peer-reviewed and approved by international specialists in the appropriate fields. Peer assessors involved in the evaluation processes include members of the Bulletin’s international Editorial Board and/or Editorial Advisory Committee (names as published) and also by external assessors world-wide, selected for their recognized expertise and standing in the areas concerned.
Rigorous peer assessment procedures ensure that all works published in the Bulletin meet the highest standards of scholarship and make an enduring and influential contribution to Hispanic Studies and Researches.
Journal metrics
Usage
49K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.2 (2023) Impact Factor
0.2 (2023) 5 year IF
0.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.137 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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.
Isabel Torres - Queen's University, Belfast Ann L. Mackenzie - University of Glasgow Jo Evans - University College London
Principal Senior Associate Editor:
Ceri Byrne - The Bulletin of Spanish Studies Trust
Senior Associate Editors:
John McCulloch - The Bulletin of Spanish Studies Trust Sarah Wright - Royal Holloway, University of London Lesley Wylie - University of Leicester
Associate Editors:
Eamon McCarthy - University of Stirling Gareth Wood - University College London Arantza Mayo - Royal Holloway, University of London Javier Letrán - University of St Andrews Charlotte Gleghorn - University of Edinburgh Rob Stone - University of Birmingham
Assistant Editors/Administrative Officers:
Gemma McKenna - Queen's University Belfast Christopher Byrne - University of Southampton
Secretary:
Jill Gray - Queen's University Belfast
Editorial Advisory Committee:
Richard A. Cardwell - University of Nottingham, UK Ivy Corfis - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Philip Deacon - University of Sheffield, UK José María Díez Borque - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Victor Dixon - Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Bradley S. Epps - University of Cambridge, UK Peter W. Evans - Queen Mary University, London, UK Margit Frenk - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México David T. Gies - University of Virgina, USA C.A. Longhurst - King's College, London, UK Helder Macedo - King’s College, London, UK Patricia McDermott - University of Leeds, UK Melveena McKendrick - University of Cambridge, UK Juan Oleza - Universidad de Valencia, Spain Paul Preston - London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Geoffrey Ribbans - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Francisco Rico - Universidad Autónoma, Barcelona, Spain Jeremy Robbins - University of Edinburgh, UK J. M. Ruano de la Haza - University of Ottawa, Canada Alison Sinclair - Clare College, University of Cambridge, UK Joseph T. Snow - Michigan State University, USA Noel Valis - Yale University, USA D. Gareth Walters - University of Swansea, UK Edwin H. Williamson - University of Oxford, UK Jason Wilson - University College London, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Bulletin of Spanish Studies is currently abstracted/indexed in:
Hispanic American Periodicals Index; Humanities International Index
Linguistic Bibliography
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
MLA International Bibliography
Religion Index One: Periodicals
Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index® (A&HCI)
Open access
Bulletin of Spanish Studies 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.
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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)
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