About this journal

Aims and scope

Romance Studies, founded in 1982 by Valerie Minogue and Brian Nelson, is an international, fully refereed journal devoted to the study of the Romance literatures and cultures. With a distinguished advisory panel representative of leading research across the disciplines, the journal is a forum for both established scholars and new researchers worldwide. The editors offer constructive criticism where appropriate and advise young scholars and new contributors on the effective presentation of their material. A single, broadly-defined theme provides the focus for most issues whilst articles on other subjects are also invited. The journal encourages new theoretical engagements and is open to the full range of comparative and interdisciplinary approaches.

Romance Studies publishes articles written in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 18K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.1 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 0.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • 0.570 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.111 (2023) SJR

Editorial board

Editor:

  • Lloyd Hughes Davies (Department of Modern Languages, Swansea University, UK) [email protected]

Journal Secretary:
  • Florencia Cortés-Conde (Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Goucher College, USA) [email protected]


Subject Editors:

  • Alain Lescart (French) (Point Loma Nazarene University, USA)
  • Susan McCready (French) (University of South Alabama, USA)
  • Howard Moss (Italian) (Department of Italian, Swansea University, UK)
  • Rogerio Miguel Puga (Portuguese) (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Kate Tunstall (French) (University of Oxford, UK)


Associate Editors:

  • Elaine Canning (Swansea University, UK)
  • Kate Griffiths (Cardiff University, UK)
  • Kathryn Jones (Swansea University, UK)
  • Catherine Rodgers (Swansea University, UK)
  • Andrew Rothwell (Swansea University, UK)


Advisory Panel:

  • Zygmunt Baranski (University of Cambridge, UK and University of Notre Dame, USA)
  • Janet Beizer (Harvard University, USA)
  • Judith Bryce (University of Bristol, UK)
  • Michael Caesar (University of Birmingham, UK)
  • Peter Collier (Cambridge University, UK)
  • Derek Connon (Swansea University, UK)
  • Joan DeJean (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
  • Jean Duffy (University of Edinburgh, UK)
  • Gwynne Edwards (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)
  • Elizabeth Emery (Montclair State University, USA)
  • Ursula Fanning (University College Dublin, Eire)
  • Robin Fiddian (University of Oxford, UK)
  • John Gatt-Rutter (La Trobe University , Australia)
  • C J Gossip (University of New England, Australia)
  • Peter Hainsworth (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Susan Harrow (University of Bristol, UK)
  • Stephen Hart (University College London, UK)
  • Robert Havard (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)
  • David Herzberger (University of Connecticut, USA)
  • Marian Hobson (Queen Mary College, UK)
  • Edward J Hughes (University of London, UK)
  • Ann Jefferson (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Jo Labanyi (New York University, USA)
  • Eric Le Calvez (Georgia State University, USA)
  • Philippe Lejeune (Université Paris-Nord, France)
  • Laura Lepschy (University College London, UK)
  • Robert Lethbridge (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK)
  • John Lindon (University College London, UK)
  • Rosemary Lloyd (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
  • Haydn Mason (University of Bristol, UK)
  • Bernard McGuirk (University of Nottingham, UK)
  • Valerie Minogue (Swansea University, UK)
  • Michael Moriarty (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Charles A Perrone (University of Florida, USA)
  • Dee Reynolds (University of Manchester, UK)
  • David Robey (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Nicholas Round (University of Sheffield, UK)
  • Naomi Segal (University of London, UK)
  • Ben Stoltzfus (University of California, USA)
  • Doug Thompson (University of Hull, UK)
  • Noel Valis (Yale University, USA)
  • Michael Wood (Princeton University, USA)

Abstracting and indexing

Romance Studies is included in the following services:

ABELL

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Advanced Placement Source

Arts and Humanities Citation Index

British Humanities Index

Current Abstracts

Current Contents - Arts & Humanities

European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS)

Genamics JournalSeek

Humanities International Complete

International Bibliography of Periodicals Literature (IBZ)

MLA

Periodicals Index Online

Scopus

TOC Premier

Open access

Romance 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.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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