LibGuides: Spanish Studies: Journals & magazines

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SCImago Journal & Country Rank

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a free and publicly available database that provides journal rankings based on citation data from SCOPUS, a major Elsevier scientific abstracting and indexing database. They understand that journal prestige is "a function not of just the quantity of citations received but of a combination of the quantity and the quality" (The SJR Indicator: A New Indicator of Journals' Scientific Prestige).

Use SCImago's Journal & Country Rank tool to see journal rankings by discipline i.e. "Language and Linguistics" or "Literature and Literary Theory" and/or by country.

Some top-ranked Spanish and Latin American Studies journals

Anales de Historia del Arte
Publication Date: 2005 - current
Publishes the best research conducted in the history of medieval, modern and contemporary art from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Ancient Mesoamerica
Publication Date: 1990 - current
The international forum for the method, theory, substance and interpretation of Mesoamerican archaeology, art history and ethnohistory. The journal publishes papers chiefly concerned with the Pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican region, but also features articles from other disciplines including ethnohistory, historical archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. Topics covered include the origins of agriculture, the economic base of city states and empires, political organisation from the Formative through the Early Colonial periods, the development and function of early writing, and the use of iconography to reconstruct ancient religious beliefs and practices.
Bulletin of Hispanic studies
Publication Date: 2001 - current
One of the front-ranking journals in the field of Hispanic research, devoted to the languages, literatures and civilizations of Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The journal’s interests are broad-ranging, engaging all aspects of Hispanic Studies, publishing articles in the areas of literature, linguistics, cultural history, film and visual arts, cultural and gender studies.
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Publication Date: 1981 - current
This journal publishes original research on Latin America, the Caribbean, inter-American relations and the Latin American Diaspora from all academic disciplines within the Social Sciences and Humanities. They also publish a substantial section of book reviews, aiming to cover publications in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
eHumanista: journal of Iberian studies
Publication Date: 2001 - current
A peer-reviewed ejournal with articles on Spanish and Portuguese Medieval and Early Modern Literatures and Cultures. eHumanista has also created three new journals: eHumanista/IVITRA, eHumanista/Cervantes, and eHumanista/Conversos. eHumanista is also a distributor of monographs and scholarly editions of texts and manuscripts; see Publications of eHumanista. A new series called eHumanista/Minorías eBooks has also been added.
Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie 7, Historia del arte
Publication Date: 1997 - current
A journal on the history or art and architecture in Spain from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Facultad de Geografía e Historia
Estudios Ibero-americanos
Publication Date: 2004 - current
A quarterly journal of unpublished articles, in the area of history and and Human Sciences on themes related to the Ibero-American world, within a wide chronological scope, resulting from historical research or from theoretical and methodological approaches.
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Publication Date: 2000 - current
An Open Access, scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in English and Spanish. Contributions reflect substantial empirical research and/or are theoretically innovative with respect to major debates within social science research on Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition to research articles, they cover new themes that stimulate debates, and review essays, books and films.
Gestos
Publication Date: 2008 - current
Journal of the theory and practice of Spanish, Latin American and US Latino theater.
Hispanic research journal
Publication Date: 2000 - current
Hispanic Research Journal (HRJ) promotes and disseminates research into the cultures of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The fields covered include literature and literary theory, cultural history and cultural studies, language and linguistics, and film and theatre studies. Hispanic Research Journal publishes articles in four languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and English, and encourages interaction between researchers all over the world who are working in these fields.
Hispanic review
Publication Date: 1933 - current
Research in the Hispanic literary & cultural studies. Features essays & book reviews on the diverse cultural manifestations of Spain & Latin America, from the medieval period to the present.
Hispanófila
Publication Date: 2005 - current
Published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Languages, Hispanófila covers literary, linguistic, and cultural topics dealing with the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking worlds.
Iberica
Publication Date: 1999 - current
Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para fines específicos
Journal of Iberian and Latin American research
Publication Date: 1997 - current
A refereed journal of the Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia (AILASA)
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
Publication Date: 2007 - current
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JLACA) is a peer-reviewed journal of anthropological research on Latin America and the Caribbean. JLACA publishes original research grounded in ethnography in different article formats. The JLACA maintains an inclusive geographical scope that includes diasporic populations throughout the Americas and the world. The journal’s purview also includes global processes that effect or interconnect not only different regions or nations within the Americas but also the Americas with other world geographic regions.
Journal of Latin American Studies
Publication Date: 1969 - current
Presents recent research in the field of Latin American studies in development studies, economics, geography, history, politics and international relations, public policy, sociology and social anthropology. Regular features include articles on contemporary themes, short thematic commentaries on key issues, and an extensive section of book reviews.
Journal of medieval Iberian studies
Publication Date: 2009 - current
The Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JMIS) is an interdisciplinary journal for innovative scholarship on the multiple languages, cultures, and historical processes of the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding zones. Recognizing the vitality of debates about change in the fourth and fifth centuries, and conscious of the artificiality of the boundaries associated with 1492, JMIS publishes innovative scholarship of interest to the community of medievalists and Iberianists. JMIS encompasses archaeology, art and architecture, music, philosophy and religious studies, as well as history, codicology, manuscript studies and the multiple Arabic, Latin, Romance, and Hebrew linguistic and literary traditions of Iberia.
Journal of Spanish cultural studies
Publication Date: 2000 - current
Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies (JSCS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on any historical period and in or across any cultural discipline, including: literary studies, performing arts, music, visual culture, film, media, intellectual history, philosophy, social analysis, history of science, psychoanalysis, cultural theory, cultural history, material culture, anthropology, religion, popular culture, mass culture, museum studies, tourism, cultural policy including its relationship to broader geo-political scenarios (Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean, Europe, the Americas, Africa, etc.).
Latin American theatre review
Publication Date: 2005 - current
Founded in 1967, the Latin American Theatre Review (LATR), published twice yearly by The University of Kansas' Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center of Latin American Studies, covers all aspects of Latina/o and Latin American theatre and performance and is one of the premiere scholarly journals in its field.
Latin American Perspectives
Publication Date: 1974 - current
Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. Most issues focus on a single problem, nation, or region, providing an in-depth look from participants and scholars throughout the Americas.
Latin American Politics and Society
Publication Date: 2001 - current
Latin American Politics and Society publishes original social science scholarship on Latin America. In addition to its traditional research articles, Latin American Politics and Society includes Critical Debates — review essays that survey major themes in recent Latin American studies literature. The Policy Issues section presents contending perspectives on major issues of significant policy relevance, and Research Notes is an outlet for shorter pieces with questions of data, theory, and method. The Book Review section provides critiques individual books.
Latin American Research Review
Publication Date: 1965 - current
The Latin American Research Review (LARR) publishes original research and review essays on Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latina/Latino studies. LARR covers the social sciences and the humanities, including the fields of anthropology, economics, history, literature and cultural studies, political science, and sociology. The journal reviews and publishes papers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. All papers, except for book and documentary film review essays, are subject to double-blind peer review. LARR, the academic journal of the Latin American Studies Association, has been in continuous publication since 1965.
Latin beat magazine
Publication Date: 1996 - current
Magazine covering Latin and World music.
Letr@s hispanas: revista de literatura y cultura
Publication Date: 2004 - current
A peer-reviewed, open-access online journal dedicated to publishing scholarly essays that engage topics in connection with Spanish, Latin American, and US Latino literatures and cultures.
Onomazein: revista de lingüística y traducción
Publication Date: 2014 - current
This journal aims to be an effective vehicle for scientific exchange among researchers of the language sciences. Onomazein welcomes unpublished articles derived from scientific research in the different disciplines of theoretical and applied linguistics; in classical, Indo-European, Romance and Hispanic philology; in theory of translation and terminology, as well as outstanding studies on indigenous languages.
Revista hispánica moderna
Publication Date: 1934 - current
A semiannual peer-reviewed journal committed to the dissemination of outstanding scholarship in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literary and cultural studies. It publishes essays and book reviews in Spanish, English, or Portuguese on the full spectrum of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian cultural production in Europe, Latin America and the United States, and in all historical periods, from the Middle Ages to the present.
Signos lingüísticos: revista semestral
Publication Date: 2005 - current
The journal of the Department of Philosophy of the Autonomous Metropolitan University - Iztapalapa, Mexico publishes original contributions on Spanish-American and Spanish literature, as well as theoretical and applied linguistics.