Journal profile · LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
ISSN 1475-3839 · eISSN 1478-3398 · Liverpool University Press
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 75 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies is published by Liverpool University Press and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Early Modern Spanish Literature, Spanish Literature and Culture Studies and Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities18.3%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities15%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities10.2%
- Medieval Iberian StudiesArts and Humanities5.6%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities4.5%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3.5%
- Historical and Modern Theater StudiesPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,944 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 32 | 0 |
| 2025 | 75 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 71 | 12 | 11 |
| 2023 | 74 | 8 | 34 |
| 2022 | 71 | 11 | 30 |
| 2021 | 73 | 13 | 29 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- ISSN
- 1475-3839
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-3398
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
What CAS zone is Bulletin of Hispanic Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Literature, Romance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Bulletin of Hispanic Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Bulletin of Hispanic Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of Hispanic Studies is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .