Journal profile
Canada and Beyond
ISSN 2254-1179 · Universidad de Huelva · Spain
Canada and Beyond: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canada and Beyond is published by Universidad de Huelva. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Canadian Identity and History, Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies and Artistic and Creative Research, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Canada and Beyond is a peer-reviewed open access journal published by Salamanca University Press (Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca) and housed in the English Department (Departamento de Filología Inglesa), Universidad de Salamanca. Founded in 2011, it remains the only European journal specializing exclusively in Canadian literary and cultural studies. The journal seeks to foster meaningful interventions in the ways the literatures and cultures of what is currently known as Canada are perceived, analyzed, and interpreted both within and beyond the country’s borders. In the spirit of its founding editors, the Spanish Canadianists Pilar Cuder-Domínguez and Belén Martín-Lucas, it promotes transnational and global perspectives across diverse genres and approaches to literary and cultural criticism, with particular attention to political, cultural, and environmental concerns. By encouraging innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship, Canada and Beyond aims to make a significant contribution to the humanities and to ongoing conversations in Canadian and global literary and cultural studies. The journal is published annually during the first half of each calendar year. The submission period runs from 1 January to 1 May. All manuscripts received within this period are peer-reviewed and, if accepted, are published in the following year's issue. ISSN online: 2254-1179 The journal was published by UHU until vol. 9, 2020. Canada and Beyond is indexed in CIRC, Dialnet, Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), DOAJ, ERIHPlus, Miar, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Latindex 2.0 and Sherpa Romeo.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Canadian Identity and HistorySocial Sciences15%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities13.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities10%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities9.3%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities8.9%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities6.1%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.1%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Latindex, CIRC, Dialnet, Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH), ERIHPlus, Miar, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Latindex 2.0, Sherpa RomeoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 202 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles Articles should be 6000-7000 words, double-spaced. Font and size: Times New Roman 12. Footnotes and references should follow MLA guidelines.Length not stated
- interviewsInterviews Length: 5.000 words (excluding Works Cited)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This Journal adheres to the principle of transparency and good practices set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Concerning © and CC BY-NC-SA rights
Authors publishing in Canada & Beyond must accept the following conditions: Authors assign to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca the right of publication, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. This license allows third parties to distribute, copy and display the article. No commercial profit may be made. The new creations must ackn…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access policy
The contents of Canada & Beyond are freely and immediately accessible, based on the principle that the free availability of scientific research results allows for a wider exchange of knowledge. No Charges for Levied Processing Contributions or for Publication in Open Access Format (APC) The Journal does not levy any charges for processing of articles, nor for editing or publishing them in open acc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review process
Blind peer review process guaranteed; suggested reviewers may not be contacted. Model summary
Canada and Beyond is a double-blind peer-review journal. All submissions go through an initial screening by the Editorial Team before they are sent to two anonymous reviewers. A third reviewer may be involved in case of significant discrepancies between the first two reports.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad de Huelva
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2254-1179
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canada and Beyond
How long does peer review take at Canada and Beyond?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Canada and Beyond?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: MLA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Canada and Beyond?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canada and Beyond is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Canada and Beyond open access, and what is the APC?
Canada and Beyond is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .