International Journal of Cuban Studies

International Journal of Cuban Studies is published by Pluto Journals and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cuban History and Society, Latin American and Latino Studies and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 60% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

IJCS aims to provide a forum for objective investigation and informed debate, and a publication opportunity for scholarly work, on the nature of the Cuban experience: its historical context; its international image and relationships; its scientific, cultural and social achievements; its future orientation; and similar topics. It encourages submissions from the whole range of disciplines and from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The journal takes a broad view of the emerging and diverging positions held within Cuba and outside. Published worldwide, the journal encourages the exchange of experience and expertise between contributors and readers across continents and between countries. Editorial Board Founding Editor: Professor Patrick Pietroni, International Institute for the Study of Cuba, United KingdomEditors:Dr Stephen Wilkinson, University of Buckingham, United KingdomDr Al Campbell, University of Utah, USAAssistant Editor:Marcel KunzmannEditorial Board:Dr. Rafael Hernández, Editor of Temas, CubaDr John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University, CanadaDr Eloise Linger, State University of New York, Old Westbury, USAProfessor Luís Montero, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Habana, CubaDr Ricardo Torres, Universidad de Habana, CubaDr Sonia Trigueros, University of Oxford, United KingdomDr Julia Wright, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Instructions for Authors Please see the IJCS Instructions for Contributors for submission guidelines and the style guide. Contact Journal’s Editor Steve Wilkinson, cubastudies@gmail.comPublisher Pluto Journals, evek@plutojournals.com Publication Information The journal is biannual, published online in approx July and December. The electronic journal is archived on Portico. The Journal is indexed in Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index. The journal has been indexed on DOAJ since March 2023The journal is Open Access and the Open Access statement, Open Access license terms, copyright terms as well as a statement on its absolute lack of author charges can be found here. The journal became Open Access on 1 January 2021 and is published open access on ScienceOpen. All journal material published prior to 1 January 2021 is also published, open access on ScienceOpen. This means the Reuse rights of published material is all under the open CC BY 4.0 license as stated here. Ethics Statement This journal follows Pluto Journals’ Ethics and Code of Conduct policy, which aligns with the ethical standards endorsed by the Committee on

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): AREA STUDIES

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PorticoPublisher website

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.76LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

11OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

16OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.48OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

16.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

95.35%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

12LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 30 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 30 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single 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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Pluto Journals

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English, Spanish

ISSN

1756-3461

Electronic ISSN

1756-347X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ