Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
ISSN 1744-2222 · eISSN 1744-2230 · Taylor & Francis
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 75 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Politics and Society in Latin America, Latin American and Latino Studies and Indigenous Cultures and History, together about 33.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (LACES) is a cross-disciplinary venue for quality research on ethnicity, race relations, and indigenous peoples. It is open to case studies, comparative analysis and theoretical contributions that reflect innovative and critical perspectives, focused on any country or countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, written by authors from anywhere in the world. In a context in which ethnic issues are becoming increasingly important throughout the region, we are seeing the rapid expansion of a considerable corpus of work on their social, political, and cultural implications. The aim of the Journal is to play a constructive role in the consolidation of this new field of studies and in the configuration of its contours as an intellectual enterprise. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies welcomes scholarly work from all the relevant disciplines in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Peer Review Statement All submissions to the journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Editor-in-chief Andrea Jean QueeleyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 18, United Kingdom 4, Mexico 3, Canada 2, Brazil 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Politics and Society in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences18.7%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences7.5%
- Caribbean history, culture, and politicsSocial Sciences6.5%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
British Humanities Index, Caribbean Abstracts, The Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic American Periodicals Index, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Linguistics and Language Behavior AbstractsPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.72Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 47,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 47,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 489 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 5 | 17 |
| 2024 | 25 | 7 | 29 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4 | 47 |
| 2022 | 27 | 6 | 137 |
| 2021 | 35 | 7 | 184 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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? Increase the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All submissions undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees. Model summary
All submissions to the journal undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1744-2222
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-2230
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
What CAS zone is Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ethnic Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies?
The publisher reports about 75 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), United Kingdom (4) and Mexico (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .