Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Miscelanea
ISSN 1137-6368 · eISSN 2386-4834 · Universidad de Zaragoza · Spain
Miscelanea: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 32 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Miscelanea is published by Universidad de Zaragoza. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American and British Literature Analysis, Modernist Literature and Criticism and Contemporary Literature and Criticism, together about 26.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies is a biannual, international, double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities11.5%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities8%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities7%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities5.9%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities5.4%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities4.8%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q2 | 383/1186 | 67th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 859/1434 | 40th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 687/1137 | 39th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q3 | 797/1221 | 34th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 967 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 54 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 126 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 192 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 257 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 206 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 217 |
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 32 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- articlesThe recommended length for articles is 6,000 to 8,000 words including abstract, notes and works cited.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews are also accepted of books that are of general interest in the field of English studies and that have been published within the last four years (recomme…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use Use of AI tools and techonology
Using AI-based tools and technologies for content generation, sucha as large language models generative Artificial Intelligence, and chatbots (e.g. ChatGPT), is not considered original, does not meet the criteria for authorship, and breaks our code of ethics. Authors are fully responsible for the originality, validity and integrity of the content of their research and submissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Journal has a Code of Ethics that authors must follow. Model summary
Authors should consult and follow our journal’s Code of Ethics before submitting their manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; journal gets right of first publication; CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors who publish with Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial pub…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism Policy
Miscelánea guarantees the originality of the submitted manuscripts through the anti-plagiarism software Compilatio provided by Universidad de Zaragoza. This software detects similarities between texts submitted for publication and those published previously in other sources. Miscelánea will reject manuscripts that contain plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
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 Zaragoza
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1137-6368
- Electronic ISSN
- 2386-4834
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 73 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Miscelanea
How long does peer review take at Miscelanea?
Authors report an average review time of about 32 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 Miscelanea?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Cover letter: 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 Miscelanea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Miscelanea is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Miscelanea open access, and what is the APC?
Miscelanea 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: .