Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
Multicultural Perspectives
ISSN 1521-0960 · eISSN 1532-7892 · Taylor & Francis
Multicultural Perspectives: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 9 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Multicultural Perspectives is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Critical Race Theory in Education, Global Education and Multiculturalism and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Multicultural Perspectives (MCP) promotes the philosophy of social justice, equity, and inclusion. It celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches the fabric of society. MCP encourages a range of material from academic to personal perspectives; poetry and art; articles of an academic nature illuminating the discussion of cultural pluralism and inclusion; articles and position papers reflecting a variety of disciplines; and reviews of film, art, and music that address or embody multicultural forms. Its main audience is K-12 educators, social scientists, governmental social service personnel, teacher educators, and those involved in multicultural education. MCP is published four times a year by the National Association for Multicultural Education. Many more manuscripts are submitted each year than can be published. Following the guidelines stipulated on the Instruction for Authors page will enhance the likelihood of the manuscript's acceptance. Articles are reviewed by a panel of reviewers under an anonymized review process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Kevin RoxasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences15.5%
- Global Education and MulticulturalismSocial Sciences12.1%
- Educator Training and Historical PedagogySocial Sciences11.8%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences9.8%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences5.7%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences3.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | 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
ERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, EBSCOhost, Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Ultimate, Advanced Placement Source, Current Abstracts, Education Research Complete, Education Research Index, Education Source, Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, Political Science Complete, SocINDEX, SocINDEX with Full Text, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), Elsevier BV, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), ProQuest Education Database, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Central, Research Library, Social Science Premium Collection, Taylor & Francis Educational Research Abstracts Online, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
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
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.34Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 305OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 38,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 38,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,171 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 30 | 2 | 29 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4 | 92 |
| 2022 | 34 | 7 | 106 |
| 2021 | 43 | 4 | 389 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Open Select). Model summary
Multicultural Perspectives 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 discoverability …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymized review process by a panel of reviewers. Model summary
Articles are reviewed by a panel of reviewers under an anonymized review process.
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
- 1521-0960
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-7892
- Society / sponsor
- National Association of Multicultural Education
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Multicultural Perspectives
What CAS zone is Multicultural Perspectives in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Multicultural Perspectives is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Sociology. 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 Multicultural Perspectives?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Multicultural Perspectives?
The publisher reports about 9 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8% (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.
Which databases index Multicultural Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Multicultural Perspectives is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Multicultural Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Multicultural Perspectives is a subscription journal. 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: .