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Nations and Nationalism
ISSN 1354-5078 · eISSN 1469-8129 · Wiley-Blackwell
Nations and Nationalism: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.28; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,750; median 192 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 117 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nations and Nationalism is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Political Systems and Governance, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and Philippine History and Culture, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nations and Nationalism is a journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN). Together with its sister journal, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN), it aims to advance understanding of the common features, typical variations and general conditions of emergence of the protean phenomena classified as nationalism. At the same time, its mission is to be the leading venue that embraces the richness and multiple facets of ‘nationalism studies’. The journal has thus a uniquely broad scope, promoting international research and exchange of ideas on all aspects of ethnicity, nationalism and nation formation, across the globe and both in the past and in the present. It explores the associational, political, legal, cultural, economic, historical, archaeological, psychological, ethnic and anthropological dimensions of the phenomena of nations and nationalism. It deals with inter-ethnic, inter-national and trans-national relations of conflict, accommodation and cooperation, and the various processes and types of nation-state formation. It addresses the diversity of forms that ethnic and national mobilisation movements can take, as well as everyday expressions of national identification. The journal encompasses studies of nations as carriers and agents of cultural value and as sources of cultural creativity, e.g., in literature, music, architecture and the visual arts, and the role of memory and tradition in shaping national identities, communities and states. Nations and Nationalism welcomes contributions from diverse disciplines as well as cross-disciplinary studies. It welcomes case studies as well as empirical and theoretical analyses, and both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. It encourages submissions from both established and younger scholars. The Dominique Jacquin-Berdal Prize is specifically intended to recognise outstanding research of early career scholars. Nations and Nationalism encourages submissions of articles exploring nations and nationalism in all parts of the world, including less studied regions, such as North Africa, South America and the Middle and Far East. Nations and Nationalism publishes high quality research articles, debates, viewpoints and book reviews that raise new and address old questions concerning all aspects of ethnicity, nationalism and the idea of the nation. Keywords: Visit ASEN's Subject Index for fast-track information on article topics for Nations and Nationalism articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Daphne HalikiopoulouPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 32, United States 15, Canada 6, Spain 2, Australia 2 (69 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences12.4%
- Historical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences7.8%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences5.9%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Turkey's Politics and SocietySocial Sciences5.1%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 1.28LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 788OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 108Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 370,541Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,558 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 46 | 3 |
| 2025 | 117 | 87 | 84 |
| 2024 | 86 | 67 | 224 |
| 2023 | 84 | 63 | 326 |
| 2022 | 122 | 59 | 1,121 |
| 2021 | 115 | 33 | 852 |
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
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 291 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 251 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (210 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 185 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,750 / EUR 3,120 / GBP 2,500 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- articlesArticles should be between 7,000 and 10,000 words (including endnotes and references).Length not stated
- book reviewArticles Articles, whether using primarily quantitative or qualitative methods or mixed methods, are equally welcome provided that they focus on substantive iss…main text ≤ 800 words
- book reviewsReviews should not exceed 800 words.Length not stated
- correspondenceArticles Articles, whether using primarily quantitative or qualitative methods or mixed methods, are equally welcome provided that they focus on substantive iss…Length not stated
- editorialArticles Articles, whether using primarily quantitative or qualitative methods or mixed methods, are equally welcome provided that they focus on substantive iss…Length not stated
- research notesResearch notes should be between 3,000-5,000 words (including endnotes and references).Length not stated
- reviewArticles Articles, whether using primarily quantitative or qualitative methods or mixed methods, are equally welcome provided that they focus on substantive iss…Length not stated
- review articleds (including endnotes and references). Review Articles should not exceed 3,000 words, and Book Reviews should not exceed 800 words. A word countmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- review articlesThe normal length for review articles will be 2,000 and 3,000 words (including endnotes and references).Length not stated
- scholarly exchangeEach contribution to the discussion will amount to approximately 2,000 words (including endnotes and references), so that the total length of the feature will b…Length not stated
- themed sectionsA themed section will usually comprise three to five articles and will not normally contain more than six.Length not stated
- viewpointd by the editors. The normal length for Viewpoint Articles will be 3,000-7,000 words (including endnotes and references). Review Articles A revimain text ≤ 7,000 words
- viewpoint articlesThe normal length for Viewpoint Articles will be 3,000-7,000 words (including endnotes and references).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use
Authors must declare use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies Model summary
Where generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used, authors should identify the tool and briefly explain how it was used. Where they were not used, authors should state this explicitly.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Participates in Wiley's Refer & Transfer program Model summary
This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows COPE core practices Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Uses CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You'll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC, unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review policy Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/NANA. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please rev…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection Model summary
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed under specific conditions Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1354-5078
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8129
- Society / sponsor
- Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nations and Nationalism
What CAS zone is Nations and Nationalism in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nations and Nationalism is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category History / Ethnic Studies / Political Science / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nations and Nationalism?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.28; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Nations and Nationalism?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 120–291 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Nations and Nationalism?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Nations and Nationalism based?
Of the 69 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (32), United States (15) and Canada (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nations and Nationalism?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nations and Nationalism is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nations and Nationalism open access, and what is the APC?
Nations and Nationalism is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,750.
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: .