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Patterns of Prejudice
ISSN 0031-322X · eISSN 1461-7331 · Taylor & Francis
Patterns of Prejudice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.53; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 363 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Patterns of Prejudice 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 Human auditory perception and evaluation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, together about 33.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Patterns of Prejudice is a peer reviewed, international journal published five times a year. The journal provides a forum for exploring the historical roots and contemporary varieties of social exclusion and the demonization or stigmatization of racial, ethnic, national or religious Others across the world. It probes the language and construction of ’race’, nation, colour and ethnicity, as well as the linkages between these categories. The journal does not publish texts that analyse cases of prejudice based on gender/sexuality or disability. As an interdisciplinary journal, Patterns of Prejudice aims to be accessible to a large and diverse academic and professional audience, including those working across the whole spectrum of Humanities and Social Science subjects. The journal seeks to identify those texts that demonstrate not only an author’s expertise of their specific subject but also their ability to communicate it to scholars working in other fields. For this reason, we discourage the submission of articles—written for a specialist audience—that use specialized terminology or complex statistical computations. Patterns of Prejudice is a peer-reviewed journal, produced in association with the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. The views expressed in the journal are those of the individual authors. Contributions Articles The editors welcome the submission of articles for publication in Patterns of Prejudice. These should be between 4000 and 7000 words. In exceptional cases, longer articles will be considered. All articles must be the original work of the author/s. Comments The editors also invite the submission of shorter essays for our ‘Comments’ section. These are opinion pieces or subjective contributions by one or more authorities on a topic. These will be a maximum of 4,000 words and be only lightly footnoted. Review Essays Book Reviews In the first instance, please follow the Instructions for Authors. Authors should submit contributions electronically through the journal’s submission portal at: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=RPOP Peer Review Policy All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous peer reviewers. All Comments undergo internal review by the Editors. They are not regularly peer reviewed but, at the discretion of the Editors, they m
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 5, United States 1, Germany 1, Norway 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering11.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences11%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.9%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences7.6%
- Jewish Identity and SocietySocial Sciences5.4%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences5.2%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences4.8%
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 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: OCLC, America: History and Life, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), e-Psyche, Historical Abstracts, HRI Reporter, Middle East Abstracts & Index, Political Science Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Southeast Asia Abstracts & Index, Sociological Abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, SAGE Race Relations Abstracts, IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Index of Articles on Jewish Studies, Index To Jewish Periodicals, Kiryat Sefer, Religion Index One: Periodicals Bulletin, Signaletique, Research Alert, Social SciSearch, Social Services Abstracts
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
- 0.53LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.22Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 333OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 150,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,500 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024 | 29 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 23 | 10 | 12 |
| 2022 | 18 | 8 | 50 |
| 2021 | 38 | 14 | 180 |
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
363 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 440 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 158 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 552 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (43 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
- Submission to first decision
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted4
- articlesThe editors welcome the submission of articles for publication in Patterns of Prejudice. These should be between 4000 and 7000 words.Length not stated
- book reviewsBook ReviewsLength not stated
- commentsThe editors also invite the submission of shorter essays for our ‘Comments’ section. These are opinion pieces or subjective contributions by one or more authori…Length not stated
- review essaysReview EssaysLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Taylor & Francis Open Select). Model summary
Patterns of Prejudice 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 and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Peer review policy: double-anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous peer reviewers, based on initial editor screening. Model summary
All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-anonymous refereeing by at least two anonymous peer reviewers. All Comments undergo internal review by the Editors. They are not regularly peer reviewed but, at the discretion of the Editors, they may be read by an external authority on its subject. Oversight of and all decision…
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
- 0031-322X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1461-7331
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 59, Issue 4-5 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Patterns of Prejudice
What CAS zone is Patterns of Prejudice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Patterns of Prejudice is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary / 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 Patterns of Prejudice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.53; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at Patterns of Prejudice?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 363 days (interquartile range 85–440 days). 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 Patterns of Prejudice based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (5), United States (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Patterns of Prejudice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Patterns of Prejudice is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Patterns of Prejudice open access, and what is the APC?
Patterns of Prejudice 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: .