Journal profile
Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos
ISSN 2695-4168 · Editorial Universidad de Alcalá · Spain
Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2022 (Volume 4, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos is published by Editorial Universidad de Alcalá. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gothic Literature and Media Analysis, Cinema History and Criticism and Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, together about 32.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REDEN (Revista Española de Estudios Norteamericanos, ISSN: 2695-4168, ISSN-L: 1131-9674) is an open access interdisciplinary, academic, double blind peer-reviewed journal focusing on the study of the US popular culture manifestations and the representations of the United States in popular culture. The journal was first published between 1989 and 2002 as biannual academic publication of the Instituto Franklin–UAH (ISSN: 1131-9674), dedicated to American Studies with a general scope, including social science and international relations. You can find its publication history and all the issues here. Its publication was reprised in 2019 and in 2021 it was relaunched on the OJS platform of the Universidad de Alcalá with a fully refounded editorial team, new appearance, refreshed author guidelines, and specific focus on US popular culture. The journal accepts both regular and special dossier submissions, as well as book reviews. The general deadlines are: April 15 (for the November issue), October 15 (for the May issue). REDEN welcomes research papers written in English from any academic perspective and field, encouraging multidisciplinary and intersectional analysis of popular culture texts and multimodal cultural expressions—as well as their publics and reception—conveyed by means such as film, comics and graphic novels, TV and web series, videogames, music, genre fiction, and so forth.Book reviews must refer to monographs and edited volumes focused on topics fitting with the journal's scope, published in the past three years (or less recent books if put in perspective critically). We believe that to thoroughly understand the diversity inherent to American culture it is fundamental to study popular culture imaginaries referring to contemporary and historical issues, spanning across political contexts, uses of new media, identity definition, racial discrimination, environmental preoccupations, and public debates regarding gender and sexuality. The journal is based at the Instituto Franklin–UAH (published by the Publishing Service of the Universidad de Alcalá) and promoted by the PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies, with the aim of fostering academic research in the fields of American and Popular Culture studies. The journal provides open access to its content and does not ask for any Article Publication Charge. Publishing is free for authors and the published texts are licensed under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You are free to sh
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences13.3%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities11.5%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities8.1%
- Comics and Graphic NarrativesArts and Humanities6.4%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities5.6%
- American Literature and CultureArts and Humanities5.6%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 130 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 8 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 3 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- book reviewBook reviews must refer to monographs and edited volumes focused on topics fitting with the journal's scope, published in the past three years (or less recent b…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsBook reviews must refer to monographs and edited volumes focused on topics fitting with the journal's scope, published in the past three years (or less recent b…Length not stated
- research papersREDEN welcomes research papers written in English from any academic perspective and fieldLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access licensing under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Unless otherwise specified, the published texts are licensed under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
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
- Editorial Universidad de Alcalá
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2695-4168
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 1 (2022)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos
How long does peer review take at Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. 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 Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Espanola de Estudios Norteamericanos 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .