Journal profile · LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Revista Hispanica Moderna
ISSN 0034-9593 · eISSN 1944-6446 · University of Pennsylvania Press
Revista Hispanica Moderna: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Hispanica Moderna is published by University of Pennsylvania Press and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism and Latin American Literature Studies, together about 43.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1934 as Boletín del Instituto de las Españas at Columbia University, Revista Hispánica Moderna has been regarded since as one of the most distinguished international venues for academic research in Spanish. RHM is a semiannual peer-reviewed journal committed to the dissemination of outstanding scholarship on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literary and cultural studies. It publishes essays and book reviews in Spanish, English, or Portuguese on the full spectrum of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian cultural production in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and in all historical periods, from the Middle Ages to the present. Revista Hispánica Moderna is indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge and in SCOPUS. If you have already purchased a subscription to this journal, please login to your account to access your subscription.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities16.5%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities15.9%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences11.2%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities8.5%
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities6.3%
- Cultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaArts and Humanities5.5%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: ISI Web of Knowledge
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 900 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 29 | 0 | 9 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websiteAI use
- AI use
Generative AI tools may not be used to compose submitted content; grammar/spelling software is exempt; AI-generated translations must be disclosed at submission; other AI tool use must be acknowledged in an unnumbered footnote with platform(s) and prompt(s); authors confirm compliance at submission; Model summary
Revista Hispánica Moderna does not allow use of generative AI tools to compose any of the content submitted for publication, as AI tools do not meet legal criteria for authorship.
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
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- ISSN
- 0034-9593
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-6446
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Hispanica Moderna
What CAS zone is Revista Hispanica Moderna in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Hispanica Moderna is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature, Romance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Revista Hispanica Moderna?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Hispanica Moderna is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Hispanica Moderna open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Hispanica Moderna is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .