Journal profile · LITERATURE, ROMANCE
Romance Quarterly
ISSN 0883-1157 · eISSN 1940-3216 · Taylor & Francis
Romance Quarterly: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 21 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 43% (journal website); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Romance Quarterly is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 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, Early Modern Spanish Literature and Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Romance Quarterly is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to contributing to critical inquiry and theoretical debate in the areas of Spanish, Spanish American, Catalan, Galician, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Brazilian literary, film and cultural studies.
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 Humanities13.5%
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities9.5%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities8.9%
- Historical and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Historical and Literary AnalysesArts and Humanities5.8%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.5%
- Spanish Culture and IdentityArts and Humanities4.7%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 2 |
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)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Literature, Romance | Zone 2 |
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
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, CSA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, MLA International Bibliography, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
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
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.31Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 17,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,914 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 35 | 11 | 14 |
| 2023 | 23 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 23 | 2 | 12 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4 | 12 |
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)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 69 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
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Romance Quarterly 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 reade…
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
- 0883-1157
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-3216
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 73, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Romance Quarterly
What CAS zone is Romance Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Romance Quarterly is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 2 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.
What is the impact factor of Romance Quarterly?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.3, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Romance Quarterly?
The publisher reports about 21 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43%. 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 Romance Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Romance Quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Romance Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Romance Quarterly 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: .