Journal profile · HISTORY
Southern cultures
ISSN 1068-8218 · eISSN 1534-1488 · University of North Carolina Press
Southern cultures: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 56 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Southern cultures is published by University of North Carolina Press and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, History, and American Society, American Environmental and Regional History and American History and Culture, together about 34.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences15.2%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science11.2%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities7.9%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- American Sports and LiteratureArts and Humanities5.4%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,893 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 56 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 54 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 46 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022 | 48 | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 | 68 | 0 | 153 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- ISSN
- 1068-8218
- Electronic ISSN
- 1534-1488
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Southern cultures
What CAS zone is Southern cultures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Southern cultures is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Southern cultures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Southern cultures is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Southern cultures open access, and what is the APC?
Southern cultures is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .