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International Journal of Cuban Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pluto Journals.
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ISSN 1756-3461Verify ISSN ↗1756-347XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pluto Journals
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 531 / 1434 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1037 / 1530 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 528 / 745 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.8.
International Journal of Cuban Studies is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 531 of 1434), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1037 of 1530) and Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 528 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Cuban Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.190, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 5.
International Journal of Cuban Studies is published by Pluto Journals. Its print ISSN is 1756-3461 and its online ISSN is 1756-347X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Cuban Studies has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #408 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
International Journal of Cuban Studies published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 43. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 71 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (26.9%), Cuba (26.3%) and United Kingdom (14.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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