Americas

Aims & Scope

The Americas has become one of the principal journals of Latin American history.

The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and reviews about all geographical regions of Latin America including the Caribbean, reflecting a wide variety of methodological orientations.

The journal welcomes works dealing with comparative and transnational themes within the region, and ones that address critical issues with new perspectives and methods.

While submissions from all types of specialists are welcome, works by new voices are especially encouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.217

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20203

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	30

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Women and the Great Rebellion in Peru, 1780-1783

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Leon G.

• Black Conquistadors: Armed Africans in Early Spanish America

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Matthew

• Afro-Mexican Slave Labor in the Obrajes de Paños of New Spain, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Frank T.

• Spanish Hidalgos and America: The Ovandos of Cáceres

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Ida

• The Inquisition and the Indians of New Spain: A Study in Jurisdictional Confusion

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Richard E.

• Showcasing the ‘Land of Tomorrow’: Mexico and the 1968 Olympics

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Eric

• Workers' Health and Colonial Mercury Mining at Huancavelica, Peru

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Kendall W.

• On the Trail of Voodoo: African Christianity in Africa and the Americas

  Citation: 48

  Authors: John K.

• (Hapsburg) Law and (Bourbon) Order: State Authority, Popular Unrest, and the Criminal Justice System in Bourbon Mexico City

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Michael C.

• The Mexican Inquisition and the Indians: Sources for the Ethnohistorian

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Richard E.

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