British Journal of Canadian Studies

Aims & Scope

British Journal of Canadian Studies (BJCS) is published twice-yearly by Liverpool University Press on behalf of the British Association for Canadian Studies.

Launched over thirty years ago, BJCS is broad-based, multidisciplinary, and international, welcoming contributions from all areas of the arts and humanities and the economic and social sciences.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28838

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.107

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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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.

• Canadian Multiculturalism: Global Anxieties and Local Debates

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Keith, Will

• Interest representation and organisation in civil society: Ontario and Quebec compared

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Deena

• Water (in)security in Canada: national identity and the exclusion of Indigenous peoples

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Maura

• Articulating the 'Canadian Way': Canadaâ„¢ and the Political Manipulation of the Canadian Identity

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Richard

• Redress for linguicide: residential schools and assimilation in Canada

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Lorena Sekwan

• ‘The abiding condition was hunger’: assessing the long-term biological and health effects of malnutrition and hunger in Canada’s residential schools

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Ian, Tracey

• Women, Gender, and Canadian Foreign Policy, 1909–2009

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Vivien

• Young urban Aboriginal women entrepreneurs: social capital, complex transitions and community support

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Roy

• Forgotten pasts and contested futures in Vancouver

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Nicolas

• A new Canadian dynamism? From multiculturalism and diversity to history and core values

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Raymond

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