Explorations in Renaissance Culture

Aims & Scope

Explorations in Renaissance Culture is a biannual, multidisciplinary scholarly journal devoted to all disciplines of study in the early-modern/Renaissance period: literature, history, art and iconography, music, cultural studies, etc.

Articles are published in English and are fully refereed, using a double-blind review process.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.111

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28303

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2

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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.

• WIVES, CAPTIVE HUSBANDS, AND TURKS: THE FIRST WOMEN PETITIONERS IN CAROLINE ENGLAND

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Nabil I.

• CLEVER DOGS AND NIMBLE SPANIELS: ON THE ICONOGRAPHY OF LOGIC, INVENTION, AND IMAGINATION

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Karl Josef

• ON TURNING TURK, OR TRYING TO: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ROBERT DABORNE'S A CHRISTIAN TURN'D TURKE

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Gerald

• Ars simia naturae: The Animal as Mediator and Alter Ego of the Artist in the Renaissance

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Simona

• The Disegno-Colore Controversy Reconsidered

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Maurice

• THE AUDIENCE OF THE FAERIE QUEENE

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Michael

• Emblem and Meditation Some English Emblem Books and Their Jesuit Models

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Karl Josef

• CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION OF WORKS OF ART DURING THE REFORMATION.

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Peter w.

• Rapture and Horror: A Phenomenology of Theatrical Invisibility in Macbeth

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Marguerite A.

• Shakespeare and the Prodigal Son Tradition

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Darryl

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