Journal of Romance Studies

Aims & Scope

Published in association with the Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Journal of Romance Studies (JRS) promotes innovative critical work in the areas of linguistics, literature, performing and visual arts, media, material culture, intellectual and cultural history, critical and cultural theory, psychoanalysis, gender studies, social sciences and anthropology.

One themed issue and two open issues are published each year.

The primary focus is on those parts of the world that speak, or have spoken, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, but articles focusing on other Romance languages and cultures (for example, Catalan, Galician, Occitan, Romanian and other minority languages) is also encouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.104

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29195

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4

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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.

• Responsibility and freedom: the foundations of Sartre’s concept of intellectual engagement

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Gisèle, Susan, Gabrielle

• Travelling theories of family photography and the material culture of human rights in Latin America

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Andrea

• The languages of silence: historical memory, generational transmission and witnessing in contemporary Spain

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Jo

• Race, medicine and the late Portuguese Empire: the role of Goan colonial physicians

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Cristiana

• The Black Jacobin in Paris

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Charles

• Death and the adorable orphan: <i>Marcelino pan y vino</i> (1954; 1991; 2000)

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Jessamy

• Between marginalization and decentralization of memory: Peripheral palimpsests in post-dictatorship Buenos Aires and Montevideo

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Cara

• Hervás, <i>convivencia</i> and the heritagization of Spain’s Jewish past

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Daniela, Adrián Pérez

• Growing sideways in Argentine cinema: Lucía Puenzo’s <i>XXY</i> and Julia Solomonoff’s <i>El último verano de la boyita</i>

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Deborah

• Toying with history: Playful memory in Albertina Carri’s <i>Los rubios</i>

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jordana

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