Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

Aims & Scope

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (LACES) is a cross-disciplinary venue for quality research on ethnicity, race relations, and indigenous peoples.

It is open to case studies, comparative analysis and theoretical contributions that reflect innovative and critical perspectives, focused on any country or countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, written by authors from anywhere in the world.

In a context in which ethnic issues are becoming increasingly important throughout the region, we are seeing the rapid expansion of a considerable corpus of work on their social, political, and cultural implications.

The aim of the Journal is to play a constructive role in the consolidation of this new field of studies and in the configuration of its contours as an intellectual enterprise.

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies welcomes scholarly work from all the relevant disciplines in the Social Sciences and the Humanities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10622

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	76

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.547

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	21

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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 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.

• Extraction, Protest and Indigeneity in Bolivia: The TIPNIS Effect

  Citation: 155

  Authors: John-Andrew

• Triple-Consciousness? Approaches to Afro-Latino Culture in the United States

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Juan, Miriam Jiménez

• Good Living for Whom? Bolivia’s Climate Justice Movement and the Limitations of Indigenous Cosmovisions

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Nicole

• ‘It’s Not Race, It’s Culture’: Untangling Racial Politics in Mexico

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Emiko

• Mestizaje, multiculturalism, liberalism, and violence

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Peter

• Andean Utopias in Evo Morales's Bolivia

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Nancy

• ‘Now we are Indígenas’: Hegemony and Indigeneity in the Bolivian Andes

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Anders

• Racial Discrimination and Citizenship in Ecuador's Educational System

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Carmen, Carlos

• The Politics of Autonomy of Indigenous Peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia: A Process of Relational Indigenous Autonomy

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Astrid

• Prior Consultations in Plurinational Bolivia: Democracy, Rights and Real Life Experiences

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Almut

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