Latino Studies

Aims & Scope

Latino Studies has established itself as the leading, international peer-reviewed journal for advancing interdisciplinary scholarship about the lived experience and struggles of Latinas and Latinos for equality, representation, and social justice.

Sustaining the tradition of activist scholarship of the founders of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Puerto Rican Studies, the journal critically engages the study of the local, national, transnational, and hemispheric realities that continue to influence the Latina and Latino presence in the United States.

It is committed to developing a new transnational research agenda that bridges the academic and non-academic worlds and fosters mutual learning and collaboration among all the Latino national groups.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20151

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	72

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.218

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

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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.

• The Legal Production of Mexican/Migrant “Illegality”

  Citation: 390

  Authors: Nicholas

• Latino immigrant men and the deportation crisis: A gendered racial removal program

  Citation: 369

  Authors: Tanya, Pierrette

• “I Can’t Go to College Because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns Of Latino Undocumented Youth

  Citation: 336

  Authors: Leisy Janet

• Special issue: Critical Latinx indigeneities

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Maylei, Floridalma, Luis

• The Managed Violences of the Borderlands: Treacherous Geographies, Policeability, and the Politics of Race

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Gilberto

• The power of the law: Central Americans’ legality and everyday life in Phoenix, Arizona

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Cecilia

• Undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic: Re-articulatory practices and migrant youth “illegality”

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Genevieve

• Latinx thoughts: Latinidad with an X

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Salvador, Juliana

• Jennifer as Selena: Rethinking Latinidad in Media and Popular Culture

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Frances R

• Disrupting the dream: Undocumented youth reframe citizenship and deportability through anti-deportation activism

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Tania A, Hinda

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