Renaissance Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Renaissance Quarterly is the leading American journal of Renaissance studies, encouraging connections between different scholarly approaches to bring together material spanning the period from 1300 to 1700.

The official journal of the Renaissance Society of America, RQ presents about twenty articles and over five hundred reviews per year, engaging the following disciplines: Americas, Art and Architecture, Book History, Classical Tradition, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Emblems, English Literature, French Literature, Germanic Literature, Hebraica, Hispanic Literature, History, Humanism, Islamic World, Italian Literature, Legal and Political Thought, Medicine and Science, Music, Neo-Latin Literature, Performing Arts and Theater, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric and Women and Gender.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.121

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27183

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	46

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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, 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 Criminal and the Saintly Body: Autopsy and Dissection in Renaissance Italy^*

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Katharine

• Versions of Imitation in the Renaissance

  Citation: 101

  Authors: G. W.

• Jokes of Nature and Jokes of Knowledge: The Playfulness of Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Europe^*

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Paula

• The 2001 Josephine Waters Bennett Lecture: The Idea of Community in Renaissance Italy

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Edward

• Medieval “Ars Dictaminis” and the Beginnings of Humanism: a New Construction of the Problem*

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Ronald

• The Renaissance Beard: Masculinity in Early Modern England*

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Will

• Open Elite? Social Mobility, Marriage, and Family in Florence, 1282–1494^*

  Citation: 49

  Authors: John F.

• Queen Elizabeth I: Representations of the Virgin Queen

  Citation: 46

  Authors: John N.

• Science on the Move: Recent Trends in the History of Early Modern Science^*

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Pamela H.

• Black Africans’ Freedom Litigation Suits to Define Just War and Just Slavery in the Early Spanish Empire

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Chloe L.

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