Aims & Scope

Founded in 1968, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas is the major forum in the United States for contemporary Latin American and Caribbean writing in English and English translation; it also covers Canadian writing and the visual and performing arts in the Americas.

Review first brought the work of Latin American writers such as Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa to critical attention in the United States, and they were followed by numerous other important figures.

Translators Edith Grossman, Gregory Rabassa, and Margaret Sayers Peden are among those who have contributed to Review .

Issues of the magazine focus on specific countries, regions, or on more abstract themes such as urban voices, women’s writing, or Latin American/Latino performing arts.

Review has regularly included selections of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; book reviews of newly translated titles; profiles of visual artists; and essays exploring currents in music and the performing arts.

Review has undergone various transformations, in response to cultural and economic currents over the last 36 years.

Founded in 1968 as a compilation of previously published reviews of titles by Latin American authors, in the 1970s it turned to publishing special-focus issues on individual Latin American writers, including Borges, Neruda, and Paz.

In the 1980s, Review was reconfigured as a high-design publication with substantial coverage of the visual and performing arts, broadening its scope to attract a more general readership.

This trend continued into the 1990s when the magazine began publishing more literature and arts from the non-Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

And in 2003, the magazine’s title was changed from Review: Latin American Literature and Arts to its current one.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 0.1
2024 0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.100

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q4

h-index

Year Value
2024 6

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 30739

Impact Factor Trend


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Quick Facts

Current Factor
0.1
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.100
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q4
First Published: 2024

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