Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas

Aims & Scope

Formerly published as Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, the journal is dedicated to the study of the cinemas of Spain, Spanish and Portuguese speaking South, Central and North America, including the Caribbean and Brazil.

Our target readership includes students, teachers and scholars.

The double-blind peer reviewed journal is written in English and/or Spanish to maximize the opportunities for contact between academic disciplines such as Media, Film Studies, Latin American and Post- colonial Studies, as well as Hispanic Studies, thereby encouraging an inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary focus.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.105

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29067

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8

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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, Multidisciplinary 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.

• Filmmaking in Central America: An overview

  Citation: 10

  Authors: María Lourdes

• Dispositivos de enunciación del film-ensayo español contemporáneo: Evolución de la subjetividad ensayística y su pensamiento en acto

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Lourdes

• Mother of pearl, song and potatoes: Cultivating resilience in Claudia Llosa’s La teta asustada/Milk of Sorrow (2009)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Adriana

• Queer-haptic aesthetics in the films of Lucrecia Martel and Albertina Carri

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Missy

• Mexican cinema as petrocinema

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Carolyn

• Rupture and reparation: Postmemory, the child seer and graphic violence in Infancia clandestina (Benjamín Ávila, 2012)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Sarah

• Negotiating visions of modernity: Female stars, the melindrosa and desires for a Brazilian film industry

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Maite

• Alegorías de miedo. El cine fantástico español en los tiempos de la Transición

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Iván, Fernando

• El narcotráfico en el cine mexicano: arquetipos desde 2010 a 2017

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Elba, Gabriel

• Mexicans in Nicaragua: Revolution and propaganda in Sandinista documentaries of the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC-UNAM)

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Ana Daniela, Ana M.

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