The Arbutus Review
Last updated ISSN 1923-1334
The Arbutus Review is published by University of Victoria in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Arbutus Review concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Canadian Identity and History
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Music Therapy and Health
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Reading and Literacy Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Victoria |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1923-1334 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 140 |
| Publishing since | 1969 |
| Journal website | journals.uvic.ca/index.php/arbutus |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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