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Journal of Literary Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.4), WoS AHCI, DOAJ. Published by Unisa Press.
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ISSN 0256-4718Verify ISSN ↗1753-5387Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Unisa Press
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 370 / 1186 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.4.
Journal of Literary Studies is Q2 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 370 of 1186), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Literary Studies is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.129, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$388 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Literary Studies is published by Unisa Press. Its print ISSN is 0256-4718 and its online ISSN is 1753-5387.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Literary Studies has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #200 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Journal of Literary Studies published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 46. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (59.2%), China (16.3%) and India (5.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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