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Journal of Writing Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Antwerp.
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ISSN 2030-1006Verify ISSN ↗2294-3307Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Antwerp
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 8 / 1186 | 99th | Q1 |
| Language and Linguistics | 130 / 1137 | 88th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 150 / 1221 | 87th | Q1 |
| Education | 588 / 1698 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.2.
Journal of Writing Research is Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 8 of 1186), Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 130 of 1137) and Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 150 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Writing Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.490, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 37.
Journal of Writing Research is published by University of Antwerp. Its print ISSN is 2030-1006 and its online ISSN is 2294-3307.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Writing Research has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 1.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Journal of Writing Research published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 23. 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 94 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (25%), Netherlands (12.8%) and Germany (8.8%).
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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