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Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric
Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric is indexed in Web of Science (AHCI). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0734-8584Verify ISSN ↗1533-8541Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1983–2022).
What is the impact factor of Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric?
Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric 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. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.132, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
Who publishes Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric and what is its ISSN?
Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Its print ISSN is 0734-8584 and its online ISSN is 1533-8541.
Is Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Is Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 0.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 74. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Rhetorica - A Journal of the History of Rhetoric? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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