Arcadia

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany

ISSN0003-7982eISSN1613-0642

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,592

Total Citationsi

1,552

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,592

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0003-7982 / 1613-0642

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesLiterature and Cultural MemoryNietzsche, Schopenhauer, and HegelPhilosophy and Historical ThoughtDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLinguistic research and analysisGerman Colonialism and Identity StudiesArt, Aesthetics, and PerceptionLibraries and Information Services

Frequently asked questions about Arcadia

Is Arcadia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arcadia: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Arcadia?

Arcadia is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.03.

Is Arcadia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arcadia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arcadia?