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Criticism

Wayne State University Press · United States

ISSN0011-1589eISSN1536-0342

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.114

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

960

Total Citationsi

6,146

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literary Theory & Criticism; Literature; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications960

Publisher OrgWayne State University Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wayne State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0011-1589 / 1536-0342

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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?

English

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

2017

2018

2019

234

2020

253

2021

2022

2023

2024

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 TheoryQ3

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & CriticismLiterature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismCinema and Media StudiesLiterature: history, themes, analysisArt, Politics, and ModernismContemporary Literature and CriticismShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismRace, History, and American SocietyLatin American and Latino StudiesTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryPhilosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism

Frequently asked questions about Criticism

Is Criticism a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Criticism: 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 Criticism?

Criticism 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.

Is Criticism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Criticism is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Criticism?