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Explicator

Routledge · United States

ISSN0014-4940eISSN1939-926X

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total12

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.116

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Total Works

6,614

Total Citations

3,568

2yr Mean Citedness

0.07

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Explicator concentrates on works frequently anthologized and studied in college classrooms. The journal publishes concise, text-based critical notes on passages of prose and poetry.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,614

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0014-4940 / 1939-926X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismAmerican and British Literature AnalysisShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismModernist Literature and CriticismContemporary Literature and Criticism