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Forum for Modern Language Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0015-8518eISSN1471-6860

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.106

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.41

Total Worksi

5,213

Total Citationsi

5,277

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Literature; Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencytwice a year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,213

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0015-8518 / 1471-6860

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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 TheoryQ3

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLiterature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesFrench Literature and CriticismHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesFrench Literature and PoetrySamuel Beckett and Modernism

Frequently asked questions about Forum for Modern Language Studies

Is Forum for Modern Language Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forum for Modern Language Studies: 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 Forum for Modern Language Studies?

Forum for Modern Language Studies 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 0.18.

Is Forum for Modern Language Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forum for Modern Language Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forum for Modern Language Studies?