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MFS - Modern Fiction Studies

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN0026-7724eISSN1080-658X

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total18

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

0.118

H-Index

CiteScore

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Total Works

3,948

Total Citations

16,230

2yr Mean Citedness

0.06

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

MFS - Modern Fiction Studies publishes scholarly essays that analyze aesthetic, cultural, political, and environmental developments shaping academic and public conversations, focusing on the modalities and uses of fiction. It publishes theoretically engaged and historically informed articles on modernist and contemporary fiction, with a strong emphasis on socio-political contexts, identity, and innovative narrative techniques.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,948

Publisher OrgJohns Hopkins University Press

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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?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0026-7724 / 1080-658X

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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

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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 TheoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Contemporary Literature and CriticismAmerican and British Literature AnalysisPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesPoetry Analysis and CriticismThemes in Literature Analysis