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Notes and Queries

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0029-3970eISSN1471-6941

SJR Q4✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

125

Total Worksi

341,428

Total Citationsi

126,167

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Notes and Queries is a scholarly journal devoted to English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism. It aims to ask and answer readers' questions, with each issue focusing on the works of a particular period.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications341,428

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

0029-3970 / 1471-6941

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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?

Yes

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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

206

2019

198

2020

175

2021

127

2022

125

2023

152

2024

156

2025

129

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsScottish History and National IdentityFinancial Crisis of the 21st CenturyHistorical Economic and Social Studies

Frequently asked questions about Notes and Queries

Is Notes and Queries a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Notes and Queries: 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 Notes and Queries?

Notes and Queries 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 Notes and Queries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Notes and Queries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.