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Scandinavian Studies

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study · United States

ISSN0036-5637eISSN2163-8195

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.118

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

1,516

Total Citationsi

2,982

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,516

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois 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?

Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0036-5637 / 2163-8195

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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

314

2019

146

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 TheoryQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical and Archaeological StudiesEuropean Cultural and National IdentityMedieval Literature and HistoryLinguistics and language evolutionFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesEuropean and International Law StudiesHistorical Influence and DiplomacyCultural Studies and Interdisciplinary ResearchKierkegaardian Philosophy and InfluenceIndigenous Studies and Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Scandinavian Studies

Is Scandinavian Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian Studies?

Scandinavian 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 0.11.

Is Scandinavian Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scandinavian Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scandinavian Studies?