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Sinn und Form

Aufbau-Verlag GmbH · Germany · Est. 1949

ISSN0037-5756

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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📊 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

0.1

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,708

Total Citationsi

149

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sinn und Form is a journal dedicated to exploring the intersections of literature, cultural criticism, and philosophical inquiry. It publishes prose, poems, conversations, and literary, philosophical, and theological essays, emphasizing the depth and complexity of literary expression while engaging with contemporary issues.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageGerman

1st Year Published1949

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,708

Publisher OrgJ.B. Metzler

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Aufbau-Verlag GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0037-5756

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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?

German

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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

PhilosophyQ4

Religious StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Reviews

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Cultural MemoryHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesGerman History and SocietyNietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel

Frequently asked questions about Sinn und Form

Is Sinn und Form a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sinn und Form: 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 Sinn und Form?

Sinn und Form 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.

Is Sinn und Form indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sinn und Form is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.