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VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW

UNIV VIRGINIA · US · Est. 1925

ISSN0042-675XeISSN2154-6932
SJR Q4WOS A&HCIScopus / 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.1
H-Indexi
7

Aims & Scope

Virginia Quarterly Review has distinguished itself among literary magazines for its iconoclastic approach to American letters and world affairs. VQR has become an indispensable home for thought-provoking literature, poetry, journalism, photography, and graphic arts from every section of the US and abroad. Each issue has contained work both moving and memorable; each has sought to provide the best that contemporary literature can offer. VQR hews to one simple standard in its selection of contributors: excellence.

General Information

Country / RegionUS
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1925
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications
Publisher OrgUniversity of Virginia
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
UNIV VIRGINIA
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0042-675X / 2154-6932
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
5
1
2013
10
3
2014
22
9
2015
34
23
2016
8
12
2017
8
0
2018
2
0
2019
1
0
2020

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 TheoryQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Reviews

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyAmerican and British Literature AnalysisEducational Leadership and PracticesPoetry Analysis and CriticismClassical Antiquity StudiesDiversity and Impact of DanceLatin American and Latino StudiesItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyCrime and Detective Fiction StudiesPosthumanist Ethics and Activism

Frequently asked questions about VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW

Is VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW: 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 VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW?

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW 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 VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW?

Virginia Quarterly Review has distinguished itself among literary magazines for its iconoclastic approach to American letters and world affairs. VQR has become an indispensable home for thought-provoking literature, poetry, journalism, photography, and graphic arts from every section of the US and abroad. Each issue has contained work both moving and memorable; each has sought to provide the best that contemporary literature can offer. VQR hews to one simple standard in its selection of contributors: excellence.

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref