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WESTERN FOLKLORE

CALIFORNIA FOLKLORE SOC · US

ISSN0043-373XeISSN0043-373X

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.107

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Folklore; History; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Anthropology; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWestern States Folklore Society

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

CALIFORNIA FOLKLORE SOC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0043-373X / 0043-373X

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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

2013

111

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

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.

HistoryQ3

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

AnthropologyQ4

Cultural StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Folklore

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryMusic History and CultureLatin American and Latino StudiesAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryDiverse Musicological StudiesAmerican Sports and LiteratureRace, History, and American SocietyReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesMormonism, Religion, and History

Frequently asked questions about WESTERN FOLKLORE

Is WESTERN FOLKLORE a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WESTERN FOLKLORE: 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 WESTERN FOLKLORE?

WESTERN FOLKLORE 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 WESTERN FOLKLORE indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WESTERN FOLKLORE is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of WESTERN FOLKLORE?