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German Studies Review

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States

ISSN0149-7952eISSN2164-8646

SJR Q4✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.106

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.277

Total Worksi

6,605

Total Citationsi

70,450

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications6,605

Publisher OrgGerman Studies Association

Visit Journal Website

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Johns Hopkins University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0149-7952 / 2164-8646

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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?

N/A

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

113

2019

108

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q4

Cultural StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesHumanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European history and politicsGerman Literature and Culture StudiesGerman History and SocietyLiterature and Cultural MemoryItalian Fascism and Post-war Society

Frequently asked questions about German Studies Review

Is German Studies Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for German Studies 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 German Studies Review?

German Studies 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.11.

Is German Studies Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

German Studies Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of German Studies Review?