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Spenser Studies

University of Chicago Press · United States

ISSN0195-9468

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

614

Total Citationsi

1,546

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications614

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0195-9468

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismReformation and Early Modern ChristianityMoravian Church and William BlakeHistorical Legal Studies and SocietyMedieval Literature and History

Frequently asked questions about Spenser Studies

Is Spenser Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Spenser Studies: it is indexed in 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 Spenser Studies?

Spenser Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is Spenser Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Spenser Studies is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Spenser Studies?