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Oxford Literary Review

Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0305-1498eISSN1757-1634

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

938

Total Citationsi

5,112

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literary Theory & Criticism; Philosophy; Cultural Studies; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications938

Publisher OrgEdinburgh University Press

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edinburgh University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0305-1498 / 1757-1634

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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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & CriticismPhilosophy

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismThemes in Literature AnalysisPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and PoliticsPhenomenology and Existential PhilosophyCritical Theory and Philosophy

Frequently asked questions about Oxford Literary Review

Is Oxford Literary Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oxford Literary 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 Oxford Literary Review?

Oxford Literary 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 0.19.

Is Oxford Literary Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oxford Literary Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Oxford Literary Review?