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Poetics Today

Duke University Press · United States

ISSN0333-5372eISSN1527-5507

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

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Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total25

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.24

H-Index

127

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.917

Total Works

2,329

Total Citations

98,607

2yr Mean Citedness

0.70

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The journal explores literary theory and criticism, with a strong focus on the concept of attention in literature, its historical development, and its relationship to various theoretical frameworks such as Russian Formalism, modernism, and cognitive science. It also examines how literary texts engage with social, political, and subjective experiences, including microaggressions, trauma, gender, and the persistence of fictional characters in readers' lives.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,329

Publisher OrgDuke University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0333-5372 / 1527-5507

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Narrative Theory and AnalysisLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionPoetry Analysis and CriticismDigital Humanities and ScholarshipContemporary Literature and Criticism