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Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture

Michigan State University · United States

ISSN1075-7201eISSN1930-1200

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.111

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

439

Total Citationsi

844

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies; Cultural Studies; Philosophy; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications439

Publisher OrgMichigan State University 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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Michigan State University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1075-7201 / 1930-1200

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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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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 TheoryQ3

Religious StudiesQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

PhilosophyQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Violence, Religion, and PhilosophyPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismGothic Literature and Media AnalysisAugustinian Studies and TheologyPlant Parasitism and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture

Is Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture: 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 Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture?

Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture 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 0.03.

Is Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture?