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Review of English Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1925

ISSN1471-6968

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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.

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SJR Scorei

0.131

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

15,072

Total Citationsi

15,161

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Since 1925, The Review of English Studies has been at the heart of English literary scholarship, connecting readers with groundbreaking research and critical insights.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1925

Annual Volume~ 106 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,072

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-6968

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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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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

155

170

2019

122

2020

102

2021

104

2022

114

2023

2024

115

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Financial Crisis of the 21st CenturyModernist Literature and CriticismMedieval Literature and HistoryScottish History and National IdentityLiterature: history, themes, analysisJoseph Conrad and LiteratureIrish and British StudiesHistorical Art and Culture StudiesPoetry Analysis and CriticismShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

Frequently asked questions about Review of English Studies

Is Review of English Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Review of English Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Review of English Studies?

Review of English Studies 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 0.04.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Review of English Studies?