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CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture

Purdue University Press · United States · Est. 1999

ISSN1481-4374eISSN1481-4374
SJR Q2WOS A&HCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.14
H-Indexi
23
Total Worksi
1,360
Total Citationsi
4,878
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.11
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture is a peer-reviewed, open-access, academic electronic journal published by Purdue University Press. It is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comparative literature and culture, including comparative cultural studies, comparative cultural criticism, comparative cultural history, comparative cultural theory, comparative literature, comparative media studies, comparative cultural studies, comparative cultural criticism, comparative cultural history, comparative cultural theory, comparative literature, comparative media studies, digital humanities, and comparative cultural studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1999
Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,360
Publisher OrgPurdue University Press
OA Since2018
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicensePublisher's own license
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Purdue University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1481-4374 / 1481-4374
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
53
98
2019
60
131
2020
35
50
2021
45
80
2022
30
27
2023
21
5
2024
22
1
2025
71
0
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
Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Translation Studies and PracticesChinese history and philosophyJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesJapanese History and CultureAsian Culture and Media StudiesContemporary Literature and CriticismThemes in Literature AnalysisDigital Games and MediaPhilippine History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture

Is CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture?

CLCWeb - Comparative Literature 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 0.11.

Is CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture?

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture is a peer-reviewed, open-access, academic electronic journal published by Purdue University Press. It is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comparative literature and culture, including comparative cultural studies, comparative cultural criticism, comparative cultural history, comparative cultural theory, comparative literature, comparative media studies, comparative cultural studies, comparative cultural criticism, comparative cultural history, comparative cultural theory, comparative literature, comparative media studies, digital humanities

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref