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Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1520-9857eISSN2328-966X
SJR Q1WOS SSCIWOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
50
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
Total50
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
0.171
H-Index
7
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.845
Total Works
152
Total Citations
387
2yr Mean Citedness
0.02
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Aims & Scope

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (ISSN 1520-9857), formerly Modern Chinese Literature (1984-1998), is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to the culture of modern and contemporary China, with “China” understood not in the narrow, political sense. The journal publishes on literature of all genres, film and television, popular culture, performance and visual arts, print and material culture, etc. MCLC is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary cultural studies journal. In addition to literary studies, MCLC publishes on a broad range of subjects from film to popular culture, to performance and visual arts, to architecture, to regional cultures, to print and material cultures. Our view of culture includes the elite and the popular, the visual and the literary, as well as the less “textual” culture of everyday life. The journal encourages the use of photographs, graphics, film or video stills. We see it as a very important mission of the journal to communicate to those outside our field the globally-important issues involved in the culture of Taiwan, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China. MCLC maintains a high scholarly standard in which cutting-edge views of modern Chinese culture, informed by critical theory, are articulated clearly and accessibly.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1999
Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications152
Publisher OrgEdinburgh University Press
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewblind, peer-reviewed
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Edinburgh University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1520-9857 / 2328-966X
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
blind, peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

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
Cultural StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian StudiesCultural StudiesLiterature

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chinese history and philosophyJapanese History and CultureHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsAsian Culture and Media StudiesVietnamese History and Culture StudiesCinema and Media StudiesAsian American and Pacific HistoriesChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceTheatre and Performance StudiesLegal Cases and Commentary
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref