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Marvels and Tales

Wayne State University Press · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1521-4281eISSN1536-1802

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.039

Total Worksi

1,272

Total Citationsi

2,035

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Folklore; Literature; Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,272

Publisher OrgWayne State University Press

Submission Info

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wayne State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-4281 / 1536-1802

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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.

AnthropologyQ4

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

FolkloreLiterature

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesThemes in Literature AnalysisMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesAnthropological Studies and InsightsHistorical and Literary StudiesManagement and Organizational StudiesDigital Games and MediaCritical Realism in SociologyHistorical and Literary Analyses

Frequently asked questions about Marvels and Tales

Is Marvels and Tales a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Marvels and Tales: 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 Marvels and Tales?

Marvels and Tales 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 0.01.

Is Marvels and Tales indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Marvels and Tales is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Marvels and Tales?