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Interdisciplinary Literary Studies

Penn State University Press · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1524-8429eISSN2161-427X
SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.105
H-Indexi
12
SNIPi
0.658
Total Worksi
519
Total Citationsi
824
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.08
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literary Theory & Criticism; Literature and Literary Theory.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1993
Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications519
Publisher OrgPenn 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

5/11 · 45%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Penn State University Press
❌
Does the journal have a website?
No URL
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1524-8429 / 2161-427X
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
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

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
31
38
2019
26
10
2020
37
26
2021
20
9
2022
27
13
2023
31
5
2024
27
2
2025
15
1
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 TheoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & Criticism

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Music History and CultureContemporary Literature and CriticismPoetry Analysis and CriticismMusicology and Musical AnalysisPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismNarrative Theory and AnalysisGothic Literature and Media AnalysisLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about Interdisciplinary Literary Studies

Is Interdisciplinary Literary Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: 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 Interdisciplinary Literary Studies?

Interdisciplinary Literary 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 0.08.

Is Interdisciplinary Literary Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Interdisciplinary Literary Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies?

Subject areas: Literary Theory & Criticism; Literature and Literary Theory.

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