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Critical Inquiry

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1974

ISSN1539-7858

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.435

H-Indexi

147

Total Worksi

3,712

Total Citationsi

117,842

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Inquiry is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to critical thought in the arts and humanities. It is also described as a journal of art, culture, and politics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,712

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-7858

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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

101

895

2019

132

1.1k

2020

306

2021

156

2022

114

2023

120

2024

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Visual Culture and Art TheoryPoetry Analysis and CriticismShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesCritical Theory and PhilosophyThemes in Literature AnalysisPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArt, Politics, and ModernismCinema and Media StudiesHistory of Science and Medicine

Frequently asked questions about Critical Inquiry

Is Critical Inquiry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Inquiry: 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 Critical Inquiry?

Critical Inquiry 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 0.53.

Is Critical Inquiry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Inquiry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.