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Neohelicon

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1973

ISSN1588-2810
SJR Q1WOS A&HCIScopus / 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.21
H-Indexi
21
SNIPi
0.829
Total Worksi
2,287
Total Citationsi
3,428
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.18
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
14
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Neohelicon welcomes studies on all aspects of comparative and world literature, critical theory and practice. In the discussion of literary historical topics (including literary movements, epochs, or regions), analytical contributions based on a solidly-anchored methodology are preferred.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary Language
1st Year Published1973
Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,287
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1588-2810
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?
N/A

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
39
97
2019
57
123
2020
44
84
2021
62
146
2022
42
52
2023
58
22
2024
51
5
2025
45
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 TheoryQ1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2
LawQ3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesTranslation Studies and PracticesHistorical and Literary AnalysesHistorical and Literary StudiesLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisEuropean Cultural and National IdentityPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesNarrative Theory and AnalysisHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesAfrican history and culture studies

Frequently asked questions about Neohelicon

Is Neohelicon a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Neohelicon: 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 Neohelicon?

Neohelicon 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 0.18.

Is Neohelicon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Neohelicon is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Neohelicon?

Neohelicon welcomes studies on all aspects of comparative and world literature, critical theory and practice. In the discussion of literary historical topics (including literary movements, epochs, or regions), analytical contributions based on a solidly-anchored methodology are preferred.

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