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Journal of Screenwriting

Intellect Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1759-7145

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.126

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.812

Total Worksi

460

Total Citationsi

1,395

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Film, Radio, Television; Literature; Literature and Literary Theory; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications460

Publisher OrgIntellect

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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?

Intellect Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1759-7145

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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Film, Radio, TelevisionLiterature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Artistic and Creative ResearchCinema and Media StudiesShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismTheatre and Performance StudiesDigital Games and MediaNarrative Theory and AnalysisCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentDigital Media and Visual ArtLiteracy, Media, and EducationDigital Storytelling and Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Screenwriting

Is Journal of Screenwriting a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Screenwriting: 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 Journal of Screenwriting?

Journal of Screenwriting 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 0.07.

Is Journal of Screenwriting indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Screenwriting is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Screenwriting?