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JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH · DE · Est. 2007

ISSN1862-5290eISSN1862-8990

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

377

Total Citationsi

2,524

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

JLT and JLTonline are dedicated to literary theory. The journal and website are cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary and bring together international debates on literary theory. The spectrum of articles in JLT and JLTonline ranges from essays on fundamental problems in literary studies to application-orientated studies with a systematic epistemological interest.

General Information

Country / RegionDE

Primary LanguageEnglish, German

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications377

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-anonymous

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1862-5290 / 1862-8990

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

double-anonymous

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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, German

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

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & Criticism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesNarrative Theory and AnalysisLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionLinguistic research and analysisHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesLaw and Political ScienceDigital Humanities and ScholarshipLiterature and Cultural MemoryDiverse Legal and Medical StudiesLibraries and Information Services

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY

Is JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 LITERARY THEORY?

JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY 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 0.89.

Is JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF LITERARY THEORY is indexed in Web of Science.