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Trends in Classics

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2009

ISSN1866-7481
SJR Q2WOS 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.128
H-Indexi
20
Total Worksi
371
Total Citationsi
1,435
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.02
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Trends in Classics publishes innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both the journal and the accompanying monograph series Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes seeks to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2009
Frequency2 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications371
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter
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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
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1866-7481
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?
Yes
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
20
49
2019
26
85
2020
18
30
2021
19
10
2022
27
9
2023
21
2
2024
22
1
2025
9
0
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.

ClassicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Classics

Scopus Categories

Classics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Antiquity StudiesHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesClassical Philosophy and ThoughtOrganic Chemistry Synthesis MethodsHistorical and Linguistic StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal Cases and CommentaryByzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical and Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Classics

Is Trends in Classics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Classics: 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 Trends in Classics?

Trends in Classics 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 0.02.

Is Trends in Classics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Classics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Trends in Classics?

Trends in Classics publishes innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both the journal and the accompanying monograph series Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes seeks to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity.

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