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World Literature Today

University of Oklahoma · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN1945-8134

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

140

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

35,203

Total Citationsi

162,682

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

World Literature Today is the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, founded in 1927. The editors welcome submissions on contemporary literary and cultural topics addressing any geographic region or language area, as long as your work is not simultaneously under consideration by another publication. By “contemporary,” we mean that our main focus is on the 21st-century scene. The bulk of our coverage consists of essays, book reviews, fiction, poetry, and interviews.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 333 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications35,203

Publisher OrgUniversity of Oklahoma

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Oklahoma

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1945-8134

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

530

2019

396

108

2020

449

2021

303

2022

371

2023

302

2024

327

2025

153

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 TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German Literature and Culture StudiesPoetry Analysis and CriticismFrench Urban and Social StudiesThemes in Literature AnalysisPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismLiterature and Cultural MemoryEducational Leadership and PracticesLatin American and Latino StudiesResearch in Social Sciences

Frequently asked questions about World Literature Today

Is World Literature Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Literature Today: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of World Literature Today?

World Literature Today 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 0.01.

Is World Literature Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Literature Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.