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Horror Studies

Intellect Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2040-3283

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.046

Total Worksi

288

Total Citationsi

643

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Music; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications288

Publisher OrgIntellect

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Intellect Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-3283

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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 TheoryQ3

MusicQ4

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

MusicLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisCinema and Media StudiesNarrative Theory and AnalysisShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismCrime and Detective Fiction StudiesCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyModern American Literature StudiesContemporary Literature and Criticism

Frequently asked questions about Horror Studies

Is Horror Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Horror Studies: 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 Horror Studies?

Horror Studies 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 0.17.

Is Horror Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Horror Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Horror Studies?