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Postmedieval

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2040-5979

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.135

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.728

Total Worksi

683

Total Citationsi

1,869

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

postmedieval is a journal focusing on the premodernity and its ongoing reverberations. Publishes four times a year with some issues being themed and guestedited. Showcases scholarship that crosses disciplines, language traditions, locales, and modes of inquiry. Facilitates collaborative, ethical, and experimental engagements with the medieval.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyFour times a year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications683

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

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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?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-5979

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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

112

2019

200

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

HistoryQ2

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

PhilosophyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesMedieval & Renaissance Studies

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medieval Literature and HistoryFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesGeographies of human-animal interactionsReformation and Early Modern ChristianityIslamic Studies and HistoryByzantine Studies and HistoryPhilippine History and CultureAnthropological Studies and InsightsHuman auditory perception and evaluationHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

Frequently asked questions about Postmedieval

Is Postmedieval a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Postmedieval: 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 Postmedieval?

Postmedieval 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 0.28.

Is Postmedieval indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Postmedieval is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.