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Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon

Open Library of Humanities · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

eISSN2047-2870
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Orbit is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of contemporary American literature. We welcome broad and imaginative definitions of "American literature" that extend geographies beyond the United States. We publish special and general issues in a rolling format and welcome application from qualified parties to coordinate special issues. Orbit welcomes submissions on post-war to contemporary American Literature. We do not publish creative writing. Articles in Orbit are expected to meet high standards of double-anonymous peer review.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2012
Frequencyrolling format
StatusActive
Total Publications—
Publisher OrgOpen Library of Humanities
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Open Library of Humanities
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
2047-2870
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
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Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
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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)?
DOAJ verified
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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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Contemporary Literature and CriticismNarrative Theory and AnalysisThemes in Literature AnalysisShort Stories in Global LiteratureCrime and Detective Fiction StudiesPostmodernism in Literature and EducationDigital Humanities and ScholarshipComics and Graphic NarrativesIntelligence, Security, War StrategyTopic Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon

Is Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon?

Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon?

Orbit is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of contemporary American literature. We welcome broad and imaginative definitions of "American literature" that extend geographies beyond the United States. We publish special and general issues in a rolling format and welcome application from qualified parties to coordinate special issues. Orbit welcomes submissions on post-war to contemporary American Literature. We do not publish creative writing. Articles in Orbit are expected to meet high standards of double-anonymous peer review.

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