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James Baldwin Review

Manchester University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2056-9203eISSN2056-9211

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total20

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.101

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

185

Total Citations

236

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: American literature; Communities. Classes. Races. Topics: james baldwin, literature, politics, race

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications185

Publisher OrgUniversity of Manchester

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Manchester University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-9203 / 2056-9211

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Times cited

2018

2019

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2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Race, History, and American SocietyAmerican and British Literature AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological Modeling and AnalysisLiterature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryAmerican Sports and LiteratureCinema and Media StudiesMusic History and CulturePoetry Analysis and Criticism