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Text Matters

Lodz University Press · Poland · Est. 2011

ISSN2083-2931eISSN2084-574X
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 0.2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.128
H-Indexi
9
CiteScorei
0.2
Total Worksi
361
Total Citationsi
470
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, based at the University of Lodz, is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which seeks to engage in contemporary debates in the humanities by inviting contributions from literary and cultural studies intersecting with literary theory, gender studies, history, philosophy and religion. The journal focuses on textual realities, but contributions related to art, music, film and media studies addressing the text are also invited. Submissions in English should relate to the key issues delineated in calls for articles which will be placed on the website in advance. The journal also features reviews of recently published books, and interviews with writers and scholars whose work has been recognized in the areas addressed in TM. Responses to the articles are more than welcome so as to make the journal a forum of lively academic debate. Each issue of Text Matters has a "themed section," devoted to the issue’s main topic, and one or more sections of thematically linked articles devoted to other subjects.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2011
Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications361
Publisher OrgUniversity of Lodz Press
OA Since2012
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Lodz University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2083-2931 / 2084-574X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
27
38
2018
26
20
2019
27
127
2020
30
31
2021
31
33
2022
27
11
2023
27
8
2024
26
2
2025

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 TheoryQ2
Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & Criticism

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisContemporary Literature and CriticismIrish and British StudiesShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismGeographies of human-animal interactionsPoetry Analysis and CriticismTheatre and Performance StudiesEcocriticism and Environmental LiteratureNarrative Theory and AnalysisCinema and Media Studies

Frequently asked questions about Text Matters

Is Text Matters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Text Matters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Text Matters?

Text Matters 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2.

Is Text Matters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Text Matters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Text Matters?

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, based at the University of Lodz, is an international and interdisciplinary journal, which seeks to engage in contemporary debates in the humanities by inviting contributions from literary and cultural studies intersecting with literary theory, gender studies, history, philosophy and religion. The journal focuses on textual realities, but contributions related to art, music, film and media studies addressing the text are also invited. Submissions in English should relate to the key issues delineated in calls for articles which will be p

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref