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Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Hunan Normal University Press · China · Est. 2017

ISSN2096-4374

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.123

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.168

Total Worksi

135

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications135

Publisher OrgHunan Normal University

Region🌍 Global South

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hunan Normal University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2096-4374

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Translation Studies and PracticesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesLiterature, Magical Realism, García MárquezChinese history and philosophyJapanese History and CultureLatin American Literature StudiesEcocriticism and Environmental LiteratureLiterature, Culture, and CriticismComparative and World LiteraturePoetry Analysis and Criticism

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Is Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures?

Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.123.

Is Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures?