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European Journal of Scandinavian Studies

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2010

ISSN2191-9402

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 0.1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.111

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

0.1

SNIPi

0.124

Total Worksi

423

Total Citationsi

207

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal's content reflects the international spectrum of Scandinavian studies with the subareas of modern literature and cultural studies (including media studies), medieval studies and linguistics. The journal adresses scholars of literature and linguistics as well as scholars of comparative literature interested in this field.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageMultiple languages

1st Year Published2010

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications423

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2191-9402

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Multiple languages

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 TheoryQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLiterature, German, Dutch, Scandinavian

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical and Archaeological StudiesLinguistics and language evolutionEuropean Cultural and National IdentityHistorical Influence and DiplomacyGerman Literature and Culture StudiesNarrative Theory and AnalysisHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesMedieval Literature and HistoryLiterature and Cultural MemoryLinguistic research and analysis

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Scandinavian Studies

Is European Journal of Scandinavian Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Scandinavian Studies: 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 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies?

European Journal of Scandinavian Studies 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 0.1.

Is European Journal of Scandinavian Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Scandinavian Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.