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Crossroads

University of Bialystok · Poland · Est. 2013

ISSN2300-6250

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total33

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.126

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.073

Total Works

343

Total Citations

269

2yr Mean Citedness

0.18

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores themes of hospitality, exclusion, and resistance across various cultural, literary, and historical contexts, often examining how power structures and social inequalities shape these experiences. It also features analyses of language, media, and identity, particularly concerning marginalized groups and their representation.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications343

Publisher OrgUniversity of Białystok

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~18 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Bialystok

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2300-6250

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

2019

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2021

2022

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2025

2026

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 TheoryQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionTranslation Studies and PracticesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLexicography and Language StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language Studieslinguistics and terminology studiesLanguage and CulturePostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesTravel Writing and LiteratureLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity