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Knygotyra

Vilnius University Press · Lithuania · Est. 1961

ISSN2345-0053

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.105

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.516

Total Works

1,504

Total Citations

488

2yr Mean Citedness

0.09

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Aims & Scope

The scholarly diamond open access journal Knygotyra (Eng. Book Science) seeks to promote interdisciplinary research on the book and digital media culture, including all the varied possibilities of textual communication and related issues. Topics the journal covers include the theory and methodology of book science, book history and historiography, traditional and digital publishing, research on media literacy and reading, book art, bibliophily, studies in printed and digital heritage, book sociology, and closely related topics from the humanities and social sciences: epigraphy, codicology, the history of the library and librarianship, bibliography, archival studies and records management, etc. Knygotyra publishes original scientific articles, scientific publications of historical sources, reviews of books, and a chronicle of events that are important for book science.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionLithuania

Primary LanguageLithuanian, English

1st Year Published1961

Frequencytwo volumes per year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,504

Publisher OrgVilnius University Press

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Vilnius University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2345-0053

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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?

PKP PN

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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?

Lithuanian, 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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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 TheoryQ3

CommunicationQ4

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryInformation Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesLiterature and Literary TheoryCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education, Leadership, and Health ResearchEuropean Cultural and National IdentityHistorical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsHistorical and Cultural Studies of PolandEuropean Linguistics and AnthropologyHistorical and Archaeological StudiesMedieval European History and ArchitectureLibrary Science and InformationPolish Historical and Cultural StudiesLibrary Science and Administration