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Knygotyra

Vilnius University Press · Lithuania · Est. 1961

ISSN2345-0053
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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
6
SNIPi
0.516
Total Worksi
1,504
Total Citationsi
488
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.09
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
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

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Vilnius University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2345-0053
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?
PKP PN
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Lithuanian, 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
15
8
2019
42
52
2020
31
19
2021
28
9
2022
26
10
2023
205
25
2024
24
0
2025
11
0
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
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

Frequently asked questions about Knygotyra

Is Knygotyra a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Knygotyra: 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 Knygotyra?

Knygotyra 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.09.

Is Knygotyra indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Knygotyra is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Knygotyra?

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

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