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Manuscript Studies

University of Pennsylvania Press · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2380-1190

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

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.103

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.804

Total Worksi

308

Total Citationsi

189

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Literature and Literary Theory; Conservation; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications308

Publisher OrgUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

OA Since2023

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~39 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Pennsylvania Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2380-1190

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

LOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

Citations received

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2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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

ConservationQ4

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesLiterature and Literary TheoryConservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medieval Literature and HistoryHistorical and Religious Studies of RomeHistorical and Linguistic StudiesDigital Humanities and ScholarshipHistorical Studies of British IslesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLibraries, Manuscripts, and BooksLegal Cases and CommentaryReformation and Early Modern ChristianityByzantine Studies and History

Frequently asked questions about Manuscript Studies

Is Manuscript Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Manuscript Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Manuscript Studies?

Manuscript 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.08.

Is Manuscript Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Manuscript Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Manuscript Studies?