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Slavia Meridionalis

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies · Poland · Est. 2004

ISSN2392-2400

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

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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 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.121

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

569

Total Citationsi

299

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Slavia Meridionalis is an interdisciplinary journal publishing papers on literature, culture, history, ethnology and languages of southern Slavic countries, as well as their dynamic interactions with other regions. Each issue contains articles concerning a specific, pre-defined topic, which enables scholars of various disciplines (historians, literature and culture experts, linguists, sociologists, and anthropologists) to present in-depth analyses of their research questions. The journal publishes contributions in Slavic languages as well as congress languages.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguagePolish, English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

1st Year Published2004

Frequencyannually

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications569

Publisher OrgInstitute of Slavic Studies

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2392-2400

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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?

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?

Polish, English, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

AnthropologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language and CultureLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityBalkans: History, Politics, SocietyPolish Historical and Cultural StudiesLinguistics and language evolutionCentral European Literary StudiesEastern European Communism and ReformsLiterature, Language, and Rhetoric StudiesByzantine Studies and HistoryBalkan and Eastern European Studies

Frequently asked questions about Slavia Meridionalis

Is Slavia Meridionalis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Slavia Meridionalis: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Slavia Meridionalis?

Slavia Meridionalis 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 0.14.

Is Slavia Meridionalis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Slavia Meridionalis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Slavia Meridionalis?

How much does it cost to publish in Slavia Meridionalis?

Slavia Meridionalis is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.