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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory

Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Letters · Romania · Est. 2015

ISSN2457-8827eISSN2457-8827
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
50
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS ESCI+10
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total50
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
0.723
H-Index
7
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.58
Total Works
223
Total Citations
247
2yr Mean Citedness
0.29
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Aims & Scope

Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory is an open-access, double blind peer-reviewed, online publication for academic research, published twice a year (July and December) by the Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania. It promotes free-access for academic work, and it welcomes authors who want to share their research and resources with their peers. It encourages, recognizes, and rewards intellectual excellence  in interdisciplinary and intermedial approaches of literary culture, visual culture, and theory. The journal welcomes papers in English (or, for regionally oriented topics, Romanian) from the following domains: comparative studies, including digital and posthuman studies; literary studies, cultural studies, including social and gender studies; media and film studies, literary criticism and theory, cultural poetics. All articles must explore metacritic, reflexive dimensions of the issues covered, whether their objectives are theoretical, methodological, pragmatic, or analytic.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
7
weeks to review
Fast · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionRomania
Primary LanguageEnglish, Romanian
1st Year Published2015
Frequencytwice a year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications223
Publisher OrgBabeș-Bolyai University
OA Since2016
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~7 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/12 · 75%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Letters
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2457-8827 / 2457-8827
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Romanian

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1
Literature and Literary TheoryQ1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Translation Studies and PracticesComparative and World LiteratureEuropean Cultural and National IdentityPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesContemporary Literature and CriticismEcocriticism and Environmental LiteratureGender, Feminism, and MediaItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesGeographies of human-animal interactions
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref