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FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH · DE · Est. 2017

ISSN2509-4882eISSN2509-4890

✓ WOS ESCI

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total62

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

198

Total Citationsi

479

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literary Theory & Criticism; Literature.

General Information

Country / RegionDE

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications198

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2509-4882 / 2509-4890

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

157

2018

166

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literary Theory & CriticismLiterature

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Narrative Theory and AnalysisContemporary Literature and CriticismLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionDigital Games and MediaRhetoric and Communication StudiesCrime and Detective Fiction StudiesComics and Graphic NarrativesDigital Humanities and ScholarshipGender, Feminism, and MediaShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

Frequently asked questions about FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES

Is FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 62/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES?

FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE 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 0.21.

Is FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of FRONTIERS OF NARRATIVE STUDIES?