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WOW Stories

Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures · United States · Est. 2007

eISSN2577-0551
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom is a free, open access, on-line, academic publication of Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures containing blind, peer-reviewed vignettes written by educators about students' experiences reading and responding to literature. This journal is available to anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose within our guidelines and according to stated copyright.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
Frequency1-2 issues per year
StatusActive
Total Publications—
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
2577-0551
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
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Peer review process documented?
Anonymous peer review
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
✅
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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Primary language documented?
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.

Frequently asked questions about WOW Stories

Is WOW Stories a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WOW Stories: it is indexed in 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 WOW Stories?

WOW Stories is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is WOW Stories indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WOW Stories is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of WOW Stories?

WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom is a free, open access, on-line, academic publication of Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures containing blind, peer-reviewed vignettes written by educators about students' experiences reading and responding to literature. This journal is available to anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose within our guidelines and according to stated copyright.

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