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New Directions in Book History

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2017

ISSN2634-6117

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

394

Total Citationsi

559

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications394

Publisher OrgSpringer International Publishing

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2634-6117

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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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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?

N/A

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.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2018

142

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

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Humanities and ScholarshipDigital Games and MediaPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesAustralian History and SocietyHistorical and Literary StudiesLibrary Science and AdministrationMedia, Communication, and EducationLiterature: history, themes, analysisHistorical Influence and DiplomacyJewish and Middle Eastern Studies

Frequently asked questions about New Directions in Book History

Is New Directions in Book History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for New Directions in Book History: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 New Directions in Book History?

New Directions in Book History is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is New Directions in Book History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

New Directions in Book History is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of New Directions in Book History?