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Wordsworth Circle

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN2640-7310

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.114

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.244

Total Worksi

3,828

Total Citationsi

3,649

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Wordsworth Circle is an international quarterly learned journal founded in 1970 to facilitate communication among colleagues interested in the lives, works, and times of British, American, and European writers from 1770 to 1850. The journal is dedicated to the exploration and analysis of Romantic literature, particularly focusing on the works and influence of key figures such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and their contemporaries. It publishes research related to Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,828

Publisher OrgTemple University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2640-7310

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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

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Citations received

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ3

Literature and Literary TheoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Poetry

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poetry Analysis and CriticismHistorical and Literary StudiesTravel Writing and LiteratureLiterature: history, themes, analysisThemes in Literature AnalysisPublishing and Scholarly CommunicationLexicography and Language StudiesHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionModernist Literature and Criticism

Frequently asked questions about Wordsworth Circle

Is Wordsworth Circle a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wordsworth Circle: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Wordsworth Circle?

Wordsworth Circle 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 0.02.

Is Wordsworth Circle indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wordsworth Circle is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.